Press release material (June 29, 2005) / Announcement of Guidelines

　Due to the construction, the usability of the road you are used to on a daily basis changes greatly, making it difficult to walk or inconvenient. In addition, even minor changes due to construction may be a heavy burden for the elderly and the disabled.
　Therefore, Yokohama City has been working to enhance the safety and security of pedestrians even during construction.
We devise "barrier-free promotion guidelines for pedestrians during construction" and carry out from July 1.
　In formulating the guidelines, opinions were solicited and guidelines were formulated reflecting many opinions received.

　Of the works performed by Yokohama City, works performed using public pedestrian spaces are required to comply with these guidelines. About construction that other than Yokohama-shi performs, when we use public pedestrian space in the city, we ask for compliance with guidelines at the time of road private use application.　

（１） Composition of Guidelines
　From the viewpoint of pedestrians and the viewpoint of construction sites, the structure is a compilation of matters to be considered for items that need to be considered, and construction personnel are barrier-free for pedestrians from the standpoint of pedestrians. We have made it possible to work properly.
　In addition, we have provided a column for reference information and added more detailed explanations.

（２） Items to be considered
　Consideration items are summarized in the following nine items.

1. Effective width of aisle
2. A passage
3. Steps on the aisle
4. Road surface condition of the aisle
5. Set up a circuit
6. Response to places where blocks for guiding visually impaired persons are installed
7. Provision of construction information
8. Night consideration
9. Maintenance of aisle

　In formulating the guidelines, the (draft) was announced, opinions were solicited, and reflected in the guidelines.

（１） Overview of Opinion Call
Opinion period: March 10, 2005 (Thursday) to April 11, 2005
Number of opinions received: 51 cases

（２） Specific examples of opinions

1. Those that require the application of guidelines to work performed by private businesses
2. Those who require guidance to get off the bicycle in narrow passages due to construction
3. Requests additional explanation of assistance methods so that construction personnel can assist wheelchairs.