Basic Concept for Barrier-Free Area around Hongodai Station

In Yokohama City, based on the Barrier-Free Law, it is barrier-free for everyone, including the elderly, disabled, and those who are raising children, to move smoothly and use stations and facilities in the area centering on Hongodai Station. We have formulated a basic concept to promote
In the future, each company will create a business plan based on this basic concept and carry out the project sequentially.

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The area around Hongodai Station is home to major public facilities such as ward offices and libraries, and is an area where many people are active.

In examining the basic barrier-free concept, we set up and examined the `` Hongodai Station Area District Subcommittee '' consisting of academics, citizens such as the elderly and disabled, related businesses and administrative organizations. did.

Chair: Minoru Yamada, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ibaraki University

We introduced the "New Barrier-Free Law" and "Basic Barrier-Free Concept" and exchanged opinions on the current situation in the area around Hongodai Station.

We examined life-related facilities and life-related routes, area of important point maintenance district and examined plan of town walk inspection workshop.

We raised information related to barrier-free in the area around Hongodai Station.

In addition to the members of the district subcommittee, we actually checked the site and compiled the issues.

We arranged the results of the "Town Walk Inspection Workshop" and examined the issues of the district and countermeasures for it.

In response to the issues of the district obtained through the “Town Walk Inspection Workshop” and other measures to address them, we examined the basic design draft that summarizes the results of the past studies.

We carried out citizen opinion offer to have opinion from users widely for around Hongodai Station district barrier-free basic design draft and reflect in development of barrier-free basic design.

We examined opinion and correspondence obtained by citizen opinion offer and examined basic design original bill based on the result.