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Marunouchi Naka-dori Low-Speed Mobility & Hub Trials

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A driverless shuttle capped at 6 km/h carried 420 reserved riders over 69 runs in five days on a pedestrian street. The trials keep returning; the 2026 edition swapped the shuttle for a multimodal hub.

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Run byOMY Area Development Council consortium
Scale🧪 Pilot

Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,216 documented projects · 🏙️ 10 more in Tokyo · 🚗 Autonomous vehicles guide · 🚲 Mobility projects

Since 2017, the Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho area council and the operator BOLDLY have run recurring low-speed mobility demonstrations on Marunouchi Naka-dori, a corridor given over to pedestrians during scheduled hours. A February 2022 self-driving shuttle (BOLDLY, up to 6 km/h, an operator on board) was scheduled for 69 runs with about 420 pre-booked seats; the May 2026 'MOBI BASE' edition tested a multimodal hub with e-scooters, bike-share and car services.

Live 📅 since 2017

🎓 Lesson

Five years of trials let the operators stretch the self-driving route on Naka-dori from about 350 m to the full 630 m pedestrian section, through a signalled junction, after repeated safety talks with the Metropolitan Police — yet the bus still did not talk to the signals and stopped at each one. The published record is the announcement: seats and runs planned, not riders carried.

🚲 MobilityAutonomous vehiclesShared mobilityPublic space

Sources

↗ OMY Area Development Council (official)Consortium formed by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Chiyoda Ward and the OMY Council; lists the recurring mobility demonstration series.
↗ BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)Published 7 February 2022BOLDLY's own release on the Feb 2022 autonomous bus trial on Marunouchi Naka-dori's pedestrian-only section.
↗ RobotStart (trade press)Published 7 February 2022Independent confirmation of the Feb 18-22, 2022 trial: 1.26km round trip, speed capped at 6km/h, 420 reservations across 69 runs.
↗ Mitsubishi Jisho Design (operator)Published 27 April 2026May 13-24, 2026 'Urban Mobility Hub' / MOBI BASE demonstration with Luup, Docomo Bike Share, Hinomaru Jidosha Kogyo and the Marunouchi Shuttle.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2017. 3 of 4 sources carry a publication date, from 7 February 2022 to 27 April 2026.

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  1. PR TIMES · platformBOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
  2. RobotStart · pressRobotStart (trade press)
  3. Mitsubishi Jisho Design · vendorMitsubishi Jisho Design (operator)

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Claim 1 clm-423293714873e4a4 descriptive
the Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho area council and the operator BOLDLY have run recurring low-speed mobility demonstrations
Published field
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What the mapping says
The OMY council's own name matches this description (BOLDLY's release names the co-organizer as '大手町・丸の内・有楽町地区まちづくり協議会', the Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho District Urban Development Council). RobotStart states the trials have run continuously since 2017: '大丸有協議会とBOLDLYは、2017年から丸の内仲通りにおいて継続して自動運転バスの実証実験を行うとともに' ('...have continuously conducted autonomous bus demonstration experiments on Marunouchi Naka-dori since 2017'), and separately names a prior trial in March 2021 immediately before the February 2022 one described in this entry. Together with the OMY council's own news feed (a further low-speed mobility trial in Oct-Nov 2024, then MOBI BASE in 2026), this supports a recurring series -- just not one that began in 2021 (see unsupported).
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. OMY Area Development Council (official)
  2. RobotStart (trade press)
Claim 2 clm-63fdc42671418ee4 quantitative
A February 2022 self-driving shuttle (BOLDLY, up to 6 km/h
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What the mapping says
BOLDLY's own release confirms the 18-22 February 2022 trial ('2022年2月18日（金）～22日（火）'), speed capped at '時速6km以下' ('6 km/h or less'), with '試乗人数：約420人' (about 420 riders) across '走行便数：合計69便（平日13便／土日20便）' (69 runs total: 13 weekday, 20 weekend). RobotStart independently confirms the identical dates and figures ('approximately 420 total participants across 69 total runs').
Caveat
Both sources describe the ridership as 'approximately 420,' not an exact count. More importantly, RobotStart's own account states a human operator rode aboard and gave the final safety confirmation before each intersection crossing ('自動運転バスには乗員として操縦士（オペレーター）が1名乗車する' -- one pilot/operator rides aboard as crew; '最終的な安全確認はオペレーターが行う' -- the operator performs the final safety check), so the shuttle demonstrated autonomous-driving technology rather than running fully unsupervised.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
  2. RobotStart (trade press)
Claim 3 clm-883b238e9d0f54cd quantitative
the May 2026 'MOBI BASE' edition tested a multimodal hub with e-scooters, bike-share and car services
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What the mapping says
Mitsubishi Jisho Design's release describes the 'May 13th (Wed) - May 24th (Sun), 2026' Urban Mobility Hub Demonstration Experiment centred on the 'MOBI BASE' information point at the Marunouchi Nakadori Street Building, with LUUP (e-scooters and e-bikes), Docomo Bike Share bicycles, Hinomaru Jidosha Kogyo vehicles and the Marunouchi Shuttle as participating services. The OMY council's own news page independently announces the same event (posted 2026.4.27): '「都心型モビリティ・ハブ実証実験」を12日間にわたり実施！～MOBI BASEを起点に、まちを回遊して楽しむ新たな体験を創出～' ('A 12-day urban mobility-hub demonstration -- creating a new way to explore the district, starting from MOBI BASE').
Caveat
Neither cited source is the operator of the featured mobility services -- LUUP, Docomo Bike Share and Hinomaru Jidosha Kogyo run those independently. Both cited sources are the district's area-management consortium and its lead landowner's design subsidiary announcing a hosted event; no ridership or usage figures are given for this edition.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Mitsubishi Jisho Design (operator)
  2. OMY Area Development Council (official)
Claim 4 clm-edceb8486323784b quantitative
Since 2017, the Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho area council and the operator BOLDLY have run
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What the mapping says
BOLDLY's release: 'The OMY council and BOLDLY have continuously conducted autonomous-bus trials on Marunouchi Naka-dori since 2017, while holding repeated safety consultations with the Metropolitan Police Department.'
Caveat
The 2017 start is the operators' own statement; no source found documents a Naka-dori trial before March 2021.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
  2. RobotStart (trade press)
Claim 5 clm-f1606585bdfdddf8 descriptive
a corridor given over to pedestrians during scheduled hours
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What the mapping says
The trials run during 'Marunouchi Naka-dori Urban Terrace', the hours when the street is pedestrian-only (歩行者専用通行時間帯).
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
Claim 6 clm-15a937261872d714 descriptive
an operator on board
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What the mapping says
'自動運転バスには乗員として操縦士(オペレーター)が1名乗車する' — one operator rides aboard the autonomous bus.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. RobotStart (trade press)
Claim 7 clm-70cc0146d2a0a874 quantitative
was scheduled for 69 runs with about 420 pre-booked seats
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What the mapping says
Implementation outline: 試乗人数 約420人 (reservation required), 走行便数 合計69便 (13 on weekdays, 20 on weekend days), 18–22 Feb 2022.
Caveat
Both sources predate the trial; no figure for passengers actually carried was published that we could find.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
  2. RobotStart (trade press)
Claim 8 clm-beecd335d6605b62 quantitative
from about 350 m to the full 630 m pedestrian section, through a signalled junction
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What the mapping says
The route was extended from about 350 m one way to about 630 m (the whole pedestrian-only section), passing a signalled intersection.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
Claim 9 clm-a5ff30d70b1a5ecf descriptive
after repeated safety talks with the Metropolitan Police
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What the mapping says
'警視庁を交えて安全対策に関する協議を重ねてきた' — repeated consultations on safety measures with the Metropolitan Police Department.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
Claim 10 clm-4a5dc242f92b8e55 descriptive
the bus still did not talk to the signals and stopped at each one
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What the mapping says
'今回は自動運転バスの信号協調は行わない。信号では必ず一時停止' — no signal coordination this time; the bus always stops at the signal.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
Claim 11 clm-5d1d64cee69681af descriptive
seats and runs planned, not riders carried
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What the mapping says
Both 2022 sources were published on 7 Feb 2022 for an 18–22 Feb trial and state planned figures (約420名を予定).
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
  2. RobotStart (trade press)
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OMY Area Development Council (official) tokyo-omy-council.jp · 2 linked claims

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Consortium formed by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Chiyoda Ward and the OMY Council; lists the recurring mobility demonstration series.

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BOLDLY / PR Times (operator) prtimes.jp · 8 linked claims

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BOLDLY's own release on the Feb 2022 autonomous bus trial on Marunouchi Naka-dori's pedestrian-only section.

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RobotStart (trade press) robotstart.info · 6 linked claims

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Independent confirmation of the Feb 18-22, 2022 trial: 1.26km round trip, speed capped at 6km/h, 420 reservations across 69 runs.

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Mitsubishi Jisho Design (operator) mjd.co.jp · 1 linked claim

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May 13-24, 2026 'Urban Mobility Hub' / MOBI BASE demonstration with Luup, Docomo Bike Share, Hinomaru Jidosha Kogyo and the Marunouchi Shuttle.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Marunouchi Naka-dori Low-Speed Mobility & Hub Trials” — Tokyo, Japan. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/tokyo-marunouchi-nakadori-mobility/ (last verified 2026-10-05). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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