Asia / 05
Toyama
A compact city that remains accessible
Toyama’s compact-city policy centres public transport in the context of population decline and ageing. Compactness becomes useful only when people can still reach the services they need.
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Who gains access through transport corridors, and who still faces difficult journeys outside them?
Conditions for transfer
Service access for less mobile people and peripheral communities must accompany decisions about concentration.
What remains unknown
Affordability and accessibility outcomes need evidence beyond the shape of the transport network.
