Shin-Yokohama Station Area Traffic Barrier-Free Basic Concept

In Yokohama City, the target area of the basic concept based on the "Law Concerning the Promotion of Smooth Movement Using Public Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons" [commonly known as the Traffic Barrier-Free Law], which was enforced in 2000 (Priority maintenance district), and the elderly, users including the disabled, related businesses, and the government worked together to consider the plan.
On August 31, 2006, in the area around Shin-Yokohama Station, we formulated a basic traffic barrier-free concept.

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In order to promote the development of the basic concept, we will set up the "Yokohama City Traffic Barrier-Free Special Committee" to examine the basic concept from a city-wide perspective, and to conduct a specific study of the basic concept of the target area, We set up "Shin-Yokohama district sectional meeting" and proceeded with the examination.

• Yokohama City Traffic Barrier-Free Special Committee

Chair: Kan Nomura, Professor of International University of Health and Welfare

Vice Chair: Professor Kazuoki Ohara, Graduate School of Yokohama National University

• Shin-Yokohama District Subcommittee

Chair: Professor Kazuoki Ohara, Graduate School of Yokohama National University

We confirmed the establishment of district subcommittees around Yokohama Station and Shin-Yokohama Station.

We confirmed the structure of the Traffic Barrier-Free Law and discussed the efforts so far in the Shin-Yokohama area and how to proceed in the future.

We confirmed the selection requirements for priority maintenance districts.

We grasped the outline of the area around Shin-Yokohama Station and proposed on-site inspections.

We performed a town walk inspection, and after the inspection, each group organized issues and examined countermeasures.

We arranged problems in the district from town walk inspections and past surveys, etc., and examined the area setting of priority maintenance districts and the route to promote barrier-free.

We examined projects (specific projects) to be implemented for barrier-free and routes. In addition, we examined the north exit area general maintenance project.

We confirmed the status of studies around Yokohama Station and Shin-Yokohama Station.

We examined drafts around Yokohama Station.

We examined the basic concept draft.

We confirmed drafts of two districts around Yokohama Station and Shin-Yokohama Station.

A public comment was held for the basic concept draft.

We examined the opinions received in the public comment, the response plan for it, and the draft basic concept.

Based on public comments and opinions received from the final subcommittees of both districts, we confirmed the basic design draft that reviewed the basic design draft as appropriate.