交こう通つう弱じゃく者しゃ

noun

vulnerable road users; people at risk in traffic

Refers to pedestrians, cyclists, elderly people, children, and people with disabilities who are more likely to be injured in traffic accidents. Often used in traffic safety and urban planning contexts.

• 交こう通つう弱じゃく者しゃを守まもるために、歩ほ道どうの整せい備びが進すすめられている。

  Sidewalks are being improved to protect vulnerable road users.

• 高こう齢れい者しゃや子こどもは交こう通つう弱じゃく者しゃとして配はい慮りょが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Elderly people and children need consideration as vulnerable road users.

noun

transport poor; people without public transport access

Describes people who have limited or no access to public transportation, often in rural or underserved areas. This sense is less common than sense 1 and is mainly used in transportation policy discussions.

• 過か疎そ地ちでは交こう通つう弱じゃく者しゃが増ふえている。

  In depopulated areas, the number of transport poor is increasing.

• 交こう通つう弱じゃく者しゃ向むけのコミュニティバスが運うん行こうされている。

  Community buses are operated for people without public transport access.