Suwon Wins 'Hall of Fame Merit Award' at 2025 Atlanta ITS World Congress

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City received the 'Hall of Fame Merit Award' in the local government category at the '2025 Atlanta ITS World Congress.'

The awards ceremony was held on the 26th (local time) at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo of Suwon attended and received the award.

The Hall of Fame Merit Award is given to local governments, companies, and individuals around the world who have contributed to ITS development. In the local government category, one local government per continent is selected and honored. Each country's Board of Directors (BoD) selects the award-winning local government through voting.

The 2025 Atlanta ITS World Congress is being held in Atlanta, USA from the 24th to 28th under the theme 'Deploying Today, Empowering Tomorrow.' ITS experts, company, city, and institutional officials from 53 countries participated.

The ITS World Congress is the world's largest international event in the ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) field. Every year, officials from cities, companies, and institutions around the world gather to share traffic innovation technologies and traffic policies.

Suwon City was selected as the Hall of Fame local government merit award recipient in recognition of its contributions to ITS development, including the first-ever introduction of an emergency vehicle priority signal system by a local government, expansion of smart traffic infrastructure, and the successful hosting of the 2025 Suwon ITS Asia-Pacific Congress.

Mayor Lee Jae-jun of Suwon said in a video message, "We have worked together with citizens to create a sustainable smart traffic city, and this award is the fruit of that effort," and added, "As we have been internationally recognized, we will make greater efforts for ITS development."