Uiwang City Holds Final Report on Public Transportation Route System Restructuring

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City held a final report on the "Uiwang City Public Transportation Route System Restructuring Project" on the 30th at City Hall to improve public transportation convenience for citizens following the completion of new urban development projects in areas including Baegun, Jangan, and Gocheon districts.

The report session was attended by Mayor Kim Sang-don of Uiwang City, City Councilor Jeon Gyeong-suk, transportation experts, and bus operators in the area.

First, Lee Byeong-deok, chief researcher at KG Engineering, the contractor, presented the results of the project, followed by a question and answer discussion.

The report included an analysis of civic complaints such as disruptions in public transportation due to the linear distribution extending from north to south, feasible route restructuring plans, and policy proposals for newly establishing metropolitan and neighboring city routes that require long-term improvements.

Currently, Uiwang City is at a critical point where systematic restructuring of bus routes is necessary due to changes in surrounding conditions, including the completion of large-scale urban development projects and the installation of the Woram bus depot.

In the meantime, the city held resident briefing sessions and actively gathered opinions through heads of associations and apartment management offices to ensure rational bus system restructuring during the project period.

A city official stated, "Based on the analysis results derived from this project, we plan to use it as material for bus route restructuring to improve passenger convenience by resolving complaints through route extensions and terminal changes for routes with high new demand and complaints, and minimizing imbalances in transportation services by region."

Mayor Kim Sang-don said, "Based on the final project results, we expect that transportation conditions in newly completed residential complexes and transportation underserved areas that have complained of inconveniences in public transportation will improve," and added, "In the long term, we will work to establish cooperation with Gyeonggi Province and neighboring local governments to create new bus routes connecting to Gangnam areas of Seoul, Pangyo, and nearby express metro stations, which are the aspirations of citizens."

Meanwhile, the city plans to complete the restructuring of Baegun and Gocheon district bus routes by December this year and finish the restructuring of routes connecting nearby areas and metropolitan route systems by the first half of next year.