Guri-si, Making the City Bicycle-Friendly

An Seung-nam, mayor of Guri City, is riding a bicycle to inspect the bicycle paths within the district.

[Asia Economy (Guri) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Guri City in Gyeonggi Province is taking steps to become a bicycle-friendly city.

On the 20th, Guri City announced that Mayor Ahn rode a bicycle around the city on the 19th to inspect the connectivity between local commercial areas and bicycle paths, as well as the sites targeted for bicycle path expansion projects.

The bicycle paths in the Guri area total 80.52 km, consisting of ▲28.06 km of bicycle-only roads ▲52.12 km of shared bicycle and pedestrian paths ▲0.34 km of bicycle-only lanes.

Mayor Ahn promised on the day, "In sections where narrow sidewalks make bicycle traffic inconvenient due to pedestrians, we will utilize the narrowed road shoulders and lanes, and install curbs at the boundary with the roadway to create bicycle-only lanes."

He added, "Through this on-site inspection, we will establish a bicycle path network, promote everyday bicycle use, and further declare Guri City as a bicycle city to make bicycle use convenient anytime and anywhere."

Accordingly, Guri City will first implement a pilot project to create bicycle-only lanes by adjusting lane widths and utilizing road shoulders around Inchang Middle School and Gyomun Middle School. Additionally, to prevent collisions with pedestrians when using crosswalks, the city plans to expand bicycle crosswalks within the city.

Meanwhile, as a result of efforts to promote bicycle use, Guri City was selected as an excellent institution in the "2019 Bicycle Use Activation Policy City and County Evaluation."

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