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Basic Barrier-Free Concept
Last Updated June 19, 2024
In Yokohama City, in order to promote the development of a welfare town where all people respect basic human rights, live with peace of mind, act freely on their own will, and participate in activities in all fields. We establish "town development regulations of" and citizen's all of you, each company, Yokohama-shi work together and push forward various approaches aiming at promotion of welfare town development.
In addition, based on the "Law Concerning the Promotion of Smooth Movement of Elderly People and Disabled Persons" [commonly known as the Barrier-Free Law] (outside site), facilities that utilize the basic design system and gather facilities that citizens often use In the districts that have been gathered, we are promoting barrier-free towns in a focused and integrated manner.
Development of each 18 wards each 1 district was completed in 2016.
Currently, in order to further make it barrier-free, we are considering multiple stations at the same time, and are working on the development of a basic barrier-free concept for each ward, including a review of the districts that have already been formulated.
- [Public Relations Magazine] YOKOHAMA Town Development for Everyone-Yokohama Barrier-Free Basic Concept-(PDF: 2,511KB)
- [Public Relations Magazine] YOKOHAMA Town Development for Everyone-Yokohama Barrier-Free Basic Concept-(text version)
- [Public Relations Magazine] YOKOHAMA Everyone's Town Development-Yokohama Barrier-Free Basic Design-(Easy-to-understand version) (PDF: 2,477KB)
Basic Concept
In the district where facilities that are often used by citizens are gathered, barrier-free projects for stations, roads, parks, buildings, traffic lights, etc., barrier-free projects of implementation obligations for stations, roads, parks, buildings, traffic lights, etc. Is a concept to promote.
About basic design (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) (outside site)
About examination system of Yokohama-shi
Yokohama City has set up Yokohama City Barrier-Free Study Council, etc., and is examining the basic design.
Basic Concept of Yokohama City
※You can see booklet of basic design at window of Road and Highway Bureau Road Policy Promotion Section.
About important maintenance district of Yokohama-shi
We can confirm range of important point maintenance district in Yokohama map (outside site).
Yokohamappu top page → Others → Barrier-Free Basic Concept Map
In addition, you can also check the following PDF. The scope of the priority maintenance district is as follows. Excerpts of the basic concept are excerpted.
- Tsurumi Ward (PDF: 635KB)
- Kanagawa Ward (PDF: 2,126KB)
- Nishi Ward (PDF: 1,005KB)
- Naka Ward (PDF: 3,183KB)
- Minami Ward (PDF: 901KB)
- Konan Ward (PDF: 446KB)
- Hodogaya Ward (PDF: 8,107KB)
- Asahi Ward (PDF: 1,261KB)
- Isogo Ward (PDF: 2,070KB)
- Kanazawa Ward (PDF: 382KB)
- Kohoku Ward (PDF: 1,718KB)
- Midori Ward (PDF: 4,446KB)
- Aoba Ward (PDF: 654KB)
- Tsuzuki Ward (PDF: 912KB)
- Totsuka Ward (PDF: 2,391KB)
- Sakae Ward (PDF: 580KB)
- Izumi Ward (PDF: 2,317KB)
- Seya Ward (PDF: 549KB)
※For more information about each business, please refer to the Basic Plan.
About facilitation route agreement, movement facilitation facility agreement such as movement
In Yokohama-shi, there is no facilitation route agreement such as movement in important point maintenance district and smooth facility agreement such as movement.
Progress of specific businesses
After basic design development, each company makes concrete business plan based on basic design and will carry out business (specific business) of barrier-free in important point maintenance district. In Yokohama-shi, we carry out business aiming at five years after principle, basic design development.
About progress of specific business, we report in Yokohama-shi barrier-free examination meeting.
About public information document of specific business
About district where there was a certain progress about specific business, we made public information document.
- Futamatagawa Station area barrier-free basic design [public relations magazine] (PDF: 7,783KB)
- Bandobashi Station, Koganecho Station Area Barrier-Free Basic Concept [Public Relations Magazine] (PDF: 4,016KB)
- Kanazawa Bunko Station, Kanazawa Hakkei Station Area Barrier-Free Basic Design [Public Relations Magazine] (PDF: 5,686KB)
Proposal system for creating basic concepts
Citizens who use facilities in important point maintenance district make draft of basic design and submit to Yokohama-shi to suggest new creation of basic design and change of existing basic design to Yokohama-shi I can do it.
Communication board for railway stations
It is a tool for people who have difficulty communicating through conversation, etc., to communicate smoothly at the station.
A communication board that supports universal design (4 languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean) is installed at the manned ticket gates of 157 railway stations in the city.
In addition to railway stations, communication boards are available for shops, emergency services, and disasters.
- Communication board for railway stations (PDF: 4,117KB)
- Flyer for railway station (PDF: 441KB)
- Sticker for railway station ticket gate (PDF: 143KB)
Documents to be submitted under the Barrier-Free Law
This is a document to be used in specific projects under the barrier-free basic concept.
Link
- Barrier-free universal design measures (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) (outside site)
- Community Development (Health and Social Welfare Bureau)
- Road and Highway Bureau Facility Section, Yokohama City
- Traffic Safety Specific Business Plan (Kanagawa Prefectural Police) (outside site)
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For inquiries to this page
Road and Highway Bureau Road Policy Promotion Division
Phone: 045-671-4086
Phone: 045-671-4086
Fax: 045-550-4892
Email address: do-barrierfree@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 483-902-569