Ju Gwang-deok, People Power Party Nanyang City Mayor Candidate, Announces Second Citizens' Proposal Platform Series on 'Youth Transportation Welfare Policy'

[News S = Reporter Eom In-yong] Ju Gwang-deok, the People Power Party's candidate for Nanyang City Mayor, announced a transportation welfare policy platform for young people as the second installment of citizen-proposed pledges to address the burden of public transportation costs faced by youths commuting and studying to and from Seoul and the greater Seoul area.

Notably, this pledge actively incorporates an 'Excellent Hope Policy Award-Winning Work' submitted to the Election Commission into policy by the candidate, which is interpreted as immediately reflecting the voices of Nanyang youth in city administration.

After reviewing the hope pledges, Candidate Ju announced the 'PassPlus(Pass+)' metropolis transportation cost support pledge for Nanyang youth.

The support target is youths aged 19-29 residing in Nanyang City who use greater Seoul public transportation, and the plan is to gradually expand the target to those aged 39 and below based on performance results and consider setting income criteria.

Candidate Ju Gwang-deok stated, "It is meaningful to adopt this excellent policy directly proposed by Nanyang youth among the Election Commission's excellent hope policy award-winning works as a pledge. We will substantially reduce monthly transportation costs to support the economic independence of college students and new workforce members, and by channeling support funds back to the local community, we will simultaneously achieve youth welfare and revitalization of alley commercial areas."

Meanwhile, Nanyang City Mayor Candidate Ju Gwang-deok's 'Three-Part Transportation Basic Rights Package (Seniors, Adolescents, Transportation-Disadvantaged Persons)' includes expanding senior transportation cost support to include taxis—phasing up from 50,000 won to 500,000 won per quarter for those aged 75 and above; maintaining Gyeonggi Province matching for children and adolescents (600,000 won quarterly) with self-support for excessive users and expansion of school bus routes; expanding low-floor bus adoption rates for transportation-disadvantaged persons, implementing immediate impound measures for personal mobility devices (kickboards), improving walking environments for transportation-disadvantaged persons, and providing voice and braille guidance for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals—to which the candidate added the youth transportation cost support pledge to existing promises.