197 Green Traffic Safety Guardians Hired and Assigned to Major Elementary School Commute Routes in Gangdong-gu

Protecting Children’s Safety and Reducing Parents’ Burden by Assigning Dedicated Traffic Safety Personnel

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon) is responsible for the traffic safety of children on their way to school by deploying dedicated traffic guidance personnel called ‘Green Traffic Safety Keepers’ at all elementary schools in the area.

The Green Traffic Safety Keeper project is a program that assigns dedicated personnel to designated school routes at each elementary school to ensure traffic safety on the way to school.

Gangdong-gu started a pilot operation in October 2019 targeting five elementary schools to address the difficulties faced by parents who felt burdened by volunteer activities of the Green Parents Association due to the increase in dual-income families and busy work lives. Due to high responses from parents and schools, the program has been expanded to cover all elementary schools since last year.

Gangdong-gu’s Green Traffic Safety Keepers focus on securing a safe walking environment for children, reporting hazardous facilities, and providing traffic safety guidance. The district regularly conducts training on children’s traffic safety guidance and traffic accident prevention measures to ensure safe traffic guidance by these personnel.

Currently, 197 people are working as Green Traffic Safety Keepers, deployed along the main school routes of all 27 elementary schools in Gangdong-gu, working from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., the time when children go to school.

The workers receive a wage of 10,700 KRW per hour, which is the Gangdong-gu living wage.

Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon of Gangdong-gu said, “We will continue to provide multifaceted administrative support to create a safe school environment so that parents can send their children to school with peace of mind,” and added, “We ask for the active cooperation of pedestrians and drivers regarding the traffic guidance by the Green Traffic Safety Keepers in front of schools.”

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