Environmentally Sustainable &

Healthy Urban Transportation

(ESHUT)

--Towards Public Bike Rental System--

Submitted to:

World Health Organization

BLOCK 3510

JALN TEKNOKRAT 6

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CYBERJAYA

Malaysia

63000

Submitted on: 31th, April, 2010

Submitted by:

Steering Committee, Healthy Cities Changwon

Dept. of Transport & Culture

Changwon Public Health Center

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Bike Special City project of Changwon

1. Introduction and Background

Why the bicycle? Commonly, we say that for cyclists, it is cheaper, healthier, reliable and

comfortable and for the employer, a bicycle rack is cheaper than parking spaces and regular

cycling employees are less sick than the average. So, the policy, design and practice of urban

transport systems all have significant implications for the health and safety of people because

of air and noise pollution and greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions generated by motor vehicles,

road traffic crashes, physical activity or inactivity, exposure to second-hand smoke in confined

public transport systems, lack of accessibility or barrier free transport system for persons with

disabilities and older persons, and so on.

The Environmentally Sustainable and Healthy Urban Transport project (ESHUT) seeks to

ensure continuity and longevity of focus. Only then will we be able to implement

environmentally sustainable and healthy urban transport within our City. For these reasons,

we have plans for ESHUT to achieve in our City. Our visions of ESHUT in Changwon are 1) to

support freedom of movement, health, safety, quality of life now and in the future; 2) to be

environmentally efficient; 3) to support a vibrant, inclusive economy, giving access to

opportunities and services for all; 4) to promote more rational use of private cars; 5) to favour

energy efficient, clean vehicles; 6) to provide a quality public transport network; 7) to

strengthen the share of walking, cycling; 8) to make efficient use of land; 9) to manage

transport demand; and 10) to be integrated, involve all stakeholders.

Also, we, Changwon has four key strategies for ESHUT, those are 1) increased physical

activity and decreased sedentary living(encouraging walking and cycling); 2) decreased use of

automobiles(cars)(enhancing use of public transport and reducing use of a private car); 3)

greening or redesign of whole city(planting of one millions trees, enlarging of gardens and

green areas, and green roof movement); 4) development & use of alternative energy(increased

use of natural gas). Of these, here we will address one subject regarding ESHUT, and that

would be a “Special Cycling City”.

Changwon has two main reasons to encourage making Changwon a cycling city. These are

(1) need of innovative alternatives for traffic problems due to loss of comforts by highly

condensed population of 500 thousand from original planned city of 300 thousand, and due to

increase of users of cars that are increasing red traffic vehicles in the every day in Changwon.

And (2) need for cycling movement of all the citizens as one of the major policies to declare a

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Environmental Capital City in November 2, 2006 and to become to the best Environment-

friendly city of Changwon, in the respect of "A world-sustainable city is a environmentally

outstanding city".

Here, we will mainly address public bike rental system of all the strategies, projects,

programs and policies for ESHUT. Our rental system is called “Nubija” system, an abbreviation

of “Nearby & Useful Bike, Interesting & Joyful Attraction”, or mixed word of

“NUBIDA”(meaning of walking around and “JAJUNGGEO”(expression of English pronunciation

of bicycle), which is also the meaning of “driving or walking freely throughout all the places”.

This system is like “Velieb” in France, which our one is more upgraded and up-to-date than

that of France. Also, cutting-edge of technology is applied to this system, such as GPS system

with so-called ubiquitous techniques, for preventing the loss, or being stealing.

2. Strategies for Special bike city of Changwon

Changwon is trying to promote Win-Win strategies to drive ESHUT system. To carry out these

strategies, first of all, we will increase physical activity and decrease sedentary living that is,

encourage active walking and cycling. To achieve a targeted transportation division rate of 20%

to use of cycle by 2020, we will decrease use of private cars and enhance the use of public

transports. Also, building of balanced urban parks and green spaces would be performed to

counteract the climate change due to increased concentration of CO2, to meet places for

cycling and to make Changwon city ultimate Healthy Cities. Above mentioned facts are

objectives for long term basis. In a certain country, they are advocating Five E’s, which are

engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation and planning.

Engineering is able to be built to promote cycling in the community, the availability of bike

parking, designated lanes, signals and the connectivity of both the off/on-road networks. The

amount of education is available for both cyclists and motorists including bike maps. Through

events and campaign, bicycling could be promoted and encouraged. Community would use

enforcement to encourage cyclists and motorists to share the road safely, and the existence of

bicycling related laws. City has in place to measure current programs and take appropriate

steps to plan for the future.

We have one main object for cycling city, which is to achieve 20% of transport division rate

in 2020 from in as of, 10% in 2010, to be called as 2020 project for a cycling city. And when we

would think the above-mentioned programs otherwise, three main big strategies have been

accomplished or would be executed to 2020, as follows.

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First strategy is to set up the infrastructures, creating bases for convenient cycling by

securing the connectivity of cycle lane and dieting the roads.

Second is to provide an institutional strategy, offering regulations and ordinance to city

government to be able to ride a cycle with convenience and safety, by creating a bike-friendly

condition and environment.

Third strategy is to create citizens’ boom, making a temperature of voluntary participation

by forming association of biking movement in citizen bases and providing citizen’s education

and seminars and also supporting a demonstration organization. These strategies have been

by public bike rental system.

3. Outcomes of Special bike city of Changwon

Section 1 Running of public bike(Nubija)

1). Goals and objectives for running of public bike(Nubija)

Changwon has goals for ESHUT, specially biking city, which is to install a system that all the

citizens are available bike whenever and wherever, to resolve the transportation and

environmental problems by reducing the car-users (motorists) and expanding the bike users

(cyclists)

When objectives of only a cycling rental system would be discussed, first development of

unmanned bike rental system may be considered, which it is far-advanced, independent and

inventive system for bike rental, through benchmarking the overseas major public rental bike

systems; second, costumer-based system will be constructed, such as location of unmanned

rental spots, rational pricing system, methods of using them, and running of home page for

lending a bike; and third, efficient running system will be built, such as application of

ubiquitous techniques, unmanned rental system for 24 hours and development of model of

environment-friendly green water.

2). Construction of bikes and terminals

This has been accomplished, or would be carried out, throughout a city for 2008 ～～～～ 2012(5-

years). Of course, all the infrastructures would have been completed, such as bike lanes,

signals for all of transportation and institutional systems of basic regulations and ordinances,

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and above all the things, increased awareness of a rental system to all the citizens. Distributed

bikes and terminals with budgets are as follows:

(Unit: line/million)

Division total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Supply line 5,000 500 2,000 1,000 1,000 500

Working expense 15,000 1,200 6,300 3,000 3,000 1,500

* 20site 430line(’08.10.) → 101site 1,230line('09.6.) → 119site2,030line(’09.12.)

→ 150site 3,000line(’10.6.) → 300site 5,000line(’12.6.)

* Velieb in Paris, France : 750site 10,648line(’07.7.) → 1,451site 20,600line’07.12.)

3). Method of using public bike

All the citizens are able to ride Nubija, however target for cycling is limited to over 15years old.

All most of citizens need to register to be a Nubija’s user at centers for the regional community

committee, or through an internet network. Citizens might be a member of Nubija, and could

ride a Nubija at the adjacent terminal and take down for it to be able to stop their tour and

return it at the nearest terminal adjacent to their destination. Here, members can lend a bike

by their membership card (This is able to lend a bike after membership of setting periods and

fare). Nonmember might be able to lend a bike by the 1000 won per day. Of course, members

have to register on the home page of Nubija and non-members don’t have to do it. No-

member may follow a guide of surface of bikes and terminals. When bike’s user wants to

return it back at terminals, he or she need to touch on the terminal and to manipulate GPS. If

users have faced any problem, he or she has to notify to bike manager. Time of Nubija is for all

the 24hours, 365 days. Fares are charged to Nubija users, as follows:

▪ Members : Yearly(20 thousand won), Monthly(3thousand won), Weekly(2thousand

won)

▪ Non-members : Charged by one day right of using at Nubija terminals(pay a small

sum of money charged on the cellphone).

Also, we permit rental and return of public bike, the former is to spontaneous lifting of locker

by contacts of user's card at bike terminal, and the latter is to complete return by parking at

bike terminal.

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4). Major specification of Nubija bike

Body Sticking device Others

- 26 inch down tube style

- Hub dinamo(Power plant)

- Simano 6 bundle gearbox

- Sensor equipped

light(Autonomous assimilation)

- Saddle wire for prevention of

robbery

- Front and back cover of

reinforced plastics

- Electronic measurement of

speed/distance

- STS303 fastening buckle

- Auto-fastening buckle

- Bike RFID

- CDMA+GPS tracking service

- Sticking of speedometer

- Announcement of mileage,

speed and time

- Sticking of roberry

prevention on the saddle

* Photographs of Citizen's public bike

5). Outcome of using patterns and satisfaction rate in a survey

We have carried out a survey with electronic questionnaire to know the patterns and

satisfaction after using Nubija. We have sent the questionnaire to 2,036 people of using Nubija

for October 5-10, 2009. Respondents are answered 100% through their mails. The largest of

response are twenties, 40.2%, and next teenage (18.1%) and forties(19.3%). When we examine

the rate of satisfaction, 75.0% are answered “very satisfactory” and “satisfactory”. This figure

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was showed to be increase of 7%, compared to 68% in 2008. They said that the color of bike is

very good(92.8%), bike has a good design(88%), operated with a good condition(66.1%), fare

of bike is proper(91.4%), size is right(80.65) and weight is suitable(male; 47.3%, Female: 29.9%).

Goals of using Nubija is for commuting(38.0%), for recreation(34.6%), for business(6.5%)

and for visiting the cultural facilities(5.6%). And the reasons of selecting is for cutting the

transportation expense(50.9% of twenties and 45.3% of teenage), for saving a time of

moving(20.7% of teenage and 20.0% of sixties), for health and fitness(33.9% of fifties and

46.7% of sixties) and for control of accessible destination(18.6% of forties and 18.3% of fifties).

Means of transportation before is cars of 40, and 60(33.3%-47.8%), intracity buses(56% of

twenties and 60.35 of twenties) and walking(21.9%) and personal bikes(3.8%). Time of using is

36.9% at 6pm-9pm, and pattern of using is from residential areas to multiple functional

facilities on the basis of almost of all the people except of commuting student and workers.

Average running length is 1km-3km(42.5%) and 500m-1km(27.6%).

6). Extension of Nubija system in the second half, 2009

Present state of extension of terminals and bikes were terminals(101), rack(1965), bike(1230),

and rate of bike to racks(62.5%) as of September 2009, but these figures increased to 119,

2485, 2030 and 81.7& respectively, as of February 2010. We had to select sites of installing

Nubija terminals. Selection criterion were considering the demand of using the

terminals(Apartment complex, Sites for multiple gatherings etc), good points of connectedness

and accessibility between terminals(Considering main road and bus-transfering), city land

being available to install the medium-sized(Racking of over 25 lines), points being available to

insert the electricity and communication, and spots being not overlap amongst other digging

plans. And process of selection were canvassing the various public(hoping points)(150lines)

and resonable spots for newly building and additional building by reviewing and analyzing

results of validity for installing(18lines).

And, we, Changwon will be a combined larger city (Megacity) through unification of three

adjacent cities in July 1, 2010. Masan city and Jinhae city are take part in this unification, under

the name of Changwon. And then, (newly constructed and newly named) Changwon would

have over 1.08 million of population. So, all the policies, projects and programs of new

Changwon would have to be established with a new master plan regarding all the lives of

citizens, including public bike rental system, general control post and bike culture center of

Changwon.

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<Photographs of installing Nubija terminals>

Title of construction Installing construction of Nubija terminals in 2009 by

Changwon city

Contents

� Canvassing the various public(hoping points): 150lines

� Resonable spots for newly building and additional

building by reviewing and analyzing results of validity

for installing: 18lines

Before working Under working Finished working

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<Layout of Nubija terminals >

7). Current state of running the Nubija(As of, March 1st, 2010)

Current state of running the Nhbija are as follows: joining to be a member were 44,221

people(M :48.1%, F 51:.9%), of which these were growing increasingly by month. Total of

members were 3546 people(2008). And, state of using the Nubia were total of 1,722,472 times,

which is average of 8,219 times on ’09.8 ~9. 1: turnover rate 6.8times per one bike). Times of

using a bike also were grown increasingly. In 2008, times of using were 17109, of which

average of a day was 3480. And state of using a bike by time were maximum of 25,491(22.3%)

at 3pm-6pm.

8). Major effects after introducing of Nubija

We can say the major effects after using a Nubija, on the three basis; environmental, personal

and community effects.

Environmental effects are cutting of energy 1.7million USD(1.92billion won) and reduction

of CO2, 2696.8 tons by total calculation by Nubija's tacometer . So, Green Money has occurred

from emission trading of co2 cutting down, when applying a distance of riding of average

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speed of 15km/h, curtailment of energy from the fuel efficiency, of 1500 won for 10lm/l, and

reduction of CO2 for emission of 210g/m by average basis.

Individual effects are realization of Active Living by Nubija through the health

promotion( promotion of user's strength and mental health), and expense of public transport

per worker' household of downtown: average of 56USD(63,000won) by month and expense of

individual transportation(including cost of fuels for cars) : average of 198USD(223,900won) by

month through reduction of household's burden.

Community effects are practically great: 1) vitalization of local economy through job

creation by expansion of bike-related additional industries(manpower for making and

production of Nubija's facilities - seven companies, around 300 people; manpower for

installing the Nubija's terminals- 3,200people(100 lines) by year; and employment of

manpower regarding running of Nubija- around 150 people: 2) establishment of transport

culture base for lower using type of energy: 3) spotlight of new short distance by means of

bike in the night hours(23-05 hours)(12.9% of total users): 4) vitalization of local community by

increased face to face contacts due to use of cycle: and 5) improvement of air quality and

resolving of transport problems.

Section 2 Construction of Infrastructure such as bike lanes

1). Current state of cycle lane.

Current state of cycle lanes are composed of 121 lines 347.5km with separate bike lanes of

15lanes 100.8km. So, Changwon has four kind of sidewalks and roads, those are pavement

roads for cars, flower or tree beds for separating from pavement roads, separate cycle lanes

and wide green spaces. However, some of cycle lanes were been stopped, broken and even

lost in a city. Here Changwon would have built some new cycle lanes, connected the stopped

lanes again, and repaired the broken lanes.

Separate cycle lane Separate cycle lane Mixed cycle and pedestrians

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2) Dieting of roads

Cycle lanes are classified as a carriageway (Car roads) in the related legislations. So, citizens

are able to pass through and keep to the right of carriageways with safety, but they usually felt

danger to go and fro the car roads. And then, Changwon has decided to manage the special

measures for citizens to pass through mixed car and bike lanes or roads with no fear or danger.

As a new measure, we have decided to diet the existing car roads. Dieting of roads could be

carried out at the places where there was no separate cycle lane, and cycle lane had short

width of roads. Sites of dieting were two samples of places including Daebangro6.9 ㎞ (4

lanes--3lanes) and contents of dieting were creation of separate lane by squeezing of lanes and

through the control of lane width.

Two examples of dieting are as follows:

(1) Daebangro

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(2) Nam 19Ro has a length of 26km and installed zones of division from separate cycle lane.

These will be secured of separate cycle lane after squeezing of one existing lane.

Before of dieting a road

After of dieting a road

3) Sign of safety facilities for cycling

There were no or lacks of sign for safety facilities for cycling by separate cycle lanes. So, we

should mark signs separately.

Most of all the citizens are afraid of riding a bicycle and survey says that reason to not ride

a bicycle is safety problem. Both adults and students of elementary and secondary schools are

not willing to ride their bicycles. Especially the handicapped and elderly are not available to

ride. In Changwon, signs

First, sign of inducing line for cycling has been completed on the main principal roads : 20

lines 31.95 ㎞. Effects of signage are resolving the difficulties in using underground ways due

to no crossing road for cycling and contribution to preventing of accidents and creation of

cycling boom through division by reddish brown line for cycling on the main principal roads.

Inducing line for principal road

Inducing line for crossing of cycle

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Inducing line for passinInducing line for passinInducing line for passinInducing line for passing through g through g through g through

crossroadscrossroadscrossroadscrossroads

Inducing line for passing through

crossroads

And, sign of curfew driving the wrong way on the roads were 9 lines 864 sites, as follow

pictures:

Sign board of curfew driving Surface sign of curfew driving Surface sign for heading

direction

And, sign board for being aware of bike was marked on the 502 sites. Pictures below are seen.

Rough map of a field

Under inquiry

Sign board for being aware

of bike

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And, installing of bicycle rack were accompanied by 395 sites 6,449 lines, and lowering of the

chin of sidewalk have been carried out by 35sites and 140m(total of 2007-2009 are 125line and

501m).

4). Running of bike culture center in Changon

This center is a experiecing site for the space of transport culture and switching of awareness

in the 1st in Korea. The outline of center is located at 1st floor in Changwon bike velodrome

Bansongro 104, Changwon cit. Size or scales of this facility have total areas of 7,300 ㎡, and

has been started September 5, 2008. This is called as Bike culture center of Changwon, and

runned by working expense of 800 thousand Won(municipal 2, biking velodrome 6). Contents

and services are biking class(mastering of Theory, regulations and safe driving regarding bike)(,

exhibition of bike(exhibition of the newest of bike) , repair of bike(repair and service at the

lowest price), and guiding & publicity of bike(guiding & publicity of bike policy of Changwon).

We, Changwon has Bike Racing velodrome for a cycle racer. Here we constructed the culture

center additionally at it. And, first, culture center has been controlled by local government,

and it had not authorities to the bike administration or management. Since second half of

2009, Bike Racing velodrome has had authorities to manage and control the bike-related

policies, projects and programs, and also run and admin the culture center.

Racking spots of bikeRacking spots of bikeRacking spots of bikeRacking spots of bike

Lowering of the chin of

sidewalk

Lowering of the chin of

sidewalk

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<State of running>

❍ Training course of cycling

By course Targets for training Training

periods Training time

Basic Beginners of cycling 2wks(10d) 20hrs(theory4, practice14,

experience2)

Middle Finnishers of basics or

people being able to drive 2wks(10d)

20hrs(theory4, practice14,

experience2)

Youth

(Experiencing

class)

Elementary(5th grade) 2days 8hrs(theory2, practice14,

experience1, evaluation2)

special Office worker

(Weekend

calss)

Beginners among office

worker 4wks(8d)

16hrs(theory2, practice12,

experience2)

❍ Training performance of bike

Division Total Basic Middle Office

worker Bike tour

Experience of

cycling of youth Note

People 3,116 1,238(33terms) 672(27terms) 212(9terms) 609(34times) 385(11times)

❍ Repair of bike : 1,785 cases(fix of bike : 1,622cases and change of parts : 163cases)

Division Total Setting of

gear

Repair of

puncture Breaker

Height of

saddle

Adjustmentof

handle Others

Total 1,529 251 544 320 66 51 390

❍ Visiting numbers of Bike culture center(present year/sum): 24,258 people/35,563

people(State of group visiting : 3,728people/7,714people )(State of individual visiting :

20,530/27,849 people

Division Total Public office Lay group Education ins. Press

Group

people(sum)

24; 3,728

(341; 7,714)

117;1,465

(159; 2,359)

51; 1,072

(71; 3,835)

28; 895

(36; 1,111)

44; 296

(74; 409)

** (No. of visiting of Changwon(Sum): 168 institution, 1,527 people )

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□ View of each facility of culture center

Virw of bike culture center Training course of riding a bike Free repair spot for citizens

Room for publicity Exhibition lot for a memory of

bike Indoor training room

Experiencing field for unusual

bike Exhibition field for bikes Bike lounge

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Section 3 Measures for vitalizing of using a bike

Changwon has tried to develop and to being develop measures to increase riding rate of a bike

with safety. First of all, Citizens have had a mind against cycling accidents. And also, Changwon

has policies and programs to increase the numbers of cyclists. Main targets of cycling are

students and workers, which are made up of large size of population of Changwon. Also, they

consist of commuter to and fro their homes and schools and work sites. Special measures

should have been fulfilled to help encourage or promote cycling with no fear and with freedom.

These are insurance and allowance programs and removal or improvement of existing

unreasonable regulations etc.

1). Getting a bike insurance for citizens

Changwon has introduced an insurance system for injured cyclists, or death due to accidents

form cycling in September 22, 2009(first joined September 22, 2008). Target of insurance is all

the citizens, as of accident date, Citizen of Changwon, especially Nubija users. An insured

amounts is 168,870,02 Won(193,092,260 in 2008). LIG indemnity insurance is our partner.

Contents of guarantee are: 1) death & aftereffect due to bike accident(maximum of 29

million won; 2) compensation after bike accident( 400 thousand won/person ); 3) penalty by

bike accident(maximum of two thousand won); 4) defense cost against bike

accident(maximum of one hundred); and 5) supporting fund of detective consent by bike

accident( 2 million/person ). Performance of payment is as follows: 1) total cases are 330 with

the amounts of 279,050 thousand Won. One case of death has occurred at the first quarter in

2009and three cases of death have been taken place at third quarter as well.

2) Allowance for biking commuter of workers

Allowance for biking commuter of workers has been carried out since the beginning of this

program. Background of this is to advocate being awareness of importance of environment by

cycling as means of green transport and to expect the spreading effects to citizens by taking

the lead of participation in using a cycle for workers. Targets to be allowed are Changwon's

citizen and manufacturing workers in registered factories, and commuters from and to their

home and work sites, over 15days a month. Examples are 1) in case of industrial allowance 20

thousand--City 20 thousand(individually; 2) in case of industrial allowance 30 thousand--City

30 thousand(individually); and 3) in case of industrial allowance 50 thousand--City 30

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thousand(individually). In addition, limit of allowance of city budget is 30 thousand a month

per one person. Date of enforcement is 2009. 1 ～ 2010. 12.

Performance of payment is as follows:

Division total ‘09.1/4

quarter

‘09.2/4

quarter

‘09.3/4

quarter

‘09.4/4

quarter Note

No. of industries 72 corp 40 84 127 156

No. of paying people 2,312 194 622 701 795

Amount(thousand

won) 69,403 5,810 18,945 20,990 23,658

3). Continuous detection and improvement of unreasonable regulation & system

It is important to detect and improve the legislation for facilitate cycling to the citizens of

Changwon. Mainly, all most of legislations are responsible for central government., so, we will

recommend to upgrade and modify various laws and regulation related to the bike cycling to

government by down up approach and with a priority for cyclists, or favorable to them. These

are criterion of installing a bike road, standard of safe riding for bike user, compulsory teaching

for elementary and secondary students, training for car drivers, enforcement of bike

registration, and rigid enforcement of regulation for illegal parking & stop. Through these

recommendations, we will promote the advice for a priority of transportation policies to the

cyclists to Central government (Reflection of policy for central government).

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Section 4 Creation of Cycling boom

It is very important to create the boom for citizens to help encourage bike cycling. Various and

different ways would have to be fulfilled to create a boom of cycling throughout a city. And

also, workshop, seminars or symposia could be held. All the infrastructures will have to build

up, including teaching people to help ride a cycle, festival and fair or events regarding a bike.

Networking with other cities in a nation is very critical way. Press and broadcasting play an

important role for people to help encourage cycling. Educations are necessary means to

facilitate riding a bike for elementary and secondary students.

□ Achievement of cycling teaching for citizens (as of, ‘09.12.31)

Division times people host(supervision) note

total 15 1,636

teaching for women 4 397 Association of

cycling

2001~2009

- frequency : 25

terms

- completion : 1,624

people

Night and holiday teaching

for office workers 4 149

Society of practicing

for riding a bike

2008~2009

- frequency : 6

terms

- completion : 210

people

lecturing tour to Eup &

Dong 1 30

Society of practicing

for riding a bike

training course for leaders

of bike 2 60 city of Changwon

2008~2009

- frequency : 3 times

- completion : 90

people

running of bike license test

for children 2

878(receipt)

662(pass)

‘09.6.13

‘09.9.26

2000 년~2009 년

- total11times :

4,545people pass

teaching in schools 2 500 city of Changwon Sapa elem. and

Myeongkok elem.

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❍❍❍❍ Scenes of each teaching course

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□ Performance of creation of citizens' boom (as of, ‘09.12.31)

Dicision No. of

times

Participating

people date

note

1st Korea bike festival 1 6,000 ‘09. 5. 3(Sun)

Changwon city, Ministry.

of administration & safety

nation's physical

promotion public

corporation

2009 Santa bike prade in

Changwon 1 2,000 ‘09.12.12(Sat)

※amoubt of donation:

16,293 thousand won

- contribution of

participation :

11,783thousand won

- neighborhood donation :

4,510 천 thousand won

the first anniversary in

commemoration of

opening of Nubija

1 800 ‘09.10.22(Thr)

distribution of lovely

bike(repaired secondhand) 4

1,601(collection)

548(distribution)

5.13, 7.27,

10.20, 12.21

2006~2009 (total 8times)

- collection : 9,947

- distribution: 2,732

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◎◎◎◎ Korea bike festival

We have held Korea Bike Festival to boom up for cycling in a city. This festival started in

Changwon Square and its whole areas at May 3(Sun), 2009 9am-5pm with participating people

of over 6,000 people, was hosted by ministry of administration & safety, ministry of culture &

physical education and nation's physical promotion public corporation under the supervision

of Changwon city, meetings of Korean bike race players and Changwon bike race corporation

A few pictures are shown, as follows:

And also, as major achievement , here has being a Leader as Center of Green Growth Cities

and Model bike cities in Korea and inspiring pride of citizens since Mr. President of Korea,

Myung Bak Lee has taken part in, have finished the great the end of festival.

We could anticipate a certain degree of ripple effects from holding this festival, with the

amount of marketing effects of 6,258million Won through broad casting by KBS1 &2(including

local), MBC(including local), and SSBS, KNN, YTN(447), newspaper(metropolitan) by 11 presses

including Chosun Ilbo(3,965), and 16 other presses(local, economic) by 16 presses including

Gyeongnam ilbo(1,846 million Won). These figures were conversed currency unit from

exposured effects of newspaper and broadcasting.

Indirect effects of triggering local industries have been emerged. Mutual synergetic effects

with infrastructures of Changwon as a machinery indusrtrial complex have been expected,

when the bike industries would have been attracted into Changwon through taking this

opportunity of festival in the future. These effect result in expected 300 million of bike of

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domestic demands on the annual base as increasing market size, and estimated 1.5 million of

bike domestic production when industries would have accumulated to the third degree of skills

in the world, which state of nation's bike industry would be estimated as of being market size

of bikes of around 200 billion won annualy (import : ‘07, 238million, ‘08, 230million, however

2milloin would been produced within a country on the annual base). In addition, as results of

previous mentioned facts, floating as devoted son of items for vitalization of local economy

when total industries have been induced such as completed bike, parts of bike, clothes,

accessories, and power plants of bike, also expected industrialization of bike -related

distribution networks.

And also, sudden increase of public bike (Nubja) users, after holding a bike festival ( as of,

May 11, 2010) have been emerged. No. of members becomes to the average of 35.7 ⇒ 127.3

people(3.6 times) and No. of using have been changed to the average of 293times(10.22~4.30)

⇒ 1,078times(3.7times, 5.4~5.10) .

◎◎◎◎ Holding of Changwon Santabike prade 2009

This parade was held at Square of meeting in Changwon sports complex/around the Juangro

on ‘09.12.12(Sat) 13:30 ~ 17:00, being hosted by Changwon city, co-superintended by

Changwon alliance of cycling, Society of practicing cycling of Changwon, and Run's planning

company and sponsored by Ministry. of administration & safety, Ministry of health welfare &

family and Gyeongnam society of joint collecting for social welfare. 1,512 peoples were

attended in this parade.

In the outcomes of holding, amounts of donation were total of 16,293 thousand won to

the Gyeongnam society of joint collecting for social welfare. Donation from participating

people was the most amounts of 11,783 thousand. State of participating people from our

country was total of 1,512 people, of which Chagwon had the biggest of 883 people.

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4. Future plans

A comprehensive bike network in Changwon would help fill gaps in the regional network of

bicycle routes and paths, while fitting into the vision for a regional greenway of bike-hike trails

linking parks, national areas, cultural features, historic sites, neighborhoods and retail areas.

However, here, our future plans would be summarized to seven programs for our City of

Changwon. First, infrastructures of far-advanced style will be arranged, such as signage of bike

transportation and enforcement of separate bike lanes. Second, bike lanes will be connected

between downtown and Eup-Myun district in the long basis. Third, bike networks will be

created throughout our country, and creation of bike lane along the Nakdong River, which is

running through around and is adjacent to Changwon, will occur in the near future. Fourth,

Nubija system will be expanded continuously and programs for vitalization will be developed.

Consultation with local education authority will be underway regarding the education for

elementary and secondary pupils, to establish the right and life-long bike transportation

culture. Fifth, Santa bike parade will be held in December 2010. In addition, international bike

festival will be held in April 2011. Sixth, Health Impact Assessment (HIA) for the cycling policies

and “Nubija” program would be carried out. Survey for the change of body composition of

cyclists would be fulfilled on both before and after cycling. Hereafter, seventh, integrated

master plans for cycling will be serviced to a University to be suggested roadmap for far-

advanced 2020 Project.

And, we, Changwon will be a combined larger city (Megacity) through unification of three

adjacent cities in July 1, 2010. Masan city and Jinhae city are take part in this unification, under

the name of Changwon. And then, (newly constructed and newly named) Changwon would

have over 1.08 million of population. So, all the policies, projects and programs for new

Changwon City would have to be established with a new master plan regarding all the lives of

citizens.