Initiatives to improve traffic around East Exit Totsuka Station

　Based on the results of the traffic society experiment conducted in November 2022, we implemented measures to prevent parking and stopping at intersections and near pedestrian crossings, which are prohibited under the Road Traffic Law.
　Thank you very much for your cooperation.

　In order to overtake vehicles that stop at intersections in front of Totsuka Station East Exit or near pedestrian crossings, the following vehicles are running out of the opposite lane. In order to improve this situation, protective fences will be installed on the shoulders where parking and stopping are originally prohibited, and the parking prohibition zone will be clarified to improve traffic flow and improve the safety of vehicles and pedestrians. Improve safety.

・The roads around Totsuka Station are very crowded on a daily basis. When you come to Totsuka Station, please use public transportation.
・When waiting for pick-up, please refrain from parking on the street, which may cause traffic congestion, and use the surrounding parking lot.
・There is a platform for general cars at East Exit Totsuka Station, so please use it when you pick up and drop off.

　The roads around East Exit Totsuka Station are very crowded during morning and evening rush hours and rainy days due to the stop of pick-up cars. In particular, very dangerous situations have occurred, such as the following vehicles protrude into the opposite lane in order to overtake vehicles stopped at the intersection in front of the station.
　Therefore, in order to use the area around the station safely, we conducted a social experiment to facilitate the flow of traffic.

[Execution Period]　Wednesday, November 23, 2022 From noon to noon on Tuesday, November 29

[Restricted Section]　Tozuka Modi Street (Tozuka Route 556), Tozuka Ekimae (East Exit) Street (Prefectural Road No. 203)

[Contents of implementation]　One-way street on the back of Tozuka Modi and measures to park and stop at some sections of Totsuka Station East Exit Station (see image below)
　　　　　　　[Reference] Announcement of Social Experiments (PDF: 1,305KB)

[Experiment status]　Experiment (PDF: 570KB)

[Results]　Results of verification of the effect of the experiment [Summary Version] (PDF: 1,971KB)　
　　　　　　(We reported in conjunction with other approaches at the 6th Town and Town Development Liaison Council that has continued to live in.)

　We conducted a questionnaire survey on traffic social experiments at East Exit, Totsuka Station, regarding the use of Totsuka Station during the traffic society experiment.
　Thank you very much for your cooperation.

　Questionnaire results (PDF: 522KB)

　This social experiment was positioned as a countermeasure for solving problems in the “City and Town Development Plan that Continued to Live in the Area around Totsuka Station (February 2019)”. This was implemented as one of the initiatives aimed at optimizing vehicles.
Please see the following URL about "town, town development plan that continued to live around Totsuka Station district (February, 2019)".
https://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/totsuka/kurashi/machizukuri_kankyo/machizukuri/sumitsuzuketai/machimichi.html