(Japan)

Kyoto, the most famous tourist city in Japan with 1,200 years of history and culture, is about to build the Kyoto Inter-City Expressway. The decisions to build five routes (19.8 km) of expressway were made between 1987 and 1993; now this year one of them is under construction.

These plans were made without the consent of the local residents, some of whom aren't aware of the plan. Propositions have been made to the local government to stop the plan, but they have been refused.

Arai Masaharu

Kyoto Network for Better Transport

E-mail: eas1717@ip.kuec.kyoto-u.ac.jp