"To All Suneung Students, Stay Strong"... Seoul Districts Also Provide Traffic Support and Encouragement

Kim Kyung-ho, Mayor of Gwangjin District, Cheering for the College Scholastic Ability Test

The College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) day (the 16th) is just two days away.

Seoul's autonomous districts are preparing thorough measures, including traffic plans, to support test-takers and cheer them on.

Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Kyung-ho) has prepared special traffic support measures to ensure that examinees can take the "2024 College Scholastic Ability Test" safely and comfortably.

This year, 3,349 examinees are scheduled to take the test at seven testing sites, including Gwangnam High School, Gwangyang High School, and Daewon High School.

On the day of the test, from 6 a.m., a transportation support situation room will be operated to oversee traffic conditions and prepare for emergencies. Fifteen administrative vehicles and about 30 personnel will be deployed at nine locations, including six subway stations near the test sites and major points, to support the transportation of examinees and guide them to the test centers.

Additionally, village bus dispatch intervals will be concentrated from 6 a.m. to 8:10 a.m., the time when examinees are commuting, to facilitate faster movement.

Efforts will also be made to establish traffic order around the test sites. About 60 staff members from the Gwangjin Police Station and the Gwangjin Model Drivers Association will manage traffic in front of the test sites and at intersections to minimize inconvenience for examinees. On the day of the CSAT, vehicle access around the test sites will be controlled, and enforcement against illegally parked vehicles will be strengthened.

Seongbuk-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Lee Seung-ro) is implementing special traffic measures in preparation for the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test.

In Seongbuk-gu, a total of 3,990 examinees are expected to take the test at 11 testing sites.

Seongbuk-gu aims to do its best to ensure examinees can take the test without disruption by organizing and operating a traffic situation room, adjusting commuting hours, increasing public transportation capacity, deploying and operating emergency transport vehicles for examinees, managing traffic around test sites, and cracking down on illegal parking.

The 2024 CSAT special traffic measures in Seongbuk-gu will be coordinated by the Traffic Administration Division as the control tower, with cooperation from all departments and 20 resident centers in the district.

The Traffic Administration Division will operate the traffic situation room, manage the operation of reserve village buses and concentrated dispatching, assign public officials to each test site for guidance, support examinee transportation with district office administrative vehicles, report and disseminate emergency situations, and conduct patrols around test sites.

Seungro Lee, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, Cheering for the College Scholastic Ability Test

The Traffic Guidance Division will be responsible for cracking down on illegal parking around test sites, controlling vehicle entry and exit and parking enforcement within 200 meters of test sites, and intensively managing illegal parking on main roads within a 2 km radius of the test sites.

Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Lee Ki-jae) announced that it will implement a customized comprehensive CSAT plan covering traffic management, noise prevention, and safety for about 5,400 local examinees by the 19th.

First, to ensure the safe movement of examinees on the day of the test, a "special traffic plan" has been established, and a traffic situation room will be operated from 6:30 a.m. to respond quickly to emergencies. Twenty-two emergency transport vehicles for examinees (4 from the district office, 18 from the neighborhoods) will be deployed at four subway stations and 18 major locations, and on-site personnel will be assigned to 11 test sites to handle transportation guidance and situation reporting. In addition, parking enforcement officers will be stationed on main roads around the test sites to control vehicle entry and exit and maintain traffic order.

A "noise prevention plan around test sites" will also be implemented to create an optimal testing environment. A noise prevention inspection team consisting of six members in three groups will conduct preliminary surveys around test sites to check and address noise sources. In particular, the period of the third test session's English listening evaluation (1:10 p.m. to 1:35 p.m.), which requires thorough noise blocking on the CSAT day, will be selected as the focus inspection time to ensure strict noise control on-site. Furthermore, starting one week before the test, noise prevention cooperation letters will be sent to all 36 construction sites and 15 related organizations overseeing road excavation works in the district, requesting suspension and restraint of noisy construction during the preliminary gathering day and on the test day (especially before and after the listening evaluation).

Examinees' "safety" will also be carefully managed. From the test day through the weekend until the 19th, the "U-Yangcheon Integrated Control Center" will closely monitor youth-dense areas around stations via closed-circuit television (CCTV) and establish a cooperative system with related agencies such as the police and fire departments to manage crowds. Additionally, about 450 public officials and volunteer crime prevention members will conduct local patrols to support examinees' safe return home.

Moreover, the district office plans to use its website and social media (SNS) to post "messages of support for examinees" and reminders of precautions to take on the test day.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.