Gyeonggi-do Attracts 520,000 Youths for Transportation Expense Support Program...Nation's First

[Asia Economy (Uijeongbu) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province received applications from 520,000 people for the 'Youth Transportation Expense Support Project,' which is being implemented for the first time this year.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 2nd that, as a result of accepting applications through the 'Youth Transportation Expense Support Portal Website (www.gbuspb.kr)' from the 1st to the 31st of last month, the number of applicants far exceeded the initially expected 430,000, reaching 520,000.

The Youth Transportation Expense Support Project was introduced by Gyeonggi Province as the first metropolitan local government to alleviate the transportation cost burden on economically vulnerable youths aged 13 to 23 in the province, following the fare increase for Gyeonggi buses (city and village buses) since the second half of last year.

Applicants for the first half of this year will receive support for actual transportation expenses from January to June. The support amount is 30% for those aged 13 to 18 and 15% for those aged 19 to 23, with a maximum limit of 60,000 KRW.

The province explained that youths or parents and household heads who missed the application deadline by the end of last month can participate during the application period for the support project in the second half of this year.

Applications for the second half of the Youth Transportation Expense Support Project will be accepted around January next year.

Park Tae-hwan, Director of the Transportation Bureau of the province, said, "This project has social, environmental, and economic advantages, such as encouraging some private car users to switch to public transportation," and added, "In the second half of the year, we plan to simplify the currently operating support portal website further and establish a civil complaint response system to enhance user convenience."

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