Basic Concept for Barrier-Free Area around Mitsukyo Station

In Yokohama-shi, based on "law about promotion of smooth movement using public transport such as elderly person, person with a physical disability" [commonly known as traffic barrier-free law], targeting at district centering on Mitsukyo Station, We have formulated a basic concept so that everyone, including the elderly and disabled, can move smoothly and use it.
The procedure for submitting this basic concept to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was conducted in accordance with the current “New Barrier-Free Law”, but the examination is conducted in accordance with the old “Traffic Barrier-Free Law”.

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It is an area where many people gather as a base for living centered on administration and commerce.

When we push forward development of basic design, we establish "Yokohama-shi traffic barrier-free specialized committee" to have you examine basic design from viewpoint of whole city and perform concrete examination of basic design every target district In order to do so, we set up the "Mitsukyo District Subcommittee" and proceeded with the study.

• Yokohama City Traffic Barrier-Free Special Committee

Chairperson: Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Nihon University

Vice Chair: Professor, Yokohama National University Graduate School

• Mitsukyo District Subcommittee

Chair: Hiromi Kitagawa, Senior Researcher and Manager, Research Institute for Community Development

Vice Chair: Professor, Yokohama National University Graduate School

We hold "round-table conference about basic concept of traffic barrier-free around Mitsukyo Station" and, before starting concrete examination of basic design, we introduce "traffic barrier-free law" and "basic traffic barrier-free basic design" We exchanged opinions about area around Mitsukyo Station.

After setting up the district subcommittee and introducing the committee members, we confirmed the related businesses and plans of the district.
In addition, we examined the contents of the “Town Walk Inspection Workshop” to be held next time.

Participants in addition to the members of the district subcommittee also participated, and after actually checking the site and compiling issues.

We selected the area around Mitsukyo Station as a priority maintenance area, and confirmed that we would proceed with the study.

The issues obtained at the town walk inspection workshop etc. have been organized.
At the same time, we examined the scope of the district to be considered in the basic concept and the route to promote barrier-free within the district.

A workshop was held to consider solutions from the user's point of view to the issues identified in the previous studies.

We examined solutions to issues considered in user working, etc. from a technical perspective.

In response to user working and business working, we examined a basic concept draft that compiled the basic concept.

The draft of the basic concept was confirmed.

Public comments were made on the basic concept draft.

Based on the results of the public opinion solicitation, we examined the basic design draft that would be the final plan of the basic design.

We confirmed the basic concept draft created based on public comments and opinions received in the subcommittee.