{"id":150023,"date":"2022-11-18T13:22:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T04:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=150023&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-18T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T04:22:35","slug":"car-ownership-on-the-rise-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/car-ownership-on-the-rise-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Ownership on the Rise in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of cars owned by the Fukuoka population is on the rise. The number reached 771,171 (incl. motorbikes) as of the fiscal year of 2020, causing severe congestion especially in urbanized areas. While the city implemented countermeasures such as \u2018Park and Ride\u2019 program and \u2018Fringe Parking\u2019 discounts, more actions are needed to for smoother traffic and less CO2 emissions. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwtb.mlit.go.jp\/kyushu\/toukei\/syaryousuu.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MILT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rkb.jp\/news-rkb\/202211113729\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_car-traffic-photo-ac_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Car Ownership on the Rise in Fukuoka\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_car-traffic-photo-ac_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_car-traffic-photo-ac_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_car-traffic-photo-ac_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_car-traffic-photo-ac_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-ac.com\/main\/detail\/24646756\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo AC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Number of cars owned by the Fukuoka population is on the rise. The number reached 771,171 (incl. motorbikes) as of the fiscal year of 2020, causing severe congestion especially in urbanized areas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":150029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-150023","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/150023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}