On July 18, 2023, Toyota Mobility Basis (TMF), in cooperation with quite a few corporations and organizations concerned in mobility, held the Tateshina Assembly close to the Shoko-ji Temple, which was constructed to wish for site visitors security, within the foothills of Mt. Tateshina in Chino Metropolis, Nagano Prefecture. The assembly aimed to advertise dialogue and increase collaboration among the many individuals, with the aim of attaining zero site visitors accident casualties. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the primary time the assembly was held in 4 years for the reason that inaugural assembly in 2019. This yr, roughly 100 people participated, together with executives from over 30 corporations and organizations from Japan and abroad, and a full of life change of views and opinions occurred. The assembly is scheduled to be held usually from subsequent yr onward.

The assembly began with a keynote speech wanting again on previous site visitors security initiatives, similar to the event of security applied sciences, laws, and infrastructure. This was adopted by a presentation on cutting-edge efforts to make vehicles much more clever. The ultimate presentation explored the opportunity of combining people and AI sooner or later to maximise the capabilities of each, resulting in safer driving.

Subsequent, through the dialogue part and all through all the assembly, the necessity to undertake a “three-pronged method” *1 involving vehicles, individuals, and site visitors infrastructure to attain zero site visitors accident casualties was shared, together with the popularity that “site visitors security is one thing everybody creates collectively.” Primarily based on this, every firm dedicated to proceed collaborating to advance initiatives whereas reaching out to as many stakeholders as doable to get entangled.

As a particular initiative, subcommittees have been launched the place quite a few corporations and organizations will collaborate to deal with challenges similar to accidents involving bicycles and motorbikes and supporting susceptible teams by way of mobility, such because the aged and youngsters. Sooner or later, the subcommittees goal to implement actions based mostly on the “three-pronged method” whereas sharing the data of taking part members and selling cooperation with the federal government, native authorities, and related organizations.

*1 Three-pronged method The belief of zero site visitors accident casualties relies on the idea that actions ought to take an built-in “three-pronged” method from the views of vehicles, individuals, and site visitors infrastructure as expressed by the “growth of secure autos,” “site visitors security consciousness actions focusing on individuals,” and “taking part in enhancing the site visitors setting.”

[Reference 1] Record of taking part corporations / organizations
(35 at time of launch, in no specific order)

[Reference 2] Tateshina Assembly

The Tateshina Assembly was first held in 2019 as a platform for sharing aspirations and selling collaboration towards realizing zero site visitors accident casualties. It’s held through the Summer season Pageant on the Mount Tateshina Shoko-ji Temple*2, the place high executives from the auto and associated industries collect yearly to wish for site visitors security.

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Toyota’s 50-year prayer towards the elimination of site visitors accidents

*2 Mt. Tateshina Shoko-ji Temple The denomination is the Hosso sect of Buddhism (the top temple of the sect is Yakushiji). The Shoko-ji Temple was constructed as a spot to consolation the souls of those that perished in site visitors accidents, pray for these injured in site visitors accidents, and pray for the elimination of site visitors accidents. A Summer season Pageant is held yearly on July 17 and 18.

SOURCE: Toyota