Bandobashi Station / Koganecho Station Area Barrier-Free Basic Concept (text version)

In Yokohama City, based on the "Yokohama City Welfare Town Development Ordinance", citizens and businesses and Yokohama City collaborate to further promote community-based welfare activities and promote environmental improvement of software and hardware. We are promoting various initiatives.
In addition, around the base station of each ward, based on the "Law Concerning the Promotion of Smooth Movement of Elderly and Disabled Persons (Barrier-Free Law)" We are promoting barrier-free maintenance.
We have formulated a basic barrier-free concept for areas around Bandobashi Station and Koganecho Station, where administrative and welfare facilities in Minami Ward are concentrated, including the New Minami Ward General Government Building, the Yokohama City University Medical Center and Urafune Complex Facilities.

The area around Bandobashi Station and Koganecho Station is home to administrative and welfare facilities such as the New Minami Ward General Government Building, the Yokohama City University Medical Center and the Urafune Complex Welfare Facility.
The area including these major facilities was set as priority maintenance areas, and a basic barrier-free concept was formulated.

１．What is the Barrier-Free Law?
In order to improve the convenience and safety of mobility and facility use for the elderly, disabled, pregnant women, injured persons, etc., we will promote barrier-free by the following two major pillars.

（１） Promotion of barrier-free public transportation, buildings, public facilities, etc.
When constructing or introducing public transportation (passenger facilities such as stations and bus terminals, vehicles such as railway vehicles and buses), as well as specific buildings, roads, off-street parking lots and city parks, each company / building We obligate facility installation managers such as owners to comply with the "barrier-free maintenance standards (moving facilitation standards)" established for each facility.
In addition, efforts are imposed on these existing facilities to comply with the standards.

（２） Promotion of barrier-free facilities in priority areas
Municipalities are based on the Barrier-Free Law, mainly in passenger facilities such as railway stations, where facilities used by the elderly and disabled gather, and the movement between facilities is usually performed on foot (Priority Maintenance Area), we will create a "barrier-free basic concept" in order to promote barrier-free public transportation, buildings, roads, off-street parking lots, city parks, traffic lights, etc. with emphasis and integrally.

２．What is the Basic Concept of Barrier-Free?
In priority maintenance districts, to promote barrier-free public transportation such as railway stations, public facilities such as roads and parks, and public buildings used by the elderly, disabled, etc. We establish range of important point maintenance district, contents of business (specific business) to carry out for barrier-free.
In addition, after basic design development, each company will make concrete business plan based on basic design and carry out business of barrier-free in important point maintenance district.
In Yokohama-shi, we carry out business in principle five years after basic design development.

３．Initiatives to date
15 districts (Kannai Station, Tsurumi Station, Yokohama Station, Shin-Yokohama Station, Mitsukyo Station, Totsuka Station, Kami-Ooka Station, Konan Chuo Station, Tsuzuki Ward   Town Center, Hoshikawa Station, Hongodai Station, Oguchi Station, Koyasu Station, and Futamatagawa Station.

In the basic barrier-free concept, facilities such as passenger facilities, government facilities, and welfare facilities used by the elderly and disabled in daily life or social life are set as living-related facilities. Mainly facilities that are used by an unspecified number of people, including the elderly and the disabled, and that meet the conditions that the means leading to the facility are mainly on foot from the station. We have set as facilities.
In addition, we have set a route to make barrier-free on the route connecting lifestyle-related facilities as a lifestyle-related route.
In Yokohama City, life-related routes are classified into two types, A and B.

Life-related routes (A) are routes that carry out maintenance in accordance with the standards for facilitating movements based on the law and the maintenance standards of the Yokohama City Welfare Town Development Ordinance, or routes that have already been maintained along both standards. It is.
Life-related routes (B) cannot be set to life-related routes A due to local restrictions such as topography and urbanization. It is a route that carries out maintenance in accordance with smoothing standards. Life-related route B has been set as a unique initiative of Yokohama City. 
In this area, route 1-1, route 3-3, route 3-4, route 3-5, route 3-6, route 3-7, route 4-2 are lifestyle-related routes (B), and other routes are set as life-related routes (A).

The contents of the business of life-related facilities and life-related routes in this basic concept are as follows.

Public transport specific business
Bandobashi Station

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Install a variable information display device on the home
  • Installation of tactile guides, etc. in the toilet
  • Installation of ostomate-compatible equipment
  • Installation of diaper changing sheets for infants in the toilet
  • Installation of large beds in the toilet
  • Expansion of Western-style toilets
  • Improving the visibility of the steps and nose
  • Conduct awareness-raising activities to improve the manners of using elevators
• Projects that will take advantage of opportunities to consider maintenance
  • Improvement of ticket vending machines
  • Improvement of elevators

Koganecho Station

• Projects that will take advantage of opportunities to consider maintenance
  • Changes in the type, mounting position, etc. of lighting fixtures around ticket vending machines
  • Improvement of blocks for guiding visually impaired people on the home
  • Improving the flatness of the home
  • Installation of JIS standard point-shaped blocks with inner lines on the platform

Road Specific Business
Route 1-1: Fujidana-urafune-dori St. (Route from Koganecho Station to Ota Bridge Intersection)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Installation of blocks for guiding the visually impaired in front of the pedestrian crossing
  • Improvement of pavement materials at Ota Bridge
  • Securing a flat part in front of the pedestrian crossing

Route 1-2: Fujidana-urafune-dori St. (Route from Ota Bridge Intersection to Urafune Waterway Bridge)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Improvement of block for guiding visually impaired persons
  • Relocation of lighting pillars
  • Continuous laying of blocks for guiding visually impaired persons between Bandobashi Station and Koganecho Station and Shin-Minami Ward General Government Building and City University Hospital
  • Removal of unnecessary vehicle entry and improvement of crossing gradients
  • Installation of blocks for guiding visually impaired persons (bus stop)
  • Improvement of flatness of sidewalks
  • Improvement of steps between sidewalks and roadways

Route 1-3: In front of Minami Mano Nursery School (route from Dojo Bridge Intersection to Urafune Waterway Bridge)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Improvement of manhole cover (improvement of non-slip)
  • Improvement of lids in drains
  • Improvement of flatness of sidewalks
  • Improvement of block for guiding visually impaired persons

Route 2: Route 16 (Route from Bandobashi Intersection to Bono Town Akebono Entrance)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Improvement of flatness of sidewalks
  • Improvement of sidewalk height (bus stop)

Route 3-1: Near Bandobashi Station Exit 4 (route from Idaidai-dori entrance to Bandobashi Station)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Improvement of block for guiding visually impaired persons

Route 3-2: Idaidai-dori (route from the entrance of Idai-dori to the intersection in front of City University Hospital)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Ensure the flatness of the sidewalk
  • Securing walking space
  • Improvement of block for guiding visually impaired persons

Route 3-3: In front of City University Hospital, Dojo Bridge (route from the intersection in front of City University Hospital to the north side of Yokohama City Nakamura Special Needs School)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Improvement of block for guiding visually impaired persons
  • Securing walking space
  • Improvement of lids in drains
  • Improvement of block for guiding visually impaired persons (improvement of catch block)

Route 3-4: Along the Nakamura River (route from the north side of Nakamura District Center in Yokohama City to the north side of Nakamura Special Needs School in Yokohama City)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Securing a flat part in front of the pedestrian crossing

Route 3-5: Dontokoi / Minami-mae (route from the north side of Nakamura District Center in Yokohama City to Dontokoi / Minami entrance)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Securing walking space

Route 3-6: In front of Shirobara Nursery School (route from the north side of Shirobara Nursery School to the entrance of Nakamura Special Needs School in Yokohama)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Improvement of walking space
  • Relocation of pedestrian crossings

Route 3-7: Nakamura Special Needs School East (Route from the north side of Yokohama Municipal Nakamura Special Needs School to the entrance of Yokohama Municipal Nakamura Special Needs School)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Improvement of sidewalks

Route 4-1: Along the Odori Park (Route from Bandobashi Station to Yokohamabashi Intersection)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Securing a flat part in front of the pedestrian crossing

Route 5: North side of the New Minami Ward General Government Building (Route from the intersection in front of City University Hospital to the Yokohamabashi Entrance Intersection)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Arrangement of planting
  • Ensure the flatness of roads
  • Improvement of block for guiding visually impaired persons
  • Improvement of lids in drains
  • Continuous laying of blocks for guiding visually impaired persons between Urafunecho bus stop and City University Hospital

Traffic safety specific business
Life-related routes

• Projects that will take advantage of opportunities to consider maintenance
  • Installation of sound traffic lights, etc.
  • Strengthening the crackdown on illegal parking
  • Public information on illegal parking prevention
  • Promotion of educational activities
  • Ensuring visibility of signs and markings
  • Implementation of traffic regulations

Route 1-1: Ota Bridge Intersection, Ota Bridge North Intersection

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Relocation of pedestrian crossings

Route 1-2: Minamiyoshida Elementary School Intersection

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Relocation of pedestrian crossings

Route 1-2: Urafunecho Intersection

• Projects that will take advantage of opportunities to consider maintenance
  • Installation of sound traffic lights, etc.

Route 3-2: Idaidai-dori (in front of Bandobashi Park)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Ensure visibility of road markings on pedestrian crossings

Route 3-3: In front of the Urafune Welfare Complex

• Projects that will take advantage of opportunities to consider maintenance
  • Relocation of parking ticket issuing machines

Route 4-2: Yokohamabashi Entrance Intersection

• Projects that will take advantage of opportunities to consider maintenance
  • Installation of sound traffic lights, etc.

Building-specific business
Nakamura Special Needs School (Yokohama City)

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • (East parking lot entrance) Measures to prevent falls

Yokohama City University Medical Center

• Projects that will take advantage of opportunities to consider maintenance
  • (Aisle on site) Improvement of blocks for guiding visually impaired persons

※There are no planned projects for the following living-related facilities.

• Nakamura District Center, Yokohama
• Miyoshi Performing Arts Center
• Religious Corporation Tensou Nomura Hospital
• Urafune Complex Welfare Facility
• Social Welfare Corporation Yokohama Symbiosis Association Local Activities Home Dontokoi / Minami
• Bono Town Akebono

Other Businesses
Priority maintenance areas

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Implementation of measures for abandoned bicycles
  • Improvement of information signs

Odori Park

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Appropriate maintenance of toilets

Yokohamaura Funa Post Office, TSUTAYA Bandobashi Store

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Conduct awareness-raising activities to improve manners for using bicycles

Yokohama Hashidori Shopping Street

• Projects to be maintained by fiscal 2019
  • Securing walking space
  • Projects that will take advantage of opportunities to consider maintenance
  • Conduct awareness-raising activities to improve manners for using bicycles

（１） Making buildings barrier-free
Barrier-free buildings must be implemented by owners and managers in cooperation, and it is difficult to respond early, so we will respond from where possible and conform to the standards at opportunities such as large-scale renovations. I will try to plan.

（２） About elevator at Bandobashi Station
At Bandobashi Station, one barrier-free route is secured by an elevator connecting the ticket gate floor and the ground according to law standards. However, there was an opinion calling for an improvement in the size of the basket because the elevator was crowded, but it is difficult to make immediate improvements because large-scale renovation is required. Therefore, in this basic concept, we will position the implementation of educational activities to improve the manners of using elevators as a specific business, and work to solve immediate issues.

（３） About barrier-free shopping street
We are also actively working on barrier-free measures to create new vitality in the shopping district. As an example of the initiative, Yokohama Hashidori Shopping Street has developed a rest area using the shopping district association office, adopted LED lighting to ensure the brightness of the street, and multilingualized to improve the convenience of foreign shoppers. We are installing information signs that have become. Going forward, we will continue to work to make it a shopping street that is easy for anyone to use.

（４） About collection site
In response to the opinion that collection site would hinder pedestrian traffic on Idaidai-dori Street and Fujidana-urafune-dori St., we were able to reduce the amount of waste on sidewalks and secure walking spaces. In addition, about other places, we carry out spread enlightenment such as garbage disposal manners in area.
We will continue to consider the relocation of collection site and raise awareness among them.

Background
In Yokohama City, we have set up a district subcommittee around Bandobashi Station and Koganecho Station, which consists of academics, citizens such as the elderly and the disabled, and related businesses and administrative organizations, and have been examining it. .

1st District Subcommittee (July 2, 2013)

• Understanding the contents of the barrier-free law and basic concept
• Understanding the current situation of the district, etc.

2nd District Subcommittee (October 29, 2013)

• Examination of life-related facilities, life-related routes, etc.
• Planning of town walk inspections, etc.

Recruitment of information on barrier-free (January 15-February 14, 2014)

3rd District Subcommittee (March 27, 2014)

• Town walk inspection, workshop

4th District Subcommittee (July 31, 2014)

• Arrangement of the results of the town walk inspection
• Review of district issues and countermeasures

5th District Subcommittee (December 5, 2014)

• Proposal of the Basic Concept

After the basic design is formulated, each company formulates a business plan based on the basic design, and in principle, implements the business with the goal of FY2019.

In promoting business after formulating the basic concept

• We will promote the smooth development of various specific business plans and the implementation of business.
• Consider how to manage the progress of the business and evaluate the business.
• We try to inform citizens about the progress of the business and the business contents widely.
• Based on trends in new technological development, we will consider revising our business to make it barrier-free as necessary.

Please send us your opinions regarding the barrier-free business in the future.

Road Policy Promotion Section, City of Yokohama, Road and Highway Bureau Road Policy Promotion Department
Address: 10 22nd floor, 6-50 Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0005, Japan
Telephone: 045-671-4086
FAX： 045-550-4892
E-mail: do-barrierfree@city.yokohama.jp

City of Yokohama, Minami Ward Ward Administration Promotion Division Planning and Adjustment Section
Address: 2-33 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama 232-0024, Japan
Telephone: 045-341-1232
FAX： 045-341-1240
E-mail: mn-kikaku@city.yokohama.jp