Busan City Listens to Citizens' Opinions on Rational Public Transportation Fare Policy...

Citizen Forum at 2 PM on the 7th, Attended by Relevant Experts, City Council, and Civic Groups

Rational Public Transportation Fare Policy... Building Citizen Consensus and Gathering Related Opinions

Busan City will hold a citizen forum to establish a reasonable public transportation fare policy at 2 p.m. on the 7th in the main conference room of the Busan City Council.

Busan City Hall.

The forum will be attended by about 100 people including related experts, city council members, and civic groups, and will proceed in the order of ▲opening remarks ▲topic presentations ▲comprehensive discussion ▲Q&A session.

Professor Jeong Heon-yeong of Pusan National University will serve as the chair of the forum, Senior Researcher Lee Won-gyu of the Busan Development Institute will present on "Current Status and Future Tasks of Busan Public Transportation," and Busan City will present the "Public Transportation Fare Adjustment Plan (Draft)."

Participants in the comprehensive discussion include Kim Jae-woon, Vice Chairman of the Construction and Transportation Committee of the Busan City Council; Professor Shin Kang-won of Kyungsung University; Kim Hae-mong, Co-Representative of the Clean Society Practice Busan Network; Kim Hyang-ran, President of the Busan Consumer Federation; Do Han-young, Secretary General of the Busan Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice; Sung Hyun-do, Chairman of the Busan City Bus Transportation Business Association; Oh Seong-taek, Chairman of the Busan City Village Bus Transportation Business Association; and Kim Seon-gil, Head of Sales Division at Busan Transportation Corporation.

This forum will focus on fare policy, diagnosing the current status of Busan's public transportation, discussing development directions, and exchanging diverse opinions from citizens, the city council, experts, and related industries.

In this regard, Busan City prepared the "Busan-type Public Transportation Innovation Plan" last March and announced 12 policy tasks to reduce the burden on public transportation users, such as implementing an integrated discount system and free fares for children, aiming to increase the public transportation modal share to 60% by 2030.

This forum is expected to serve as an opportunity for more diverse fare policy discussions and gathering citizen opinions, including securing appropriate revenue to provide sustainable public transportation services and reducing fare burdens on public transportation users.

Additionally, in relation to the fare adjustments anticipated nationwide among local governments in the second half of the year, the forum will discuss Busan City's review of the fare increase proposals from Busan Transportation Corporation and the Bus Transportation Business Association to address the worsening transportation deficit exacerbated by COVID-19.

A Busan City official stated, "Since transportation costs are closely related to the lives of ordinary citizens, the process of listening to and empathizing with citizens' opinions is very important for making reasonable fare policy decisions," adding, "We will establish a sound financial structure based on the opinions gathered at the forum to provide better public transportation services to our citizens."

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