Change in Travel: 3 Large
Japan Metropolitan Areas from 1995

CHANGE IN ANNUAL PASSENGER JOURNEYS: 1990-2002      
Metropolitan Area Alternate Names Public Transport Automobile & Taxi Total Automobile & Taxi Share
Tokyo-Yokohama Keihinyo, Kanto -0.110 1.164 0.988 118%
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Keihanshin, Kinki, Kansai -0.698 0.118 -0.580 All
Nagoya Chukyo, Chubu -0.196 0.264 0.068 388%
Total   -1.004 1.546 0.476 325%
In billions          
Calculated from data in "Japan Statistical Yearbook:" http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/nenkan/1431-12.htm and previous editions.

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