Paju to Implement Special Crackdown on Bus Transfer and Stopping Area Violations in GTX Unjeong Jungang Station Tunnel

Guidance Period for One Month, Then
Immediate Crackdown and Fines Starting in August

On June 30, the city of Paju in Gyeonggi Province announced that it will implement a special crackdown on illegal parking and stopping by private vehicles and taxis in the bus transfer and stopping area inside the GTX Unjeong Jungang Station tunnel. The city will conduct a guidance period throughout July, and from August, it will begin "immediate enforcement and fines."

Paju City Hall view. Provided by Paju City

The enforcement area is designated for the safety of citizens using public transportation and to ensure smooth bus traffic. However, violations of the no-parking and no-stopping rules by some private vehicles and taxis are hindering the safe and efficient movement of public transportation users.

Although stopping and boarding or alighting in this section typically occurs within a short period of less than 15 seconds, such actions clearly violate the Road Traffic Act and have drawn widespread public outrage.

Online community reactions include comments such as, "Thinking 'just me' causes inconvenience to many bus passengers," and "Even one minute is too long. Stopping should not be allowed at all," highlighting concerns about the issue.

In response, the city has taken several measures to enable immediate enforcement against no-parking and no-stopping violations in the area. In February, legal consultation on the Road Traffic Act was conducted, and in March, the city requested an interpretation of relevant laws from Gyeonggi Province. Additionally, yellow double lines were painted inside the tunnel to improve the visibility of the no-parking zone, and in June, a fixed closed-circuit television (CCTV) system was installed to implement a special (immediate) enforcement administrative notice. These efforts are aimed at providing citizens with safe and efficient public transportation services.

A Paju city official stated, "The bus transfer and stopping area inside the GTX tunnel is a location exclusively for buses to stop and for passengers to board or alight," and added, "There are separate transfer areas for private vehicles and taxis at the ground-level turnaround, so we ask that each mode of transportation use its designated transfer area."

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