Gwangju City Holds Citizens Forum on City Bus Route Reorganization

Discussing Citizen Participation Strategies for the "City of Daejabo"

Gwangju City held the "5th Gwangju Citizens Forum" on the 29th at Haedammaru in Gwangju Energy Park to expand public consensus on the "Gwangju, the City of Large Posters." Photo by Gwangju City

On September 29, Gwangju City held the 5th Gwangju City of Daejabo Citizens Forum at Haedammaroo in Gwangju Energy Park to expand public consensus on "Gwangju, the City of Daejabo (Public Transportation, Bicycles, and Walking)." During the forum, the city shared plans to gather a wide range of citizens' opinions regarding the ongoing city bus route reorganization, as well as innovative case studies from other cities and provinces.

In the process of reorganizing city bus routes, the city will operate a "Public Transportation Route Innovation Subcommittee" to identify citizens' inconveniences and demands, aiming for effective route reforms. This initiative will be carried out with active citizen participation.

At the forum, Kang Soyoung, Secretary General of the Jeonju Council for Sustainable Development, delivered the keynote presentation. She introduced the "Happy Bus Project"-a representative case in which over 400 citizen designers from diverse backgrounds participated in the bus route reorganization process-and shared various examples of citizen participation and opinion gathering.

Yoon Mira, Head of the Gwangju Strategy Promotion Team, stated, "This forum was an opportunity to explain the direction of the city bus route reorganization, which is central to the Daejabo City policy, and to discuss various ways for citizens to participate." She added, "We will create a 'Gwangju, the City of Daejabo' policy in which more citizens can empathize and participate."

Meanwhile, the "Gwangju City of Daejabo Citizens Forum" selects a variety of topics related to public transportation, bicycles, and walking for experts and citizens to discuss together. Since last year, forums have been held on topics such as ▲pedestrian and bicycle environments ▲improving mobility for transportation-vulnerable groups ▲Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ▲car-free streets, and this was the fifth forum.

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