Summary of the first meeting on February 15th

２月１５日第１回本牧LRTプロジェクトミーティング

The first meeting was held on February 15th at the Honmoku Chiku Center.

I think it's amazing how far we've come in just four months since we first met with the NPO Yokohama LRT Association in October last year.

I think the biggest factor was that we went around asking people in the area, "What do you think about bringing an LRT to Honmoku?" and "Don't you think it would be great if an LRT came to Honmoku?", handing out pamphlets made by the "Hashiraseru-kai" group, and we were able to find supporters surprisingly quickly.

Around the same time, I learned about a citizens' proposal group at Yamashita Pier from an acquaintance, and also a member of this group, and heard that there was talk of running the LRT to Honmoku.

At this meeting, I realized that there are many people who think that LRT should be running.

Everyone wants the plan to be implemented, but is it actually feasible to actually put it into operation?

On the other hand, when I listened to the answers to questions from Mr. Furukawa, the representative of the NPO Yokohama LRT Association, and Mr. Kotabe, the vice-chairman of the Association for Revitalizing Yokohama's Public Transportation, who have been working to run the LRT for a long time and have been cooperating with this association, as well as to the trends in Yokohama City, I realized that what is most important is for those of us who live in Honmoku and have connections or interests in Honmoku to unite our voices.

We have compiled a PDF document about this meeting, so please take a look.

I have written down only the general opinions and questions of the participants, excluding private matters. I have also included only the numbers of their names, except for the chairman of the board of directors of Yokohama International School and the head of the Park City neighborhood association, who were present due to their positions, so I have included their names.