PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION SYSTEM IN NAGOYA(HOKO-NAVI NAGOYA): LESSONS LEARNED FROMITS EXPERIMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION

摘要

The elderly population in Japan has been expanding at a rapid pace. With the November 2000enactment of the Barrier-free Transportation Law, there has arisen the need to developbarrier-free projects for specific regions, mainly in the areas around train stations. It will bevery important to combine hardware and the provision of information in order to create safeand reliable transportation for the users that cannot easily access transportation means. Thisreport will explain the Pedestrian Navigation System that was introduced in the Sakae area ofcentral Nagoya by Nagoya City and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.