This was the result of a campaign launched by wheelchair users and support groups for the disabled, who had since about 1972 presented petitions and lobbied the Kyoto City Assembly and the mayor, Motoki FUNAHASHI, to take measures, although at that time the term "barrier-free" was little known among the people.
バリアフリーなる用語が広まる前の1972年頃から車椅子常用者、障害者支援団体などが運動をおこして市に請願し、京都市会と舩橋求己市長を動かした成果である。