Press release material (June 29, 2005) / Guidelines

　Due to the construction, the usability of the road you are used to on a daily basis has changed significantly, and it may be difficult to walk or inconvenience. In addition, even a slight change due to construction, it may be a heavy burden for the elderly and disabled.
　In order to enhance the safety and security of pedestrians even during construction, Yokohama City has been working.
We devise "barrier-free promotion guidelines for pedestrians during construction" and carry out from July 1.
　In formulating the guidelines, we solicited opinions and formulated guidelines reflecting the many opinions we received.

　Of the works performed by Yokohama City, construction performed using public pedestrian spaces requires compliance with these guidelines. About construction that except Yokohama-shi performs, when we use public pedestrian space in the city, we ask for compliance of guidelines at the time of road occupation application.　

（１） Configuration of guidelines
　From the two approaches, the pedestrian's perspective and the viewpoint of the construction site, the structure summarizes matters that need to be considered for items that need to be considered. I was able to work properly.
　For helpful information, a column section has been provided for more detailed explanations.

（２） Items to be considered
　The following nine items are summarized in the following nine items.

1. Effective width of aisle
2. Aisle of aisle
3. Steps on the aisle
4. Road surface condition of passage
5. Circuit setting
6. Correspondence to places where blocks for guiding visually impaired persons are installed
7. Provision of construction information
8. Night consideration
9. Maintenance of passages

　In formulating the guidelines, we published the (draft) and solicited opinions, and reflected them in the guidelines.

（１） Outline of opinion solicitation
Opinion solicitation period: March 10 (Thu) to April 11 (Mon), 2005
Number of opinions received: 51 cases

（２） Specific examples of opinion

1. Those that require the application of guidelines to work performed by private companies
2. Those that require guidance to get off the bicycle in narrow passages due to construction
3. A request for additional explanation of assistance methods so that construction personnel can assist the wheelchair