The purpose of this study was to point out the operational system in bus run in Jeju Island and lay out scheme in activating the frequency of bus use.
For fulfillment of the study purpose statement paradigm of transportation policy, meaning and role ...
The purpose of this study was to point out the operational system in bus run in Jeju Island and lay out scheme in activating the frequency of bus use.
For fulfillment of the study purpose statement paradigm of transportation policy, meaning and role of public transportation, and the necessity which the government should intervene in the name of an aid were investigated in the literature review.
In recent days the philosophy of policy have been converted into the public transportation and the green-oriented transportation policy compared to the domination of the road construction and automobile-oriented policy in the past. In addition to the changing philosophy, the strategy for the implementation has been switched into the TDM (Transportation Demand Management) technique which is an attempt to solve the traffic congestion with few expenses.
The overall philosophy of this study was focused on the demand management policy which makes the car drivers bear the economic expenses.
In the chapter of an analysis of problems, the dimension for consciousness, demand management, operation of the bus company, and jurisdiction/institutional aspects were investigated.
This study, focused on the analytical frame mentioned above, presented the scheme for the reinforcement of public transportation policy.
First, the activation of public transportation use is swayed by the change of citizen consciousness. Besides, the kindness of the bus driver should be required.
Second, the demand management policy causing the economic expenses should be carried out. The raise of the fuel cost, the parking fee, the toll fee, the driving restriction, the automobile tax, the fine, and the introduction of the system for own garage should be implemented.
Third, the infrastructure for buses and should be upgraded. The concrete plan is to implement the introduction of public terminal, bus-only lanes, bus-only streets, bus-preferred signals, bus information system, high quality/diversification of the bus, and the improvement of bus stop.
Fourth, the administrative/financial supports should be in bus operating companies. The aid for profit-making routes, the aid for student discounts rate, the reduction of fuel tax, the new law, which introduces the special article for funding medium and small-sized enterprises, and the enactment of the activation of public transportation.
Fifth, the plan for the activation of public transportation is investigated in relation to the other transportation. The public transportation is not only related to the automobiles but also related to the bicycles. Besides, the relation between area of transportation pacification and public transportation, between the walking environment and public transportation, between taxies and public transportation, and between the cross-country bus and public transportation are important because of the limitation of public transportation as the sole independent transportation.
Sixth, the awareness of role about the bus should be reestablished because it is flexible to the publicity and the role change. In addition, the system for the public management, tentatively called "an ordinance of an activation for local buses" and the special accounts, should be established.
The limitation of this study is not to investigated the type of the automobile ownership. In other words, the opinion of the policy about the economic expenses would be differed depending on the type whether the compact car drivers or the medium-sized car drivers.
An other limitation of this study is not to deduce the public transportation function based on the investigation. The public transportation function is the useful formula predicting the variation of the public transportation demand caused by policy change though it is differed by environmental changes.
As the limitation of this study is complemented by future studies, the public transportation in Jeju Island would be much more activated.