Need to set up a public transportation policy index through an evaluation of policies of 161 cities and counties
Leading to effective, systematic public transportation policies and plans based on regular evaluation
Overview of system to prepare organized policies and set reasonable goals of public transportation policies
Spatial scope
160 cities and towns nationwide and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Temporal scope
Evaluation period: 2 consecutive years before the policy in question was implemented
Implementation frequency: 2 years
Method
Categorizing subject organizations
Local governments of similar size and features are categorized into 5 evaluation groups
Evaluation Group A (metropolitan cities including Seoul)
Evaluation Group B (cities operating city rail/subway other than Group A)
Evaluation Group C (cities without city rail/subway, with population bigger than 300,000 other than Group A)
Evaluation Group D (cities without city rail/subway, with population smaller than 300,000 other than Group A)
Evaluation Group E (counties)
Evaluation method
Document evaluation per group based on data collected from participating cities and counties
On-site due diligence for 2~3 local governments per group with the goals of verification of document evaluation data and on-site checking of public transportation facilities/mode
Satisfaction survey among residents regarding public transportation policies
Results utilization and expected effects
Setting up and utilizing basic data on public transportation policy index
Leading to more reasonable, organized policies by reflecting the evaluation results to public transportation policies
