Gwangmyeong City Named "Excellent" in Gyeonggi Province Transportation Evaluation for Third Consecutive Year

Public Transportation Fare Support for Children, Adolescents, and Seniors
Enhancing Citizens' Mobility Rights through Innovation in Public Transportation Services

Gwangmyeong City in Gyeonggi Province announced on December 11 that it has been selected as an excellent city/county in the "2025 Transportation Sector City/County Evaluation" organized by Gyeonggi Province. With this selection, the city has now been recognized as excellent for three consecutive years: excellent in 2023, best last year, and excellent again this year.

Citizens are boarding a bus at a bus stop in Gwangmyeong City. Gwangmyeong City has been selected as an excellent city/county in the transportation sector evaluation conducted by Gyeonggi Province for three consecutive years. Provided by Gwangmyeong City

This evaluation is an annual system implemented by Gyeonggi Province to identify and promote outstanding transportation policies and to provide citizens with high-quality transportation services.

For the evaluation, 31 cities and counties were divided into four groups based on population size. Over the past year, performance was assessed across five categories-general transportation, traffic safety, taxi administration, public transportation, and transportation information-using 31 evaluation indicators. The evaluation process consisted of two stages: a departmental review for each indicator and deliberation by an evaluation panel.

The city explained that it received high marks for its contributions to improving mobility rights by providing public transportation fare support to transportation-vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents, and seniors.

Since 2022, the city has provided up to 160,000 won per year in bus fare subsidies to senior citizens residing in Gwangmyeong, distributed as 40,000 won per quarter. Through this program, 26,542 seniors benefited in 2022, 31,258 in 2023, and 34,444 last year.

The city also expanded the scope of its public transportation fare support program to include the "Hope Car," a special transportation service for the transportation disadvantaged.

Since April last year, the city has independently supported bus fares for children and adolescents, separate from Gyeonggi Province's support. Last year, 3126 children and adolescents received a total of approximately 260 million won in subsidies.

In addition, the city received positive evaluations for expanding quasi-public bus operations to establish a stable route operation foundation, improving the environment for public transportation transfers and the quality of transportation information services, strengthening the basis for traffic safety, and enhancing the environment in child and senior protection zones.

Park Seungwon, Mayor of Gwangmyeong, stated, "Improving public transportation convenience, which is essential for citizens, elevates the welfare of the city. We will continue to pursue innovation in public transportation services and expand safety infrastructure to create a transportation environment where everyone can travel with peace of mind."

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