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Is Free Public Transportation Feasible in Korea?

出版	SSRN, 2023
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qLXzzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Public transportation provides the general public the basic mobility services to employment, community resources, medical care, and recreational opportunities in communities. People who do not have access to a private motor vehicle such as young students, the aged, the poor, and people banned from driving use public transportation for their travel. Some people also choose to use public transportation since it is cheaper than the cost of driving a car.Public transport services can be operated and managed by profit-driven companies or partially or fully funded by government subsidies. In many Asian countries, public transportation services are predominantly run by privately owned profit-driven companies. In North America, public transportation services are provided by municipal transit authorities. In European countries, public transport operations are often outsourced to private transport operators.Most public transportation services are financed with the revenue from fares and/or government subsidies. But several European cities and some smaller towns around the world have converted their public transportation services, especially bus networks, to fare-free systems. Fare-free public transportation services are funded fully by heavy government subsidies or commercial sponsorship by businesses.In the past June local elections in Korea, some candidates put forward campaign pledges such as free bus services, which have been questioned much in terms of feasibility. This article aims to discuss the feasibility of providing free public transportation service in Korean cities by overviewing the cases of free public transportation services around the world.