Changwon Special City Wins 1st Place Citizen Action Award in 'Bicycle Commute Challenge'

A Remarkable Achievement: Selected as an Excellent City Every Year Since the First Challenge in 2019

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam won first place in the Citizen Action Award at the 2023 National Bicycle Commuting Challenge Performance Report and Awards Ceremony held in Suncheon City on the 14th.

Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, ranked first in the Bicycle Commuting Challenge Citizen Action Award.

This challenge, themed "Carbon Neutrality: The Answer is Bicycles," was held simultaneously in 11 cities nationwide from June 5 to June 30. The Ecological Transportation Network of the National Council for Sustainable Development, which hosts the challenge, annually awards outstanding cities (▲Champion City ▲Carbon Neutrality Award ▲Commuting Practice Award ▲Citizen Action Award). Changwon Special City achieved the remarkable feat of winning the Citizen Action Award for five consecutive years since the first challenge in 2019.

The city is implementing policies such as maintaining bicycle lanes and subscribing to bicycle accident insurance to increase bicycle use instead of passenger cars, which contribute to actual carbon reduction in the era of climate crisis. During this commuting challenge period, citizens rode a total of 38,753 km, resulting in a reduction of 8,251 kg of greenhouse gases (equivalent to planting 1,250 pine trees).

Jo Seonghwan, Director of the Climate and Environment Bureau, stated, “The Citizen Action Award is given to the city with the highest number of citizens using bicycles for commuting. Although only 326 citizens participated in the challenge, in 2022, Changwon citizens used Nubija bicycles 4 million times, covering a distance equivalent to 500 laps around the Earth. As a city where bicycles are very attractive, we will do our best to improve any inconveniences to ensure safe riding.”

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