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By 2030, the city of Seoul will have evolved into a city with a highly convenient transport system, where people will not need to rely on their cars.

• Seoul Metropolitan Government announced its Seoul Traffic Vision 2030 (proposal) in December 2013. This long-term plan encompasses all forms of traffic and transportation, including public transport, roads, Sidewalks, city railway systems, and the vision for Seoul’s traffic and transportation over the next 20 years.
• The Seoul Traffic Vision 2030 (proposal) is the root plan of city’s entire spectrum of traffic policies. The visions and directions stated in the proposal will serve as the fundamental basis of all of the traffic policies to be established by the City in the next 20 years.
• SMG has selected three core values for this vision,  namely, ‘People, Sharing, and Environment‘, in  consideration of ongoing sociocultural changes such as the rapidly Aging population, changes in people’s values regarding The quality of life, high-tech development, climate change, resource depletion and energy shortages.
• The main directions of the proposal – which is built upon the three core values of ‘People, Sharing, and Environment’ – are  「People-Oriented Traffic」,「Common Sharing Traffic」, and 「Environmentally-Friendly Traffic」, together with eleven more promises to support the policy directions.

People-Oriented Traffic : doubling of the surface area of sidewalks, adoption of 100% low floor buses, reduction of traffic accidents

In order to embody the 「People-Oriented Traffic」 policy, our government plans to promote a pedestrian-first and bicycle-friendly lifestyle, which it is hoped will result in a dramatic reduction in the number of traffic-related accidents.

① Creating a pedestrian-oriented traffic environment

• Doubling of the surface area of sidewalks in downtown areas (2013,  10,130,000㎡).
• Remodeling of Sejong-ro into a pedestrian area and implying this road remodeling project to the other side of town.
• Expansion of the trial run of the ‘exclusive public transportation area‘ in Yeonsei-ro.
• Development of a promenade that combines city tours, culture and shopping into one integrated experience.

② Creating a bicycle-centered environment

• Expansion of the public bicycle rental service in Seoul, similar to the VELIB (public bicycle sharing system) in Paris, which will enable people to ride by bicycle everywhere in town.
• Reinforcement of the connection with public transportation by extending bicycle paths to public residential areas.
• Extension of the public bicycle service to the main parts of the city.
• Connection of the public bicycle service with existing rental services operating under each district office and along the Han River.

③ Realizing a ‘Road Safety Conscious Metropolitan City'

• Improvement of traffic conditions in residential areas.
• Preventing road deaths by setting the speed limit at 30km/h within residential zones in the entire city by 2030.
• Implementation of the ‘car park lot proving system', a mandatory system which obliges car owners to own a parking lot at the time of car purchase, will reduce the number of pedestrian accidents caused by illegal parking in the narrow streets of residential areas.
• Construction of a dynamic management system using public transportation, including buses and taxis, to collect and manage information on road traffic conditions.

④ Creating obstacle-free traffic conditions and providing services that everyone can use

• Conversion of all city buses into low floor buses (2013. 27% or 2,022 buses).
• Expansion of the 'obstacle-free streets‘ construction,which is going on in between Ttukseom Station and Seoul Forest, to the other side of the town.
• Promotion of the use of  normal taxis in call-taxi services for the disabled.   *50 such taxis will be in service by July.

All Sharing Traffic : making subway stations and car share centers accessible from anywhere in town within five minutes

Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to reorganize the public transport systems and establish a road space/car sharing culture throughout the entire city in a bid to realize 「All Sharing Traffic」.

⑤ Constructing an efficient railway-centered public transportation system

• Operation of more express trips on metro lines where demand is high.
• Construction of railway lines in between downtown areas.
• Creation of an environment in which subway stations are accessible within ten minutes from anywhere in town.
• Reconfiguration of the three downtown areas, i.e. Hanyang-Doseong (the old central city), Gangnam, and Yeouido, connecting trunk lines with KTX and Great Train Express(GTX), the new railways promoted by the central government.
• Extension of railway lines to all transport-underprivileged regions.
• Continuous expansion of Great Train Express(GTX) lines that connect Metropolitan areas.

⑥ Providing fast and convenient public transport services

• while completing the connections between the bus lanes, operating them in various form during the high demanding hours and areas
• Redevelopment of the current bus lines into railway supportive lines.
• Provision of a better service during peak hours: enlarging and regulating 'night bus' lines in consideration of floating population, providing a 'safe taxi on demand' service.

⑦ Promoting the Common Sharing Traffic culture, a culture of sharing road space and transportation

• Introduction of the 'Complete Street' concept, whereby pedestrians, cyclists, car drivers and other users of various means of transportation all share one road.
  * Extra road space will be needed for all users (pedestrians, cyclists, car drivers, public transport users), while establishing new roads and repairing old ones.
• Generalization of the car-sharing service to foster a sharing culture aimed at the convenient utilization of cars, even for persons who do not own a car.
  * Expansion of the 292 car-sharing service center (2013) → 1,200 centers (by 2030), so that people can access the service center within 5 minutes from anywhere in town.
  * Planning of a long-term project for personal car sharing (P2P).