General Research
RESEARCH
KOTI - Korea Transport institute
Evaluating the Implementation of Legal Transport Plans and Enhancing its Effectiveness
- Date
November 30 2016
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#road transport area
#railway transport area
#Urban Traffic
#Transport Logistics
#Road Construction
There are over 70 legal transport plans in Korea: Forty-one legal transport plans in the comprehensive transport area, three in the road transport area, nine in the railway transport area, nine in the aviation area and eight in the logistics area. The central government has fewer problems of legal transport plans than the local governments. Since many questions have been raised on the effectiveness of the local plans in Korea. this study focuses on ten legal transport plans of local governments. It finds out problems and provides improvement measures of the local plans in depth.
According to the result of questionnaire survey, many local governments do not formulate the legal transport plans. The formulation rate of Plans for Urban Traffic Improvement, Plans for National Traffic Safety, and Local Public Transportation Plan are over 80%, but those of Plans for Development of Sustainable Regional Transport Logistics, Plans for Improvement of Pedestrial Transport, and Plans for Road Construction and Management are below 30% or low. Not only formulation but also Implementation is critical for the effectiveness of the legal transport plans. However, just 45~57% of formulated plans have been implemented by the survey. The reasons that local government have not formulated and implemented the plans were lack of budget, uncertainties of effectiveness, overlapping and conflict between plans, and shortage of professional experts.
It is necessary to closely monitor the implementation progress of legal plans after formulation. As to the result of survey, about 50% of local governments follow up the situation of legal plans by team or department, but about 40% of local governments does not monitor performance of the formulated plans. The shortage of transport experts is suggested as a serious problem. Local governments of major cities have a diverse human resource and makes the use of transport specialists for formulating and implementing their legal plans, but many medium- and small-sized cities are lack of transport experts who can formulate and implement the legal plans.
To solve the problems, this study provides improvement measures with the analysis of questionnaire survey and interviews, that of foreign cases, and six times of expert consulting meetings. First, it is necessary that five legal transport plans are integrated into the Plans for Local Comprehensive Transport: Plans for Urban Traffic Improvement as the center of the Plans for Local Comprehensive Transport, Plans for Development of Sustainable Regional Transport Logistics, Plans for Improvement of Pedestrian Transport, Local Public Transportation Plan, and Plans to Improve Transportation Convenience of Mobility Disadvantaged Persons. This integration would increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the local plans. The formulation periods of the new integrated plan is 10-years, and the plan will be updated every 5 years.
There are some limitation to integrate Plans for National Traffic Safety and Plans for Road Construction and Management into the new Plans for Local Comprehensive Transport. The Plans for National Traffic Safety needs to build separately by transport modes and the Plans for Road Construction and Management has connection with upper road plans.
To increase the effectiveness of the local transport plans, this study suggests that a citizen participation system should be included in the plan formulation. It also proposes to strengthens the post evaluation system of the plans. To solve the lack of budget, it suggests a differentiating allocation method of government subsidies by the performance of the legal transport plans. It also proposes to set up ‘a Center for Urban Transport Plan’ to be responsible for assisting local governments and monitoring performance of the legal transport plans.
According to the result of questionnaire survey, many local governments do not formulate the legal transport plans. The formulation rate of Plans for Urban Traffic Improvement, Plans for National Traffic Safety, and Local Public Transportation Plan are over 80%, but those of Plans for Development of Sustainable Regional Transport Logistics, Plans for Improvement of Pedestrial Transport, and Plans for Road Construction and Management are below 30% or low. Not only formulation but also Implementation is critical for the effectiveness of the legal transport plans. However, just 45~57% of formulated plans have been implemented by the survey. The reasons that local government have not formulated and implemented the plans were lack of budget, uncertainties of effectiveness, overlapping and conflict between plans, and shortage of professional experts.
It is necessary to closely monitor the implementation progress of legal plans after formulation. As to the result of survey, about 50% of local governments follow up the situation of legal plans by team or department, but about 40% of local governments does not monitor performance of the formulated plans. The shortage of transport experts is suggested as a serious problem. Local governments of major cities have a diverse human resource and makes the use of transport specialists for formulating and implementing their legal plans, but many medium- and small-sized cities are lack of transport experts who can formulate and implement the legal plans.
To solve the problems, this study provides improvement measures with the analysis of questionnaire survey and interviews, that of foreign cases, and six times of expert consulting meetings. First, it is necessary that five legal transport plans are integrated into the Plans for Local Comprehensive Transport: Plans for Urban Traffic Improvement as the center of the Plans for Local Comprehensive Transport, Plans for Development of Sustainable Regional Transport Logistics, Plans for Improvement of Pedestrian Transport, Local Public Transportation Plan, and Plans to Improve Transportation Convenience of Mobility Disadvantaged Persons. This integration would increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the local plans. The formulation periods of the new integrated plan is 10-years, and the plan will be updated every 5 years.
There are some limitation to integrate Plans for National Traffic Safety and Plans for Road Construction and Management into the new Plans for Local Comprehensive Transport. The Plans for National Traffic Safety needs to build separately by transport modes and the Plans for Road Construction and Management has connection with upper road plans.
To increase the effectiveness of the local transport plans, this study suggests that a citizen participation system should be included in the plan formulation. It also proposes to strengthens the post evaluation system of the plans. To solve the lack of budget, it suggests a differentiating allocation method of government subsidies by the performance of the legal transport plans. It also proposes to set up ‘a Center for Urban Transport Plan’ to be responsible for assisting local governments and monitoring performance of the legal transport plans.