埼京線「○号車で痴漢です」　アプリで通報、車内放送実験―ＪＲ東日本

　ＪＲ東日本は４日、列車内での痴漢防止対策として、乗客がスマートフォンの専用アプリを使って車掌に被害を連絡し、車内放送で注意喚起するシステムの実証実験を、埼京線で行うと発表した。放送による抑止効果が狙いで、被害の訴えが特に多い埼京線を実験対象路線に選んだ。
　ＪＲ東によると、実験の第１段階は、２月下旬～３月中旬の午前７～１０時の間に大宮―新宿間で実施。社員を含む参加者計２５人程度が、痴漢をされたと想定しアプリで連絡する。タブレット端末で把握した車掌は、実験だと前置きした上で、「○号車のお客さまより痴漢の通報がありました」などとアナウンスする。
　その後、乗客に放送を聞いた感想や不快に思わなかったかなどを尋ねるアンケート調査をする。（2020/02/04-16:49）

East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, said Tuesday that it will test a smartphone app to share reports of train gropers on its Saikyo Line, notorious for the rampancy of such misbehavior.
   Around 25 passengers, including employees of JR East itself, will participate in the first phase of the app test, which will be conducted on the section between Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and Omiya Station in neighboring Saitama Prefecture around between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. on weekdays from late this month to mid-March.
   In the test, the participants will make reports of assumed groping through the smartphone app to the train conductor, who will then make in-train announcements to inform other passengers of the reports by specifying the car where the misconduct is taking place.
   JR East will later conduct a survey of passengers, including about whether they have felt discomfort at the announcements about gropers.
   The second phase of the test will be carried out in June or later with the participation of about 100 people who volunteer. They will be asked to report via the app when they actually experience groping, and the reports will be announced in the train.