Kohoku Ward Barrier-Free Basic Concept

　Based on the Barrier-Free Law, Yokohama City has created a basic concept to promote barrier-free access to stations and facilities in the areas centered on Shin-Yokohama Station, Kozukue Station, and Okurayama Station in Kohoku Ward. In the future, each company will create a business plan based on this basic concept, and will implement the business sequentially.
　
Press release document (November 30, 2023) (PDF: 846KB)

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In preparing the basic barrier-free concept, we have established the Kohoku Ward Subcommittee, which consists of academics, welfare-related organizations, regional representatives, businesses, and government officials.

Chair: Associate Professor Oo Emori, Nihon University

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

We raised information about barrier-free of Shin-Yokohama Station, Kozukue Station, Okurayama Station area. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Okurayama Station Area: May 16, 2022
Around Shin-Yokohama Station, Kozukue Station Area: June 1, 2022, June 3, 2022

We had you participate in addition to ward committee members and, after actually checking the site and gathered problem.

In addition to organizing the results of "information recruitment on barrier-free" and "town walk inspection and workshop" were examined, and the way of thinking based on opinions.

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

In 2006, Kohoku Ward formulated a basic concept for traffic barrier-free areas around Shin-Yokohama Station. For more information, please refer to the following link.

• Shin-Yokohama Station Area Traffic Barrier-Free Basic Concept