都内でタクシーの２倍　４月のライドシェア運行頻度―国交省

　国土交通省は１０日、一般ドライバーが自家用車を使って有償で乗客を運ぶ「ライドシェア」について、４月から順次始まった東京都や神奈川県など５区域の今月５日までの実施状況を公表した。運行回数は計１万２６２８回で、通常のタクシーと同等以上の頻度で稼働しており、東京２３区などでは１時間当たりの運行回数が通常のタクシーの２倍に達した。
　斉藤鉄夫国交相は１０日の閣議後記者会見で「『移動の足』対策として一定の効果が発揮されつつある」とした上で、現時点での評価は時期尚早との見方を示した。（2024/05/10-11:43）

Ride-hailing services, which have been allowed to operate in Tokyo and some other areas in Japan since April, have been used more frequently than traditional taxis so far, a transport ministry report showed on Friday.
   As of last Sunday, ride-hailing services, which use personal vehicles to offer paid rides, had been used a total of 12,628 times in five areas. Especially in the 23 wards of central Tokyo, the hourly usage rate for such services reached twice that for taxis.
   Ride-hailing services are "beginning to have certain effects as a mode of transportation," transport minister Tetsuo Saito told a press conference on Friday, while noting that it is too early to judge the services.
   Ride-hailing services were launched in the Keihin area including Tokyo and the neighboring cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki, both in Kanagawa Prefecture, and the western city of Kyoto by mid-April, and in the central city of Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, and the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, later that month.
   The hourly usage rate for ride-hailing services came to about 1.5 in Tokyo, 0.8 in Kanagawa and 1.3 in Aichi, compared with about 0.7 for taxis nationwide.