Mokpo City Normalizes City Buses... Exploring Semi-Public Operation System Options

Appointment of New Members to the City Bus Financial Support Deliberation Committee and Service Commencement Report Meeting Held

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] Mokpo City in Jeollanam-do announced on the 7th that it has launched activities to normalize city buses.

On the 6th, the city held an inauguration ceremony for new members of the 'Mokpo City City Bus Financial Support Deliberation Committee' and also held a kickoff meeting for the 'Study on the Comprehensive Reorganization of City Bus Route System and Implementation Plan for the Quasi-Public Operation System' (hereinafter referred to as the study).

The newly appointed members include a total of five people: two in accounting, two in transportation, and one from a civic organization, thereby strengthening the expertise of the deliberation committee. The committee consists of 17 members in total: 15 appointed members including two city councilors, ten experts (five in accounting, four in transportation, one in law), three from civic organizations, and two ex officio members including the Director of Mokpo City Safety and Urban Construction Bureau and the Head of the Transportation Administration Division.

Following the inauguration ceremony, Mokpo proceeded with the kickoff meeting for the study. This study follows the final recommendations of the 'Mokpo City Bus Operation Public Deliberation Committee' from December last year.

The city plans to focus on rationalizing routes tailored to citizens by improving curved and overlapping routes as it pushes forward with route reorganization.

Regarding the quasi-public operation system, the city plans to carefully review the issues and improvement measures of other local governments currently implementing the system and design a 'Mokpo-type quasi-public operation system' plan suited to Mokpo's conditions.

The city aims to prepare plans for route reorganization and the quasi-public operation system by next year through collecting citizens' opinions and other processes.

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