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Busan Metropolitan City Wins Top Prize in the “2025 Sustainable Transport City Evaluation”

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it has won the Top Prize at the “2025 Sustainable Transport City Evaluation,” hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT).

The “Sustainable Transport City Evaluation” is conducted in accordance with the Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Development Act to recognize and award local governments that have implemented outstanding transportation policies to promote sustainable development in the transport sector. The evaluation has been held annually under the supervision of MOLIT since 2014.

A total of 71 cities with populations of 100,000 or more are divided into four groups based on population and urban characteristics, and an external evaluation committee assesses each city using 26 indicators, including environmental, social, and economic attributes and the level of effort demonstrated in the transportation sector.

In this year’s evaluation, Busan Metropolitan City received excellent scores across all areas, including:
▲ activating public transportation
▲ improving transportation safety
▲ expanding the adoption of eco-friendly transport modes

As a result, the City won the Top Prize in the metropolitan city group.

In particular, the City received high marks for realizing tangible transportation welfare that residents can experience firsthand—such as introducing prepaid and youth Dongbaek Pass programs and expanding user benefits by linking them with the government’s K-Pass program.

In addition, the award was supported by the City’s multifaceted policy efforts to create a safer and more pleasant transportation environment, including: piloting the nation’s first “personal mobility (PM)-public transportation transfer discount” program, implementing an action plan to reduce traffic fatalities, replacing aging subway train cars, and expanding the introduction of eco-friendly (electric and hydrogen) buses.

Meanwhile, the award ceremony was hosted by MOLIT yesterday (the 23rd) in the afternoon at the Sejong National Research Complex, where the awards were presented and winning cities shared their achievements through presentations on best practices.

Hwang Hyeon-cheol, Director General of the City’s Transportation Innovation Bureau, said, “This award is the result of the collective efforts and achievements of Busan citizens,” adding, “Going forward, we will continue to advance user-centered mobility convenience services and expand practical transportation infrastructure so that every citizen can move conveniently anytime and anywhere. We will do our utmost to create a sustainable transportation environment.”