A STUDY OF THE BACKGROUND FACTORS THAT MADE THE LRT CONVERSION OF THE TOYAMA AND THE NORTH-SOUTH CONNECTION POSSIBLE, WHICH IS AT THE CORE OF TOYAMA CITY’S COMPACT CITY POLICY FROM

Abstract

Toyama City is considered to be an advanced city in the compact city policy. In the past, Toyama City had the lowest population density in Japan in the prefectural capital DID due to a long-term population decline, and there was a canal on the north side of Toyama Station with water quality problems. In this paper, we focus on the background factors that made this policy and the idea of LRT possible. Specifically, we will clarify the efforts of Toyama City and Toyama Prefecture in the suppression of the hollowing out of the area around Toyama Station by the “Toyama City Mirai Plan” from 1986, the major changes in the station area space due to the reform of the Japanese National Railways, the emergence and rejection of the underground station plaza plan at Toyama Station, the failure and revival of the continuous three-dimensional railway project, and the exclusion of the Toyama Port Line from the continuous three-dimensional construction project, and present knowledge that will contribute to future urban and transportation policies.