Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to Hold Online Public Hearing on the 10th to Gather Public Opinions on Traffic Safety Policy Directions

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 9th that it will hold an online public hearing on the 10th to gather various opinions on the "9th National Transportation Safety Basic Plan (draft)," which will serve as the cornerstone of transportation safety policies for the next five years.

This public hearing will be held online to broadly collect diverse opinions, and any interested citizens can participate in real-time by searching for "Korea Transportation Safety Authority" on YouTube and accessing the channel without a separate application.

The National Transportation Safety Basic Plan is a statutory plan established every five years under the Transportation Safety Act. It consists of four sectors: road, railway, aviation, and maritime. Since the first plan was established in 1983, the 9th plan is scheduled to be formulated this year.

This basic plan (draft) was prepared through research projects conducted by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority and others, including investigations of overseas cases, analysis of future conditions and prospects, expert advisory meetings on transportation safety, and consultations with related agencies such as the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and the National Police Agency.

The 9th National Transportation Safety Basic Plan presents the vision of "Realizing a Safe Advanced Transportation Nation Trusted by the People" and sets reduction targets for traffic accident fatalities in the four sectors of road, railway, aviation, and maritime to achieve this vision.

In particular, for the road sector, the plan aims to achieve early the UN's goal of reducing traffic accident fatalities by 50% over ten years (2020?2030). To reduce the 3,081 traffic accident fatalities in 2020 to 50% by 2027, the plan will actively enhance traffic safety for vulnerable groups such as pedestrians, the elderly, and two-wheeled vehicles and freight trucks.

In the aviation sector, the plan aims to proactively respond to the increase in flights following COVID-19 recovery and maintain zero fatalities in transport aircraft. The railway sector also plans to maintain zero fatalities from major railway accidents over the next five years and realize world-class railway safety.

Additionally, in the maritime sector, the plan sets a goal to reduce maritime traffic accident fatalities and missing persons by 30% by 2026 from 126 in 2020 by strengthening safety management for high-risk vessels such as fishing boats and recreational fishing boats.

At the public hearing on the 10th, the basic directions of transportation safety policies by sector to achieve these goals will be presented, and a total of 18 promotion strategies by sector will be announced.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will review the opinions presented at this public hearing with related agencies to finalize the 9th National Transportation Safety Basic Plan and confirm and announce the plan after the review process by the National Transportation Committee.

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