Suwon Develops Plan to Activate Public Transportation Usage

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-sung] Suwon is undertaking the establishment of the 'Fourth Suwon Local Public Transportation Plan (2022-2026),' which systematically cultivates and supports public transportation and presents ways to activate public transportation usage.

The city held a 'Kickoff Report Meeting for the Fourth Local Public Transportation Plan' on the 20th at the City Hall situation room, chaired by Vice Mayor Yu Moon-jong. The commissioned work will be handled by Pyeonghwa Engineering Co., Ltd. and Seoyoung Engineering Co., Ltd., with completion planned for March next year.

The 'Suwon Local Public Transportation Plan' is a statutory plan established in five-year units in accordance with Article 7 of the 'Act on the Promotion of Public Transportation Development and Usage.' It presents basic directions and targets for activating public transportation usage and proposes improvement measures that can be implemented over the next five years. It also selects investment costs necessary for project implementation and devises funding methods.

This is a five-year plan (2022-2026) covering Suwon's administrative area and surrounding public transportation impact zones.

The plan will research and analyze ▲current status and outlook of Suwon's urban transportation ▲outcomes of public transportation policies ▲establishment of basic directions and goals for public transportation policies ▲plans for improving and expanding public transportation facilities ▲plans for improving and expanding public transportation facilities and means ▲ways to activate public transportation usage and improve services ▲investment project plans and funding methods.

The city plans to analyze the current status of Suwon's public transportation and the implementation outcomes of the 'Third Suwon Local Public Transportation Plan (2017-2021),' and to establish policy basic directions and implementation strategies.

The plan will analyze current issues and problems in the public transportation system, forecast future public transportation demand, and establish basic policy directions and detailed implementation strategies by sector for public transportation policy.

Additionally, it will prepare plans for improving and expanding public transportation facilities and transfer facilities, improving city bus operations, improving bus service conditions, improving public transportation services for the transportation-disadvantaged, and annual investment plans and financial securing methods.

Through resident briefing sessions and other means, the city will listen to residents' voices and incorporate their opinions before announcing the plan in the first half of next year.

Vice Mayor Yu Moon-jong stated, "Through the establishment of the Fourth Suwon Local Public Transportation Plan, we will devise measures for improving and expanding public transportation and ways to activate public transportation usage and strengthen competitiveness," adding, "We will strengthen the public nature of public transportation and expand public transportation facilities and means to increase the satisfaction of citizens using public transportation."