서울시 자동차 공회전 억제를 위한 규제 및 자율참여 방안

Abstract

Concerns about clean air quality are not new, but the necessity of clean air has never been so poignant. An interview survey of 2002 indicates that of all urban public policies in Seoul, first priority was given to the clean air quality management. However, most of the citizens were surprisingly not quite sure that air quality would not be easily improved in the future. They are also disappointed from the recent briefings showing that Seoul is suffering the worst PM10 pollution problem of the Capital cities of OECD countries. Facing these problems, Seoul City, needs to prepare a more comprehensive air quality improvement plan, including all detailed action programs. However, it still requires more innovative alternatives that can urge citizens voluntarily involve in the reduction of pollutants emission from the viewpoints of bottom-up approach. With the revision of National Clean Air Act of 2002, there was a heightened interest in establishing an idling control by-law. In line with implementing vehicle's idling control as a bottom-up approach for air quality management, this paper presents an overview of why and how the by-law is conceived, developed and implemented, and describes the city's preliminary plans to advise citizens of the by-law and its enforcement aimed at reducing idling-related air pollution. In particular, a successful anti-idling campaign can serve as a potential catalyst for public involvement in the reduction of air pollutants in Seoul. Idling in Seoul is ubiquitous. Its prevalence provides an opportunity to engage citizens in an activity that has a direct relationship to urban air quality. The launching of both vehicle's idling control by law and anti-idling