Uiwang City Receives Excellence Award in Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 'Sustainable Transportation City Assessment'...9 Consecutive Years of Awards

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Chung-young] Uiwang City announced on the 28th that it received the Excellence Award in the '2023 Sustainable Transportation City Assessment' hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

With this award, the city has been selected as a sustainable transportation city for nine consecutive years in the city group with a population between 100,000 and less than 300,000, earning recognition as an advanced transportation city.

The 'Sustainable Transportation City Assessment' is conducted annually by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for local governments with a population of 100,000 or more in accordance with the 'Sustainable Transport and Logistics Development Act' since 2010, evaluating environmental, social, and economic conditions and policies related to transportation to select excellent local governments.

The city received high evaluations for implementing various citizen-oriented transportation policies including △establishment of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) △per capita usage rate of affordable transit cards △and efforts to promote cycling and pedestrian activities.

Uiwang City Mayor Kim Seong-je stated, "We will do our utmost to create a safe and convenient transportation environment by making efforts to build transportation infrastructure and discover diverse transportation services in line with the changing times of autonomous vehicles and delivery robots."