Study on institutional framework of creating public open space in conjunction with utilizing transportation infrastructures

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25889069
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Civil engineering project/Traffic engineering
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Yusuke 京都大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (20713556)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: レールバンク / アメリカ / 鉄道跡地 / 自然歩道 / 連続立体交差事業 / 都市デザイン / 都市再生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on institutional framework of the United States called “rail-banking.” We addressed the formation process of rail-banking program and its effectiveness in the conversion of former rail corridors to public open spaces both in the United States and Japan. We demonstrate that: (1) the rail-banking program, which is positioned in the policy on a national trails system, had been planned for integration with a national railroad policy through restructuring railroad industry. (2) In a reuse project in the United States, some buildings adjacent to the linear open space have been developed integrally in conjunction with the idea of rail-banking. (3) In a reuse project in Japan, the idea of rail-banking can contribute to maintain the continuity of linear open space.

Free Research Field

景観工学、都市デザイン、都市計画