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Marunouchi Naka-dori Low-Speed Mobility & Hub Trials

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Since 2017, Tokyo's Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho smart city consortium has run recurring low-speed mobility demonstrations on Marunouchi Naka-dori, a corridor given over to pedestrians during scheduled hours. A February 2022 driverless shuttle (BOLDLY, up to 6 km/h) carried 420 reserved riders over 69 runs; the May 2026 'MOBI BASE' edition tested a multimodal hub with e-scooters, bike-share and car services.

Live 📅 since 2017
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Run byOMY Area Development Council consortium
Scale🧪 Pilot

📊 Impact

The February 2022 driverless bus trial logged 420 reserved rides across 69 runs over five days on the pedestrian-only section of Marunouchi Naka-dori.

🚲 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.

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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-5506090a2efec2d3 descriptive
Tokyo's Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho smart city consortium has run recurring low-speed mobility demonstrations
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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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Sources carrying this claim

  1. OMY Area Development Council (official)
  2. RobotStart (trade press)
Claim 2 clm-3122a459880ae8d9 quantitative
A February 2022 driverless shuttle (BOLDLY, up to 6 km/h) carried 420 reserved riders over 69 runs
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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-6685bccf8bffe42d quantitative
The February 2022 driverless bus trial logged 420 reserved rides across 69 runs over five days
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What the mapping says
BOLDLY dates the trial '2022年2月18日（金）～22日（火）' (Friday 18 to Tuesday 22 February 2022 -- five calendar days), with 'about 420' riders across 69 runs. RobotStart independently reports the same five-day span (18-22 Feb 2022) and figures.
Caveat
As with the parallel snippet claim, RobotStart's own account states a human operator rode aboard and made the final safety call at each intersection, so 'driverless' describes the vehicle's autonomous-driving capability rather than fully unsupervised operation. The 420 figure is described by both sources as approximate.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BOLDLY / PR Times (operator)
  2. RobotStart (trade press)
Claim 5 clm-4d52215b6a80ed63 descriptive
on the pedestrian-only section of Marunouchi Naka-dori
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What the mapping says
BOLDLY's release states the route runs during the hours when '丸の内仲通りが歩行者専用通行時間帯となる' ('Marunouchi Naka-dori becomes a pedestrian-exclusive passage time zone') and describes the route as covering '歩行者専用となる全区間' ('the entire section that becomes pedestrian-only'). RobotStart uses the same '歩行者専用通行時間帯' (pedestrian-exclusive time zone) language.
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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 · 3 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 · 4 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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🇯🇵 Haneda Innovation City Level 4 Autonomous Bus · Tokyo Same operator (BOLDLY), different footing: Haneda runs a standing Level-4 bus service; Marunouchi's low-speed shuttle is a recurring trial. 🇯🇵 LUUP Shared E-Scooters & E-Assist Bikes · Tokyo Directly linked: the May 2026 MOBI BASE hub on Marunouchi Naka-dori tested LUUP's e-scooters and e-bikes alongside a shuttle service.

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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 2026-07-25). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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