Jeongeup-si Accelerates Efforts to Establish a Smart Transportation System

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeongeup City, Jeonbuk Province (Mayor Yoo Jinseop) is accelerating the establishment of a smart transportation system.

The city announced on the 23rd that it was finally selected for the ‘2022 Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)’ public contest project hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as part of the ‘Korean New Deal Policy,’ securing 1.08 billion KRW in national funding.

Adding 720 million KRW from the city budget, the total project cost will be 1.8 billion KRW, targeting two major roads, Chungjeong-ro and Seobu Industrial Road, covering 7 km, to build the ‘Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).’

The ‘Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)’ is a next-generation traffic management system that integrates advanced technologies such as information, communication, and control into traffic facilities like detectors and traffic lights to facilitate smooth vehicle flow.

The city will introduce three unit systems of ITS: the emergency vehicle priority signal system, the smart intersection system, and the online signal system.

The emergency vehicle priority signal system shares the destinations of ambulances and fire trucks in advance with the traffic information center installed at Jeongeup City Hall, providing customized signals according to the travel route.

This reduces the arrival time at the scene during emergencies such as fires and traffic accidents, securing the golden time.

The smart intersection system collects and analyzes real-time vehicle flow information such as traffic volume, speed, and queue length at intersections to generate and apply an optimal signal system.

Installed at major intersections in the city, it improves vehicle flow during peak traffic hours.

Additionally, the online signal system for efficient maintenance of traffic signals fully digitalizes the traffic signal control system to provide optimized traffic signals.

The city expects this project to greatly contribute to promoting scientific traffic administration suitable for the era of information convergence and to proactively establish a traffic system tailored to local conditions and citizen demands.

Mayor Yoo Jinseop said, “Through the selection of this project, the construction of safe and convenient transportation infrastructure for citizens has gained momentum,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to improve citizens’ safety and traffic convenience.”

Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil gjg7070@asiae.co.kr

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