The existing city which consists of the downtown in Korea has
been built spontaneously, and it is in difficulties for the distribution
problem and traffic congestion since undersupply of social facilities
cannot afford to handle the increasing traffic...
The existing city which consists of the downtown in Korea has
been built spontaneously, and it is in difficulties for the distribution
problem and traffic congestion since undersupply of social facilities
cannot afford to handle the increasing traffic demand. So the traffic
facilities have been reinforced to increase the competitiveness of the
city and solve the related problems.
A policy of Social overhead capital(SOC) was established by a
feasibility study for the convenience and finance at that time of
construction, and the number of cars is rising steadily owing to easy
accessibility and an increase of the income level. On the contrary, road
facilities are imperfect. So an invigorating policy for mass
transportation is needed.
But demand for the mass transportation has been on the decrease
due to inconvenience of it and payability of the related business goes
on the declining accordingly. It means that existing way will be
without effect.
A new traffic system which can make up for defects of the road
traffic and correspond to green development is necessary and a national
long range plan to activate it has to be established. It requires to
forecast the exact demand and to develope a domestic system and
technology related. Also standardization in LR(Light Rail) industry
should be done as like safety standards and standardization of
manufactures. Lastly the system to reinvigorate private enterprise
needs to be improved.
Especially the traffic congestion becomes more and more seriously
in the existing city which has been built spontaneously and a
measure to solve the problems should be considered accordingly. But
there are pending issues for instance obstructions and opinions
divided between the interested parties. To apply the new traffic
system with effect a LR system should be built after careful
considering a financial government support, geographical features and
given circumstances in the field.