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0 Gyeonggi Provincial Council’s Construction and Transportation Committee begins an overseas training journey to discover advanced public transportation policies in Europe!
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- Reporter nameReporter Kim Sang-il
- Entered 2024.05.13 17:33
[Reporter Sang-il Kim] The Construction and Transportation Committee of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council (Chairman Rep. Jong-bae Kim) has begun an overseas training journey to supplement and discover advanced public transportation policies.
At 10:00 on May 10, 2024 <local time>, the Construction and Transportation Committee of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council announced the start through a visit to TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona) in Barcelona, Spain. TMB is a company that manages major public transportation such as railways and buses in the Barcelona metropolitan area, Spain. In 1979, in order to privatize public transportation management in Barcelona, it was established as an independent company such as Barcelona Metro Corporation (FMB) and Barcelona Transport Corporation (TB), which manages buses. Organizations were created together. Members of the Construction and Transportation Committee saw Barcelona’s efficient public transportation system on site and benchmarked its operating model and management methods.
On this day, we heard about the history of TMB and the public transportation management/operating system in Barcelona, Spain, from Lourdes Perez Argemi, head of TMB’s international relations team, and Roger Blanch, manager of lines LN9 and LN10. In particular, questions and answers mainly focused on railway-related matters, which are operated with financial support from the Spanish government, the provinces of Catalonia, and Barcelona.
Chairman Kim Jong-bae said, “Just as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Metropolitan Transportation Committee presented public transportation policy cases at the ‘World Association of Public Transportation (UITP) Summit’ held in Barcelona in June 2023, our country has now grown to the point where it can present public transportation policies to developed countries in Europe. However, we need advice on matters related to urban rail operation,” he said. “Through this overseas training, we will identify best practices among Spain’s public transportation policies and strive to discover realistic public transportation policy measures that can be applied to our Gyeonggi-do.” “All of them,” he said.
This overseas training includes Chairman Kim Jong-bae (Democratic Party, Siheung 4), Vice Chairman Lee Ki-hyung (Democratic Party, Gimpo 4), Vice Chairman Heo Won (People Power Party, Icheon 2), Kang Woong-cheol (People Power Party, Yongin 8), and Kim Dong-young (Democratic Party, Namyangju 4). ) Member, Kim Dong-hee (Democratic Party, Bucheon 6), Kim Jeong-young (People Power Party, Uijeongbu 1), Oh Seok-gyu (Democratic Party, Uijeongbu 4), Oh Jun-hwan (People Power, Goyang 9), Lee Young-ju (People Power, Yangju) 1) The committee members were accompanied by Gyeonggi-do government officials and employees of affiliated organizations, and it is scheduled to be held in Spain and Portugal from the 9th to the 17th.
Reporter Kim Sang-il ipneews@naver.con
