Oh Se-hoon's 9th popularly elected municipal administration was reorganized with the 'G3 Seoul Plan'... โImprovement of citizensโ quality of lifeโ
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-gyu and Kim Jun-tae = The 'G3 Seoul Plan' ambitiously presented by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the 10th has two major goals.
The goal is to elevate Seoul to a top global city that competes with New York, London, and Tokyo, while at the same time connecting its competitiveness to improving the quality of life of each citizen.
To this end, five future visions and 20 strategic goals were established and 100 key tasks were arranged under the vision of 'Seoul, the global top, a special city for quality of life'.
Virtually all areas of municipal administration, from health and safety to welfare and education, housing, youth and jobs, culture and industry, transportation and urban space, have been re-packaged into one future blueprint.
โ Securing an additional 1 million ใก of exercise facilities and park green space 10 minutes from home
The first vision of Seoul presented is a โhealthy and safe city.โ
The goal is to support citizensโ healthy lives and make their daily lives safer.
We are moving away from treatment or response after an accident to a city that proactively manages health and risks in the living area.
The representative core task is the โ10-minute fortune telling ticket in front of my house.โ The number of fitness centers in Seoul will be increased from the current 20 to 100 so that you can start exercising within 10 minutes at home, and 'Fun Stations' in unused subway spaces will be expanded to all autonomous districts.
โMaeum Fit 36.5โ, which analyzes mental health status using artificial intelligence (AI) and connects digital treatment and specialized institutions, will also be introduced.
Green space and safety are also grouped together under the same concept of living space. An additional 1 million m2 of parks and green spaces will be secured by 2030, and school zone pedestrian paths, intelligent closed-circuit (CC) TV, and alley light environments will be expanded through the '24-hour living safety right'.
Another future vision, โShared Growth Cityโ, aims to create a warm Seoul that grows together.
The idea is to enable people to find relationships and opportunities within the city even if they live alone or are excluded from education and care.
Through 'Loneliness-Free Seoul 2.0', Seoul Maum Convenience Stores will be expanded to all autonomous districts and 'Seoul Solo Dining Together' will be operated where single-person households eat together.
The online education platform Seoul Run will expand into offline coaching centers and the membership criteria will be relaxed from 80% or less of median income to 100% or less.
By 2030, 9 play spaces will be created for each growth stage, and Seoul-style kids cafes will also be expanded to 430.
โ 310,000 units by 2031 through Shintong Planning... Supply of 130,000 public homes for young people and newlyweds
A โresidential stability cityโ was also presented as a vision for the future. The idea is to reduce worries about home and improve the quality of life.
The key is to connect expansion of housing supply and housing ladders by life cycle into one policy.
Through 'rapid integrated planning', a core policy of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's redevelopment project, construction of 310,000 units and 40,000 Moa housing units will be commenced by 2031, and 130,000 public housing units will be supplied.
By supplying 6,500 units of 'Baronae House', a Seoul-style public pre-sale, we will expand housing support by age to not only young people and newlyweds, but also the elderly and middle-aged.
We respond to rental fraud with a 'three-step shield' that includes risk analysis before signing the contract, accompanying a housing security manager on the day of signing the contract, and support for the return deposit after signing the contract.
Through the 'Opportunity and Vitality City' initiative, Seoul is created where young people can take leaps and the future is vibrant.
Youth, global talent, AI, high-tech industries, and culture are the core growth engines.
We are promoting the 'Youth AI Ladder', which provides AI access and basic education to 500,000 young people regardless of income, and link job experience and professional education to employment and entrepreneurship.
By supplying 74,000 units of 'Youth Housing The Dream House+', we link job and housing policies, and support foreign master's and doctoral level talent from attraction to housing and settlement.
The city's 'night' will also be transformed into an economic resource to 'vitalize the night economy.'
We will create a '24-hour vital economic city' by increasing the operating hours of sports and cultural facilities and expanding nighttime content at the Han River, Namsan, and Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). By region, industrial bases will be established in bio/medical, media/entertainment, K-culture, AI/robotics, and finance.
โ Developing metropolitan urban centers such as Sangam, Gasan, Changdong, and Gangilโฆ 500 self-driving buses in operation
โSpace Innovation Cityโ was also presented as a future vision for Seoul. To this end, the urban structure will be diversified so that jobs, culture, and life services are not concentrated in a few downtown areas, and they will be connected through public transportation and autonomous driving.
In addition to downtown Seoul, Yeouido, and Gangnam, Sangam/Susaek, Gasan/Guro, Changdong/Sanggye, Godeok/Gangil will be developed into four major metropolitan cities, and 350 'pedestrian daily centers' will be created in the living area.
A โYouth Future Townโ combining housing, jobs, and community will be created on available land such as railway depots.
The key means of connecting these spaces is transportation.
The number of self-driving buses will increase from the current 16 to 500 by 2030, and traffic blind spots will be reduced by using the 'ART indicator', which measures whether rapid public transportation is available within a 10-minute walk. Level 4 robotaxi demonstrations and urban air transportation (UAM) pilot cities are also being promoted.
The five future visions are a structure that translates the abstract goal of becoming one of the world's top three cities into a citizen's day.
The goal is to create a Seoul where people can take care of their health close to home, receive necessary care and education, secure a stable home and work opportunities, enjoy culture and leisure, and travel conveniently no matter where they live.
The city of Seoul plans to manage the progress by confirming the goals, schedule, financial resources, and performance indicators for each of the 100 major tasks by the end of the year.
