Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai Station Area Barrier-Free Basic Concept

In Yokohama City, based on the Barrier-Free Law, we have created a basic concept to promote barrier-free access so that people, including the elderly, disabled, and those raising children, toKanagawa Ward and Hodogaya Ward. In the future, each company will create a business plan based on this basic concept, and will implement the business sequentially.

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In the area around Hazawa Yokohama National University Station, since 2008 (2008), at the Tokiwadai Workshop, which consists of the Hodogaya-ku Tokiwadai District Alliance Neighborhood Associations, Tokiwadai Community Care Plaza and Yokohama National University. With the aim of creating a town in the Tokiwadai district where people can continue to live, community-based workshop activities are being carried out continuously. In these activities, with the opening of Hazawa Yokohama National University Station (November 2019), the Wada / Kamadai district, and the Hazawa district in Kanagawa-ku were joined, and the Hazawa district in Kanagawa-ku, and the Hazawa district in Kanagawa-ku, were considered. Was. Based on the content of this study, based on Article 27 of the Barrier-Free Law, a proposal system for the creation of a basic concept in the area around Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai Station ※A proposal was submitted for the first time in the city.
In addition, the opening of the Sotetsu-JR Direct Line (November 2019) and the Sotetsu / Tokyu Direct Line (scheduled for March 2023) and the Sotetsu / Tokyu Direct Line (scheduled for March 2023) will improve access to central Tokyo. Around the station, commercial facilities, residences, disaster prevention plazas, etc. are planned on a site of about 2.2 ha.
With the opening and development of these, it is expected that the number of users of stations and living-related facilities is expected to increase in the future, so it is necessary to facilitate the movement between living-related facilities in the area around station.
Based on the above, based on the circumstances that have been sufficiently considered in the area, Yokohama City decided to create a basic design for the relevant district as Yokohama City.
※Creation of basic concept, etc. Proposal system:
Based on Article 27 of the Barrier-Free Law, a system that can propose a new basic design and a change in the existing basic design by creating a draft of the basic concept and a change in existing basic design.

In preparing the basic barrier-free concept, we set up the "Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai Station Area Subcommittee" consisting of academics, welfare-related organizations, regional representatives, businesses, and government officials, and proceeded with the study.

Chair: Satoshi Sadohara, Vice President, Yokohama National University

Vice Chair: Kazuoki Ohara, Professor, Yokohama National University

In addition to introducing the "Barrier-Free Law" and the "Basic Barrier-Free Concept", they exchanged opinions on the current situation around Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai Station, lifestyle-related facilities, and lifestyle-related routes.

The committee members actually checked the site and summarized the issues.

We raised opinions about barrier-free of Hazawa Yokohama National University Station area. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

We arranged the results of "opinion offer about barrier-free" and "town walk inspection, workshop" and examined desirable correspondence (draft) based on opinion.

※In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the 2nd ward meeting was held in writing.

About desirable correspondence (draft) based on opinion, we coordinated with company and proposed basic design draft based on the result.