Case

Entertainment Area Redevelopment

Q: Should noisy and dirty streets where youngsters hang out be eliminated? A: The city center needs places to accommodate different types...

Urban Clean Energy Policy

Q: Which clean energy policy should cities promote? A: The policy suited to their own natural environment or important industries such as...

Large Scale Shopping Facilities Development

Q: Does redevelopment to be a big shopping mall eliminate traditional commerce? A: Planning the lines of traffic movement and the...

Fukuoka City's Policy Promoting Bicycle Use

Q: What are the investments needed for promoting an eco-friendly bicycle-oriented city? A: Investment in bicycle parking is more...

Park-and-Ride System

Q: What is a good solution for replacing private cars with public transportation? A: Park & Ride is useful if it comes with the...

Diversified Area Re-Development: Daimyo Area

Q: Should redevelopment of the area with complicated landowners be discouraged? A: Start changing the value of the area from promoting...

Retail and Underground Network: Tenjin Chikagai

Q: What kind of retail facilities should be developed to increase the number of visitors? A: Development enhancing the convenience such...

Urban Center Redevelopment: Tenjin Big Bang

Q: What are the incentives that can be a spur for the redevelopment? A: Sufficient incentives such as relaxation of height and floor-area...

Fringe Parking

Q: Any good idea to stop the private cars before entering the city center? A: It is worth introducing fringe parking controlling the cars...

Underground Shopping Mall Extension

Q: Should the concept of development in later periods be different? A: If the original concept is well received, continuing on the same...

Central City Branding Management

Q: What are the area management activities in order to upgrade the value of the city center? A: Activities such as sales, area events and...

Yatai (Food stalls on the streets) Management

Q: How should disordered business be coped and managed? A: Stimulate the civic engagements, transparent repeated dialogues with...

Background to the Master Plan of Fukuoka City

Q: What will be the base when cities make the development plan? A: Close watch on the competition conditions with other cities, resource...

Yellow Bird (Tenjin Collaborative Delivery Trucks)

The center of Fukuoka City, "Tenjin," has a unique logistic system called "Yellow Bird." It was introduced to control the number of...

Useful for Guiding the Tourists and Upgrading the Town Image as Well as the Solution for Congestion

A BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system was introduced by a major bus operator, Nishitetsu and Fukuoka City Government in 2016, as a means of a...

How should road traffic in the city center advance its functions?

Allocation of pedestrians' road space should be considered to create more vibrancy and interactions in the city center. Hakata...

[360 Video] Multi-layered Transportation Hub in Downtown Fukuoka

Solaria Terminal Building is located in the busiest area of Fukuoka City called Tenjin. Read more about this case. [Case ID: Urban...

What are the investments needed for promoting an eco-friendly bicycle-oriented city?

Investment in bicycle parking is more important rather than bicycle lanes. Many people go shopping or work on a bike in Fukuoka City,...

Should We Abandon Waterfront Land Reclamation Because It Is Not Eco-Friendly?

It is essential to have a trade-off perspective with securing a place for dredged sediment from rivers and shipping channel as well as...

How can the development of infrastructures of different kinds or periods be linked?

It is useful to use the space with added functions needed for each step of the development. Tenjin Chikagai is an underground shopping...