Making Streets for "Place" of Living and Citizenship Education

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K00800
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clothing life/Dwelling life
• Research Institution: Japan Women's University
• Principal Investigator: MINAI Namiko 日本女子大学, 家政学部, 教授 (60359718)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 寺内 義典 国士舘大学, 理工学部, 教授 (00338295)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: ボンエルフ / 人優先 / 滞留空間 / 住宅地 / 高齢化社会 / 子育て支援 / 路面装飾 / 交通規制

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Europe, Woonerf has been designated sequentially since the 1970s, and staying on the middle of streets in residential areas. It had been flexibly operated in different countries and times. There are countries where it is recognized that people drive at 7 km/h, road surface paint is used to create a human priority space, and residents use the road for placing playground equipment and benches except for the width that allows emergency vehicles to pass. In addition to the inclusion of Woonerf in the law, road manuals have been established to clearly define the use of roads for daily life.
In order to examine the possibility of introducing Woonerf in Japan, we investigated the actual conditions of road play and confirmed examples of road surface painting that creates a people-first road environment. It was also confirmed that road surface painting (road surface decoration) can change people's behavior and awareness of roads in general residential areas.

Free Research Field

住生活・都市計画

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

道は身近な公共空間であるにも関わらず、高齢者や子供連れの人が歩きにくい歩道、立ち話や家の前での道遊びが許容されない認識が定着している。欧州のようにボンエルフの交通規制を日本にも導入することで、暮らしやすい住宅地を形成することが可能となる。
本科研費研究中に、道路交通法が改正され歩行者利便増進道路制度が導入されたが、歩道上にしか適応されず、広幅員が確保できる一部の道でしか利用できない。本研究では、全国の住宅地内の生活道路で、生活空間利用ができる可能性を示すことができた