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A Safer Tokyo 2020: Beating the Heat and Gridlock (2019x21)

Air date: Aug 02, 2019

The Tokyo Olympics are just 1 year away. The Games pose 2 challenges unique to the city: heat stroke due to hot and humid weather, and severe traffic congestion. What are some effective countermeasures? We conducted various trials to simulate how spectators will react to the heat, and we looked into the effects of a recent traffic test done by the Organizing Committee.