Assemblyman Yongbin Lee Holds 'Bicycle Policy Meeting for Ecological City Transition'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Rep. Lee Yong-bin (Democratic Party of Korea, Gwangju Gwangsan-gap) announced on the 12th that he held a policy meeting to comprehensively reorganize urban infrastructure in preparation for the climate crisis and to promote the Green New Deal for transitioning to an ecological city.

At this meeting, co-hosted with the Regional Problem Solving Platform and the National Ecological Transportation Network, the discussion focused on bicycle policies as concrete action tasks for a decarbonized society.

Rep. Lee Yong-bin stated, “Paris, France, has promoted an ecological transition across all areas of daily life such as housing, transportation, and consumption to solve air pollution and global warming issues, which has also led to the creation of new jobs. We should pay attention to how Paris and other cities have focused on bicycle policies in transitioning to a decarbonized economy, expanding their approach to include industry and job measures.”

He continued, “From the perspective of reducing carbon emissions and saving energy, bicycles are more effective than cars, and they have high usability because they are less economically burdensome and easy to use. However, support in terms of budget and manpower for bicycle policies has been insufficient, so the importance of bicycle policies must be increased.”

Along with this, there was a consensus that urgent measures to promote bicycle use are needed to overcome the climate crisis, and that the scope of consideration should be expanded to include the bicycle industry, bicycle tourism, and job issues.

Additionally, to promote bicycle use, it was proposed to significantly increase basic infrastructure such as dedicated bicycle lanes, make bicycle safety education mandatory, and develop bicycle tourism policies in response to the growing population of bicycle travelers.

Meanwhile, based on the policy tasks proposed at this meeting, policy meetings will be promoted with relevant ministries such as the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and a policy forum for a major shift in bicycle policies is scheduled to be held at the National Assembly in September.

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