The Best City for Biking in Gyeonggi-do is 'Pyeongtaek-si'

Gyeonggi-do Bicycle Usage Promotion Evaluation Report 'Best Excellence'

The city with the best bicycle infrastructure in Gyeonggi Province was found to be Pyeongtaek-si.

On the 2nd, Pyeongtaek-si announced that it was selected as the top institution in the '2023 Bicycle Use Activation Policy City and County Evaluation' conducted by Gyeonggi Province.

This evaluation was conducted by dividing the 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province into three groups (A, B, C) according to population. Pyeongtaek-si was selected as the 'Best' in Group A, which targets populations over 500,000, and also ranked first among all 31 cities and counties.

The evaluation was based on 17 evaluation indicators across three categories: 'Bicycle Accident Measures,' 'Bicycle Path Maintenance and Use Activation Policies,' and 'Excellent Policies.'

The city explained that it received favorable evaluations particularly for promoting free bicycle repairs in collaboration with the volunteer bicycle repair group 'Jatanpyeong (Bicycling Pyeongtaek).' 'Jatanpyeong' is a lifelong learning center study club in Pyeongtaek-si that has been providing free bicycle repair services while touring towns and neighborhoods since October 2020.

The city plans to invest the 40 million won prize money received from being selected as the top institution into projects to create a safe bicycle use environment.

Jung Jang-seon, mayor of Pyeongtaek-si, said, "This selection as the top institution is the result of the city's continuous interest and steady efforts regarding bicycles," and added, "We will continue to strive to further activate bicycle use."

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