Ulsan City Implements Special Traffic Measures for 2023 College Scholastic Ability Test

Operation of Traffic Situation Room, Adjustment of Public Institution Start Time to After 10 AM, etc.

Ulsan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Ulsan City has prepared and is implementing a 'Special Transportation Plan' to ensure that examinees and their parents do not experience any inconvenience in transportation on the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) day, November 17, 2023.

According to the plan, a traffic control center will be operated to manage traffic conditions, provide traffic information, and prepare for various emergency situations. A rapid response system will be established by creating an emergency communication network among district and county offices, Ulsan Police Agency, and Ulsan Office of Education.

To disperse traffic demand, public institutions, financial institutions, research institutes, and other workplaces with 50 or more employees will adjust their start times from 9 a.m. to after 10 a.m.

For transporting examinees, city buses will operate with punctuality and flexible dispatch during the examinee commuting hours (6 a.m. to 8:10 a.m.). The taxi quota system will be lifted for 1,166 private taxis and 344 general taxis to provide transportation convenience for examinees.

District and county offices will cooperate with their respective police stations to focus on managing roads within a 2 km radius of the test sites. Vehicle entry and exit will be controlled 200 meters ahead of the test sites, and illegal parking will be monitored to eliminate traffic obstacles.

The police agency will actively provide transportation convenience for examinees by dispatching patrol cars and traffic patrol teams urgently in coordination with the control center in case of emergencies such as traffic accidents.

To prevent noise around the test sites, noise from vehicles driving in the city will be controlled during the English listening test time from 1:10 p.m. to 1:35 p.m. on the CSAT day. Adjustments will also be made to flight operations and train schedules.

A city official stated, “We will do our utmost to ensure that examinees, who have worked hard despite the ongoing COVID-19 situation, can move safely and quickly to the test sites by thoroughly implementing the special transportation measures.”

This year, the number of CSAT applicants in Ulsan City is 10,365, which is 318 fewer than last year's 10,683.

Exams will be held at a total of 27 test sites (including one for self-quarantined individuals), and separate test sites will be operated for COVID-19 confirmed cases and emergency patients, one each.

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