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Japan’s ‘conveyor belt road’ to relieve driver shortage and cut emissions

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Connecting Tokyo and Osaka, developers are aiming for full operations of the three-lane automated cargo transport corridor by the mid-2030s.
Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka, dubbed a “conveyor belt road” by the government, to make up for a shortage of truck drivers.
The amount of funding for the project is not yet set but it is seen as one way to help the country cope with soaring deliveries.

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