107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation

Volunteers at the
Media Villages assisted
people with getting
where they needed to go.
to fly Games participants arriving at Kansai
International airport to Matsumoto, where they
boarded coaches for their final destination.
Participants arriving in Nagoya travelled to
Nagano by coach.
In order to gather accurate information about
participants’ schedules an “Arrival and
Departure Form” was sent out in advance.
However, only 60% of the forms were returned,
and most of these after the November 1997
deadline. Despite this disappointing response,
organizers were able to accurately assess demand
and dispatched vehicles in sufficient numbers
to the airports, which resulted in smooth
transportation upon arrival. In contrast, numerous
changes in departure date / time and flights,
and the fact that many participants were late in
submitting their final departure details meant
that transportation schedules for departure could
not be thoroughly finalized. This led to confusion
in some cases.
Since accommodation facilities were spread
over a large area, NAOC’s principal intention
was to transport participants from the airport to a
bus terminus set up in Nagano City, where they
would transfer to smaller buses for their hotels.
In actual practice however, whenever possible,
buses took participants directly from the airport
to their accommodations, or dropped them off
nearby. The same system of direct transportation
was also applied for departures. A computerized
information system for transportation and accommodations
was set up to register arrival and
departure information. This involved a total of
31 computer terminals set up at airports, the
Olympic Village, and other non-competition
venues.
For the Games, 64.5% of participants arrived
between February 1 – 6, while 74.3% departed
between February 22 – 25.
Checking the shuttle
bus schedules
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