Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin Shares City's Transport Innovations at UN

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Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin has presented the city's transport policies and mobility vision at the United Nations headquarters in the United States. He introduced the Seongnam-style urban transport model, which includes an AI-based road management system, drone delivery services, and autonomous shuttles.

Reporter Yun Nara has the story.

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Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin was invited to a side event of the UN High-level Political Forum held at the UN headquarters in the U.S. on July 7 (local time).

At the forum, which focused on building resilient cities and implementing the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety, Mayor Shin unveiled Seongnam's sustainable transport policies and future mobility vision.

He explained the city's transport system, which integrates electric and hydrogen vehicles, personal mobility devices, shared vehicles, and autonomous shuttles into a single mobility service platform. He also introduced various future mobility policies, including an AI-based road management system using AI equipment installed on 53 city buses and drones, the Tancheon drone delivery service, and AI patrol robots.

[Shin Sang-jin/Mayor of Seongnam: These technologies are no longer just concepts of the future; they are a reality that makes the daily lives of citizens safer, more convenient, and more prosperous.]

Following its silver award at the LivCom Awards last year, Seongnam is gaining international attention as a sustainable city, having also presented its Seongnam-style future mobility policies at the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) sustainable transport conference held in Thailand.

In particular, as the transport sector is identified as a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, Seongnam's case of building a low-carbon, inclusive transport system has been highlighted as a model for local governments. Officials from international organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, attended this forum to share the city's policies.

Seongnam plans to host a high-level sustainable transport forum in March next year, with government officials and experts from some 40 Asian countries participating, to discuss policies for carbon neutrality and the transition to human-centered transport systems.

(Video Editing: Choi Jin-hwa, Video courtesy of Seongnam City)
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