Are you encouraged by the announcements on the train?

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Posted on:August 29, 2021 Posted by: oohCategory : Express bus

A deserted Shinjuku Station South Exit around 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 3, 2021

JR Chuo Line Mitaka Station, Thursday, August 3, 2021, chinese overseas british database around 22:00 It was as quiet as early morning.
　Although states of emergency have been declared in Tokyo and across the country, there are some jobs that require me to go to the office, so I commute to Ebisu, Shibuya Ward, by bus or train two or three times a month.

　On trains and buses, we often hear announcements along the lines of, "Please help reduce congestion by using telework and working from home."

I feel both sad and encouraged when I watch the broadcast.

Private railway and bus companies are urging people who use their products to avoid using the service as much as possible.　

The number of customers has already dropped dramatically, and even though the situation is difficult, they are making efforts to reduce the number of customers even further.

　We work with many public transportation operators, and we can imagine how tough it is through daily online meetings.
Of course! It's been about 20 months since the coronavirus outbreak! Repeated state of emergency declarations and travel restrictions.
In fact, most meetings have been moved online, and the opportunities to ride not only airplanes but also trains and buses have drastically decreased.
　Furthermore, even our company has shifted to teleworking, so commuter passes are no longer necessary, and in June 2020 we abolished commuting allowances and switched to providing communication allowances.
　Even under such circumstances, I am truly impressed that they are gritting their teeth with pride as infrastructure that supports the community, without voicing their harshness or hardship.
Many of them are listed companies or large companies, so I understand that they cannot complain when they think about stakeholders such as shareholders and the community.

　However, public transport operators bear huge fixed costs in order to provide services that make people's travel safer, more comfortable and more convenient. Public transport operators must continue to operate as part of the local infrastructure even if the number of customers drops dramatically. It is easy to imagine that they must be struggling.

　Moreover, in Japan, many of the public transport operators are private companies.
Even under these circumstances, they grit their teeth and say to their customers,