Suwon to Install 100 Personal Mobility Device Parking Stands by June Next Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon City announced on the 11th that it will install parking stands at 100 major hub locations with high demand for PM (personal mobility) use by June next year.

The city was selected for the 'Personal Mobility Device Dedicated Parking Lot Development Project' led by Gyeonggi Province, and announced that it will promote a dedicated parking lot project for personal mobility devices in connection with the '2021 Bicycle and PM Parking Line Installation Project' completed in the first half of this year.

This comes as an increasing number of citizens experience inconvenience due to indiscriminate parking by those using PMs such as electric kickboards, causing issues such as traffic obstruction.

Accordingly, the city installed dedicated PM parking lines at 22 locations near subway stations and other areas with high PM usage in the first half of last year, and marked 'PM Parking Shared Use' on the road surface of 100 existing bicycle parking lines to allow PM parking as well.

Following the selection for the 'Personal Mobility Device Parking Stand Development Pilot Project,' the city plans to install PM parking stands at a total of 100 locations by June next year: 22 locations where dedicated PM parking lines have been installed and 78 additional major hub locations to be selected.

The parking stand installation areas are places connected to public transportation and with high PM usage demand, including ▲subway stations and bus stops with smooth public transit transfers ▲areas around universities and major commercial facilities with high PM usage rates ▲areas near major arterial road intersections where space can be secured smoothly.