Mapo-gu Provides Spacious Parking Areas for Accompanying Infants, Pregnant Women, and the Elderly

Starting October, 10 'Priority Parking Spaces' (BPA) Pilot Operation at Mangwon Nadeulmok Public Parking Lot and Mapo Central Library

Considerate Parking Space BPA installed at Mapo Central Library

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yudonggyun) will begin a pilot operation in October by installing BPA considerate parking spaces that provide wider parking areas for physically vulnerable groups such as caregivers with young children, pregnant women, and the elderly.

BPA stands for Broad Parking Area, representing the physically vulnerable groups: ▲Baby caring person ▲Pregnant person ▲Aged person. Mapo-gu designed the BPA parking lot image and applied it directly to the parking lot surface.

This project aims to alleviate the inconvenience experienced by transportation-vulnerable people such as parents with young children, expectant mothers, and elderly people using canes or walking aids when getting in and out of vehicles in narrow parking spaces.

The district will install and pilot the considerate parking spaces BPA in local parking lots from October to accommodate not only women but various physically vulnerable groups.

The first pilot operation spaces are Mangwon Nadeulmok Public Parking Lot and the underground parking lot of Mapo Central Library. Starting with a total of 10 considerate parking spaces installed and operated at these two locations, the district plans to continuously expand to public parking lots frequently used by residents.

The main feature of the considerate parking spaces is securing an additional width of 0.3 to 0.5 meters compared to regular parking spaces (total 2.8 meters). This allows people with strollers, walking aids, or pregnant women to get in and out comfortably.

Also, the parking spaces are located near entrances and exits, and the color of the parking spaces is light purple, chosen to symbolize consideration for all transportation-vulnerable people without the conventional color distinctions such as blue for men or pink for women.

Meanwhile, the considerate parking spaces (2 spaces) at Mapo Central Library are currently in operation, and the Mangwon Nadeulmok Public Parking Lot (8 spaces) will be available from the 12th.

Yudonggyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “We will expand this project so that those who had difficulty moving due to narrow parking spaces can feel more comfortable in outdoor activities by using Mapo-gu’s considerate parking spaces.”

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