ACT ON PROMOTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION CONVENIENCE OF MOBILITY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to establish human-oriented transportation systems by expanding convenient mobility equipment in means of transportation, passenger facilities, and on the roads, and by improving the pedestrian environment, so that the mobility disadvantaged persons may travel safely and conveniently, thereby contributing to the promotion of social participation of mobility disadvantaged persons and of their welfare.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 7, 2014; Jan. 14, 2014; Mar. 29, 2016; Dec. 22, 2020; Jan. 18, 2022; Sep. 14, 2023>

1. The term "mobility disadvantaged persons" means persons who feel inconvenient in mobility in their daily lives, such as persons with disabilities, the aged, pregnant women, persons accompanied by infants, and children;

2. The term "means of transportation" means those used for the transportation of people, which fall under any of the following items:

a. Buses (hereinafter referred to as "buses") used for regular route passenger transport business under Article 3(1)1 of the Passenger Transport Service Act;

b. Vehicles used in the operation of urban railroad system under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Urban Railroad Act;

c. Rolling stock to transport passengers among rolling stock under subparagraph 4 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Railroad Industry Development;

d. Trams transporting people among trams under subparagraph 3b of Article 2 of the Tramway Transportation Act;

e. Aircraft used for civil aviation among aircraft under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Aviation Safety Act;

f. Vessels used for maritime passenger transportation services under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Marine Transportation Act;

g. Other means of transportation prescribed by Presidential Decree;

3. The term "passenger facilities" means any of the following facilities or artificial structures provided to passengers for the use of any means of transportation:

a. Bus terminals under subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Passenger Transport Service Act and stops used for regular route passenger transport business under Article 3(1)1 of that Act;

b. Urban railroad facilities except for rolling stock among urban railroads under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Urban Railroad Act;

c. Railroad facilities under subparagraph 2 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Railroad Industry Development;

d. Facilities excluding trams among tramway facilities defined in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Tramway Transportation Act;

e. Transit facilities under subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Urban Traffic Improvement Promotion Act;

f. Airports and airport facilities under subparagraphs 3 and 7 of Article 2 of the Airport Facilities Act;

g. Harbor facilities established in an international trade port and in a coastal port under subparagraph 2 and 3, respectively, of Article 2 of the Harbor Act;

h. Other facilities or artificial structures prescribed by Presidential Decree;

4. The term "roads" means roads (including road appurtenances under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Road Act) under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Road Act and the roads to which that Act shall apply mutatis mutandis under Article 108 of that Act;

5. The term "transport business entity" means a person who has obtained a license, permission, authorization, entrustment, etc. from a transportation authority in accordance with related statutes or regulations, including the Passenger Transport Service Act, the Urban Railroad Act, the Railroad Enterprise Act, the Tramway Transportation Act, the Aviation Business Act, the Airport Facilities Act, the Harbor Act, and the Marine Transportation Act, who operates and navigates any means of transportation, or who installs and operates passenger facilities after filing for registration with the transportation authority, filing a report thereto, etc.;

6. The term "transportation authority" means the head of a central administrative agency, a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor (hereinafter referred to as "Mayor/Do Governor") or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (referring to the head of an autonomous Gu; hereinafter the same shall apply), who directs and supervises transport business entities in regards to the operation and navigation of any means of transportation or the installation and operation of passenger facilities;

7. The term "convenient mobility equipment" means equipment and facilities designed to provide transportation convenience to mobility disadvantaged persons in using any means of transportation, passenger facilities, or roads, such as wheelchair lifts, elevators for persons with disabilities, sidewalks for persons with disabilities such as braille blocks, resting places where nursing mothers can breast-feed infants, etc.;

8. The term "special means of transportation" means vehicles equipped with wheelchair lifts, etc. to support the mobility of mobility disadvantaged persons who experience serious inconvenience in their movements.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 3(Right to transportation) #

In order to be guaranteed the right to pursue the dignity, value, and happiness as a human being, mobility disadvantaged persons shall have the right to use safely, conveniently, and without discrimination, all means of transportation, passenger facilities, and roads used by persons, other than the mobility disadvantaged persons.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 4(Responsibilities of the State) #

The State and local governments shall establish and implement policies to ensure convenient use of all means of transportation and passenger facilities and to improve the pedestrian environment so that mobility disadvantaged persons may move safely and conveniently.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 5(Responsibilities of transport business entities) #

(1) Transport business entities shall comply with standards to install convenient mobility equipment prescribed by this Act and continuously endeavor to improve services to mobility disadvantaged persons, in order to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons.

(2) Business entities manufacturing any means of transportation shall endeavor to develop and manufacture such means of transportation equipped with structures, systems, or devices enabling mobility disadvantaged persons to move conveniently.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 6(Establishment of plans to improve transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons) #

(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall establish a five-year plan to improve the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons (hereinafter referred to as a "plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons"). <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(2) A plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons shall include the following: <Amended on Feb. 21, 2018>

1. Matters concerning basic direction-setting for, and objectives of, policies to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons;

2. Actual state of installation and management of convenient mobility equipment;

3. Actual state of the pedestrian environment;

4. Matters concerning the improvement and expansion of convenient mobility equipment;

5. Matters concerning the introduction of low-floor buses and buses equipped with wheelchair lift;

6. Matters concerning the improvement of the pedestrian environment;

7. Matters concerning the introduction of the special means of transportation;

7-2. Matters concerning the expansion of the right to transportation of mobility disadvantaged persons, including cross-regional operation of the special means of transportation;

8. Measures to raise financial resources required to implement a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons;

9. Other matters prescribed by Presidential Decree to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons.

(3) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport establishes a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons, he or she shall submit such plan to the National Transport Committee prescribed in Article 106 of the National Transport System Efficiency Act (hereinafter referred to as the "National Transport Committee") for deliberation, after hearing the opinions of the heads of related central administrative agencies and Mayors/Do Governors. The same shall also apply to any modification of the established plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons; provided, this shall not apply to any modification of insignificant matters prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(4) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may request the heads of related central administrative agencies and Mayors/Do Governors to submit data necessary to establish and modify a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons. In such cases, the heads of related central administrative agencies and the Mayors/Do Governors shall comply with such request unless any special ground exists otherwise. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(5) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall publicly announce the plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons, established or modified pursuant to paragraph (3), and notify the heads of related central administrative agencies and Mayors/Do Governors of such plan. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 7(Establishment of plans to enhance transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas) #

(1) In order to promote improvement in the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons within each jurisdiction in accordance with a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons, the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, the head of a Si (hereinafter referred to as "Mayor") or the head of a Gun (excluding the heads of Guns in Metropolitan Cities; hereinafter the same shall apply) shall establish a five-year plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas (hereinafter referred to as "plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas"), after hearing the opinions of the residents and related experts, as prescribed by Presidential Decree; provided, where the Mayor or the head of a Gun has established other transportation-related plans reflecting such plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons, he or she may not separately establish such plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas, after obtaining approval from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(2) A plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas shall include the matters listed in the subparagraphs of Article 6(2) and matters concerning the enhancement of the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons, taking into consideration of the characteristics of the relevant local government.

(3) When a Mayor or the head of a Gun establishes a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas, he or she shall consult with the related transportation authority in advance.

(4) When a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or the Governor of a Special Self-Governing Province intends to establish a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas, he or she shall submit such plan to a local transportation committee prescribed in Article 110 of the National Transport System Efficiency Act (hereinafter referred to as "local transportation committee") for deliberation.

(5) When a Mayor or the head of a Gun has drafted a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas as prescribed in paragraphs (3) and (4), the relevant Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall submit such plan to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, whereas the relevant Mayor (excluding any Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor) and the head of the relevant Gun shall submit such plan to the relevant Do Governor respectively, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, before concluding such plan. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(6) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or a Do Governor has received a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas under paragraph (5), he or she shall review such plan ’ s compliance with the plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons, etc.; and where any contents thereof is found not in compliance, or is deemed necessary to ensure the relevance and consistency between plans to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas, he or she may request the relevant Mayor or the head of the relevant Gun to modify and complement such plan to improve the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas, after deliberation by the National Transport Committee or the relevant local transport committee. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(7) When a Mayor or the head of a Gun receives no request under paragraph (6), he or she shall confirm the plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas that he or she has submitted under paragraph (5); when he or she receives any request under paragraph (6), he or she shall confirm such plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas, after reflecting such request therein unless there is a compelling reason not to do so.

(8) Where a Mayor or the head of a Gun has finalized a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas pursuant to paragraph (7), he or she shall publicly notify such plan, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, and make it available for public inspection.

(9) Where a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons has been modified, or it is necessary to modify matters included in a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas, the relevant Mayor or the head of the relevant Gun may modify such plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas.

(10) Paragraphs (3) through (8) shall apply mutatis mutandis to any modification of plans to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas; provided, this shall not apply to any modification of insignificant matters prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 7-2(Establishment of support plans to enhance transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons) #

(1) A Do Governor shall establish a five-year support plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons (hereinafter referred to as "support plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons"), as prescribed by Presidential Decree, in order to support the implementation of a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons and a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas.

(2) A support plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons shall include the following:

1. Matters concerning support for the installation and management of transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons in the Sis/Guns under his or her jurisdiction and matters concerning balanced support across the Sis/Guns;

2. Matters concerning support for introducing and expanding any special means of transportation;

3. Plans to set up a collaborative system to enable the use of any special means of transportation over a wide area, including the operation of a multi-regional mobility support center.

(3) When a Do Governor intends to establish a support plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons, he or she shall consult such plan in advance with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the heads of the Sis/Guns under his or her jurisdiction. The same shall also apply to any modification of the support plan already established to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

[This Article Added on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 8(Establishment of annual implementation plans) #

(1) A Mayor or the head of a Gun shall establish an annual implementation plan to implement a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas.

(2) Matters necessary for the establishment, modification, implementation, etc. of annual implementation plans under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 9(Facilities subject to installation of convenient mobility equipment) #

Facilities in which convenient mobility equipment is to be installed (hereinafter referred to as "facilities subject to installation") shall be any of the following prescribed by Presidential Decree:

1. Any means of transportation;

2. Passenger facilities;

3. Roads.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 10(Installation standards for convenient mobility equipment) #

(1) The types of convenient mobility equipment to be installed in each facility subject to installation shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree considering the scale, use, etc. of such facility.

(2) Detailed standards concerning the structure, material, etc. of convenient mobility equipment to be installed in each facility subject to installation shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, matters concerning convenient mobility equipment shall be governed by other statutes including the Act on the Guarantee of Convenience Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 11(Installation of convenient mobility equipment) #

(1) When a person who installs and manages facilities subject to installation, such as a transport business entity or road management authority, installs facilities subject to installation (hereinafter referred to as a "installer or manager") or changes key parts prescribed by Presidential Decree, such person shall install and maintain convenient mobility equipment in compliance with the installation standards under Article 10. <Amended on Oct. 20, 2020; Sep. 14, 2023>

(2) No one shall hamper the use of sidewalks such as piling up goods or installing structures on sidewalks for persons with disabilities, or damage sidewalks for persons with disabilities. <Added on Sep. 14, 2023>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 12(Examination of compliance with standards) #

(1) Where a transportation authority grants a license, permission, authorization, etc. for any means of transportation and passenger facilities, it shall examine whether convenient mobility equipment installed in the means of transportation and at passenger facilities complies with the installation standards under Article 10. <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>

(2) Where a transportation authority conducts an examination under paragraph (1), it may hear opinions of corporations or organizations related to mobility disadvantaged persons, including persons with disabilities, in advance, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on Dec. 22, 2020>

(3) Where the convenient mobility equipment installed in a means of transportation or at a passenger facility fails to meet any of the installation standards under Article 10 according to a result of the examination under paragraph (1), the transportation authority shall require a relevant transport business entity to make the necessary supplementation within a reasonable fixed period. <Added on Dec. 22, 2020>

(4) Matters necessary for the examination of compliance with the standards for installation of convenient mobility equipment under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Added on Dec. 22, 2020>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 13(Education of transport business entities) #

(1) Each transport business entity shall undergo education on the installation, management, etc. of convenient mobility equipment, provided by the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu.

(2) Each driver of a special means of transportation shall receive the following education provided by the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu: <Amended on Jan. 16, 2024>

1. Education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons;

2. Sexual violence prevention education.

(3) A taxi driver defined in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Act on the Development of Taxi Transportation Business shall receive education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons provided by the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu; provided, if a taxi driver has completed education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons through the training for transport employees under Article 25(1) of the Passenger Transport Service Act, he or she shall be deemed to have completed education under this Act. <Added on Jan. 16, 2024>

(4) Where it is impractical to provide education under paragraph (1) due to a shortage of demand, etc., the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu may entrust business affairs relating to the provision of such education under paragraph (1) to the head of another local government, after consultation with the head of such local government. <Amended on Jan. 16, 2024>

(5) The Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu who conducts education under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall keep data related to the education prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for 3 years. In such cases, the data related to the education may be prepared and kept in electronic form under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Framework Act on Electronic Documents and Transactions. <Added on Jan. 16, 2024>

(6) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may inspect the results of the education conducted under paragraphs (1) through (3). <Added on Jan. 16, 2024>

(7) Matters necessary for the methods, contents, expenses, etc. of education under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Jan. 16, 2024>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 13-2(Education for crew members) #

(1) An employer hiring a person falling under any of the following subparagraphs shall provide education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons (hereafter referred to as "service education for mobility disadvantaged persons" in this Article) to the relevant employees: <Amended on Jan. 16, 2024>

1. Cabin crew defined in subparagraph 17 of Article 2 of the Aviation Safety Act;

2. Train crew defined in subparagraph 10c of Article 2 of the Railroad Safety Act;

3. Any of the following persons:

a. A person engaged in driving for route passenger transport business under Article 3(1)1 of the Passenger Transport Service Act;

b. A person engaged in driving for passenger transport business prescribed by Presidential Decree, among area-passenger transport business under Article 3(1)2 of the Passenger Transport Service Act;

c. A person engaged in driving for on-demand passenger transport business under Article 3(1)3 of the Passenger Transport Service Act;

4. Other persons prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(2) A person falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1) shall receive education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons provided in accordance with that paragraph; provided, if a person falling under paragraph (1)3 has completed education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons through the training for transport employees under Article 25(1) of the Passenger Transport Service Act, he or she shall be deemed to have completed education under this Act. <Added on Jan. 16, 2024>

(3) A person who conducts education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons shall keep data related to the education prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for 3 years. In such cases, the data related to the education may be prepared and kept in electronic form under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Framework Act on Electronic Documents and Transactions. <Added on Jan. 16, 2024>

(4) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may inspect the results of education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons under paragraph (1). <Added on Jan. 16, 2024>

(5) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may request a person conducting education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons under paragraph (4), to submit the results of such education, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. In such cases, a person in receipt of such request shall comply therewith unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. <Added on Jan. 16, 2024>

(6) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall develop and disseminate educational materials, etc. to ensure that education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons is conducted smoothly. <Added on Jan. 16, 2024>

(7) Matters necessary for the methods, contents, etc. of education on services to mobility disadvantaged persons under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Jan. 16, 2024>

[This Article Added on Apr. 23, 2019]

Article 14(Guarantee of use of regular route services) #

(1) A person operating regular route passenger transport business under Article 3(1)1 of the Passenger Transport Service Act (hereinafter referred to as "regular route passenger transport business entity") shall comply with the following, so that they may use buses safely and conveniently: <Amended on Feb. 21, 2018>

1. Give mobility disadvantaged persons with sufficient time to board and alight buses;

2. Provide mobility disadvantaged persons with convenience of boarding and alighting;

3. Where buses with structures allowing convenient and safe use by mobility disadvantaged persons, such as low-floor buses or buses equipped with wheelchair lifts (hereinafter referred to as "low-floor buses, etc.") are available, appropriately arrange the order of allocation of regular buses and low-floor buses, etc.

(2) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or a Mayor/Do Governor grants a license for the passenger transport business under Article 4 of the Passenger Transport Service Act, he or she may preferentially grant a license for the regular route passenger transport business to those meeting the licensing standards under Article 5 of that Act and intending to operate low-floor buses, etc. not fewer than the number of vehicles prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Feb. 21, 2018>

(3) When a Mayor or the head of a Gun establishes a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons or a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons, he or she shall reflect a plan for the maintenance of bus stops, roads, and other facilities in such plan, taking into account the introduction and operation of low-floor buses, etc. and accessibility for mobility disadvantaged persons before introducing low-floor buses, etc. accordingly. <Amended on Mar. 22, 2013; Feb. 21, 2018; Oct. 20, 2020>

(4) Where the State and local governments introduce low-floor buses, etc. (including cases of installing wheelchair lifts on existing buses) pursuant to paragraph (3), they shall provide financial support within the budget to the regular route passenger transport business entities prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, the cost-sharing ratio between the State and local governments shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree, in consideration of the population of mobility disadvantaged persons, the financial conditions of the State and local governments, etc. <Amended on Feb. 21, 2018>

(5) Where necessary for the smooth operation of low-floor buses and improved accessibility for mobility disadvantaged persons, road management authorities shall take necessary measures, such as the maintaining bus stops and roads. <Amended on Oct. 20, 2020>

(6) The State may partially subsidize the expenses incurred in taking necessary measures under paragraph (5), such as the maintenance of bus stops.

(7) Where a regular route passenger transport business entity substitutes a bus used for the type of operation prescribed by Presidential Decree pursuant to Article 84(2) of the Passenger Transport Service Act, he or she shall introduce a low-floor bus; provided, the same shall not apply where the relevant regular route passenger transport business entity has obtained approval from the competent transportation authority, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, because the structure, facilities, etc. of a road are not suitable for the operation of low-floor buses. <Added on Jan. 18, 2022>

(8) Where a route passenger transport business entity introduces low-floor buses pursuant to the main clause of paragraph (7), he or she shall endeavor to preferentially introduce environment-friendly motor vehicles under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on Promotion of Development and Distribution of Environment-Friendly Motor Vehicles. <Added on Jan. 18, 2022>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 14-2(Guarantee of use of leased buses) #

(1) Any person who runs a leased bus transport business (transportation of passengers by using automobiles under one transportation contract with the whole country as its business area without designating the operation lines, as prescribed by Presidential Decree) among the area-passenger transport business under Article 3(1)2 of the Passenger Transport Service Act (hereafter referred to as "leased bus transport service provider" in this Article) may install convenient mobility equipment, such as wheelchair lifts, so that mobility disadvantaged persons can use buses safely and conveniently.

(2) When installing convenient mobility equipment pursuant to paragraph (1), the State and local governments may subsidize leased bus transport service providers for necessary expenses within the budget, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Added on Aug. 16, 2023]

Article 14-3(Installation of wheelchair lifts) #

The specifications and standards for structures, materials, performance, etc. of wheelchair lifts to be installed in buses pursuant to Article 14(4) and 14-2 shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

[This Article Added on Aug. 16, 2023]

Article 15(Guarantee of use of urban railroads) #

(1) A person who has obtained a license for urban railroad transport business pursuant to Article 26 of the Urban Railroad Act shall assign at least 1/10 of the rolling stock used for such urban railroad business to exclusive zones for mobility disadvantaged persons. <Amended on Jan. 7, 2014>

(2) Matters necessary for facility standards for exclusive zones for mobility disadvantaged persons under paragraph (1), the operating methods thereof, etc. shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 15-2(Guarantee of use of railroads) #

(1) A railroad service provider prescribed by Presidential Decree, among railroad service providers under subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Railroad Service Act, shall establish a seat reservation system for mobility disadvantaged persons so that they may use railroads safely and conveniently.

(2) Matters necessary for the scope of mobility disadvantaged persons who can use the seat reservation system under paragraph (1), the reservation methods, etc. shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

[This Article Added on Jan. 31, 2025]

Article 16(Operation of special means of transportation) #

(1) A Mayor or the head of a Gun shall operate a special means of transportation not less than the specific number of vehicles prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(2) A Mayor or the head of a Gun may establish mobility support centers that connect mobility disadvantaged persons intending to use the special means of transportation with persons operating such special means of transportation via means of communications, etc.; provided, this shall not apply where a Do Governor operates a mobility support center by integrating it with a multi-regional mobility support center referred to in paragraph (3) for the effective operation of special means of transportation in consultation with the head of a Si/Gun within his or her administrative jurisdiction. <Amended on Jan. 18, 2022>

(3) A Do Governor shall establish a multi-regional mobility support center to effectively operate special means of transportation and to facilitate the transfer and interconnection of special means of transportation among Sis and Guns within his or her administrative jurisdiction. <Amended on Jan. 18, 2022>

(4) Deleted. <Feb. 20, 2024>

(5) No person who operates any special means of transportation shall restrict the use of such transportation on the grounds of the place of residence of mobility disadvantaged persons. <Amended on May 16, 2023>

(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5), a local government shall operate special means of transportation in any adjacent Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan Cities, Dos, etc., in consideration of the number of vehicles, operation frequency, etc., and the specific scope of operation, operation methods, etc. shall be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on May 16, 2023>

(7) A Mayor/Do Governor shall cooperate with the relevant Mayor/Do Governor to establish a system for the transfer and interconnection of special means of transportation in the neighboring Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, Do, or Special Self- Governing Province. <Added on Jan. 18, 2022; May 16, 2023>

(8) The State or a Do may provide some of the funds incurred in securing special means of transportation under paragraph (1) or in establishing and operating a mobility support center under paragraph (2) and a multi-regional mobility support center under paragraph (3), as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jan. 18, 2022; May 16, 2023>

(9) Matters necessary for the scope of mobility disadvantaged persons allowed to use the special means of transportation, the types of vehicles to be operated as the special means of transportation, specifications and standards for structures, materials, performance, etc. of lifting devices to be installed in the special means of transportation, etc. shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Apr. 23, 2019; Jan. 18, 2022; May 16, 2023>

(10) When a Mayor or the head of a Gun assigns any special means of transportation, he or she shall give preferential consideration to mobility disadvantaged persons using wheelchairs. <Added on May 16, 2023>

(11) The head of a Si/Gun or a Do Governor may entrust the operation of a mobility support center referred to in paragraph (2) and a multi-regional mobility support center referred to in paragraph (3) to an institution or organization prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on Jan. 18, 2022; May 16, 2023>

(12) Matters necessary for special means of transportation and the operation, etc. of mobility support centers under paragraph (2) and multi-regional mobility support centers under paragraph (3) shall be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jan. 18, 2022; May 16, 2023>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 16-2(Moving assistance for mobility disadvantaged persons) #

(1) A mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may operate vehicles other than a special means of transportation or subsidize the expenses incurred in using motor vehicles used for taxi transportation business under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on the Development of Taxi Transportation Business in order to improve the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons; provided, where the head of a Gu provides mobility support, he or she shall have a prior consultation with the relevant Special Metropolitan City Mayor or Metropolitan City Mayor. <Amended on Oct. 20, 2020; Jan. 18, 2022>

(2) Matters necessary for operating vehicles or bearing expenses under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by ordinance of each local government.

[This Article Added on Jun. 12, 2018]

Article 16-3(Establishment of parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities) #

(1) A person who installs facilities referred to in subparagraphs 2 and 3 of Article 9 shall install a parking area exclusively for persons with disabilities in accordance with the standards for installation of convenient mobility equipment under the Parking Lot Act and Article 10.

(2) No one shall park a vehicle that does not fall under any of the following subparagraphs in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities established pursuant to paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "parking space reserved for persons with disabilities"):

1. Special means of transportation (excluding cases where mobility disadvantaged persons entitled to use special means of transportation are not on board);

2. A motor vehicle with a parking tag for parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities under Article 17(2) of the Act on the Guarantee of Convenience Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers (excluding cases where a person with a walking disability to whom a parking tag for parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities has been issued is not aboard the motor vehicle).

(3) No one shall perform any act of hampering parking, such as piling up goods in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities or blocking the passage of such parking space.

(4) Detailed criteria for an act hampering parking under paragraph (3) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Feb. 20, 2024]

Article 16-4(Requirements for operating special means of transportation) #

(1) Drivers operating special means of transportation shall meet the requirements necessary for driving, such as driving experience prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

(2) None of the following persons shall be a driver operating special means of transportation under paragraph (1):

1. A person who has been sentenced to imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment for an offense falling under any of the following subparagraphs, and for whom the period prescribed by Presidential Decree, within the scope of maximum 20 years, has not elapsed from the date his or her sentence was complete (including where the execution of such sentence is deemed complete) or exempted, considering the type or nature of crimes, the term of imprisonment and recidivism risk, etc.;

a. A crime defined in each subparagraph of Article 2(1) of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Specific Violent Crimes;

b. A crime under Articles 5-2, 5-4, 5-5, 5-9, and 11 of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes;

c. A crime under the Narcotics Control Act;

d. A crime under Article 332 (limited to habitual offenders under Articles 329 through 331), or 341 of the Criminal Act, or attempts to commit any of the crimes;

e. A crime defined in Articles 2(1)2 through 4, 3 through 9, 14, 14-2, 14-3, and 15 of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes;

f. A crime defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sex Offenses;

2. A person who is under suspension of the execution of his or her imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment, declared by a court for a crime falling under any item of subparagraph 1;

3. A person for whom 5 years have not elapsed after being subject to any of the following dispositions:

a. A person whose driver's license was revoked by falling under Article 93(1)1 through 4 of the Road Traffic Act;

b. A person who fails to obtain his or her own driver's license or drives motor vehicles, etc. defined in subparagraph 21 of Article 2 of the Road Traffic Act while his or her driver's license was suspended in violation of Article 43 of that Act, and was sentenced to a fine or heavier punishment or whose driver's license was revoked in accordance with Article 93(1)19 of that Act;

c. A person whose driver's license was revoked under Article 93(1)10 of the Road Traffic Act as he or she causes a traffic accident by intention or negligence while driving a motor vehicle, etc., and at least 3 persons were killed (including the cases where persons died within 30 days from the date of accident) or at least 20 persons were injured;

4. A person for whom 3 years have not elapsed after being subject to any of the following dispositions:

a. A disposition to suspend the effect of his or her driver's license for falling under Article 93(1)1 of the Road Traffic Act;

b. A disposition to revoke his or her driver's license for falling under Article 93(1)5 and 5-2 of the Road Traffic Act.

(3) The Mayor or the head of a Gun may request the commissioner of City/Do police agency or the chief of a police station to conduct an inquiry into driving records and criminal history records, limited to the information necessary to verify the driving records under paragraph (1) and criminal history records under paragraph (2).

(4) The head of an institution or organization entrusted, in accordance with Article 16(11), with the operation of a mobility support center under Article 16(2) or a multi-regional mobility support center under Article 16(3) shall request the commissioner of the competent City/Do police agency or the chief of the police station to conduct inquiries into criminal records under Article 6 of the Act on the Lapse of Criminal Sentences, with consent of the relevant person, in order to verify the driving records under paragraph (1) and criminal history records under paragraph (2); provided, if a driver who operates or intends to operate special means of transportation directly submits a written reply to a driving and criminal record inquiry response to the head of the institution or organization, it shall be deemed that inquiries into driving records and criminal history records have been conducted.

(5) The commissioner of a City/Do police agency or the chief of a police station in receipt of a request for inquiries into driving records and criminal history records in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) shall comply with such request unless there is good cause.

(6) Matters necessary for the procedures, scope, etc. of inquiries into driving records and criminal history records under paragraphs (3) through (5) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Added on Feb. 20, 2024]

Article 17(Provision of services for convenient use of transportation) #

(1) Transport business entities shall provide guidance and other information on the use of transportation to help mobility disadvantaged persons conveniently and safely use the means of transportation, passenger facilities, or convenient mobility equipment, and shall provide convenience concerning the use of transportation, such as Korean sign language, interpretation service, and assisted boarding services (hereinafter referred to as "services for convenient use of transportation"), as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2016; Apr. 23, 2019>

(2) The State may provide necessary support, such as building up a transportation information system based on the information and communications technology, so that transport business entities may efficiently provide services for convenient use of transportation. <Amended on Apr. 23, 2019>

(3) Matters necessary for the methods of providing services for convenient use of transportation, operation standards thereof, etc. shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Apr. 23, 2019>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

[Title Amended on Apr. 23, 2019]

Article 17-2(Certification for means of transportation) #

(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may grant barrier-free living environment certification (hereinafter referred to as "certification") for the means of transportation, passenger facilities, and roads where convenient mobility equipment is installed, so that mobility disadvantaged persons may move safely and conveniently. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(2) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may grant certification to the Sis/Guns/Gus (referring to autonomous Gus; hereinafter the same shall apply) that have planned or maintained the means of transportation, passenger facilities, and roads for the safe and convenient travel of mobility disadvantaged persons, and to the areas prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(3) Any installer or manager who intends to obtain certification for a facility subject to installation pursuant to paragraph (1) shall apply to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for certification. In such cases, the installer or manager of the facility subject to installation may apply for preliminary certification for the details reflected in the plan for installation of the facility, design documents, etc. before applying for certification. <Added on Oct. 20, 2020>

(4) Any of the following persons shall mandatorily obtain certification (including preliminary certification under the latter part of paragraph (3)) for facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree, which are subject to installation: <Added on Oct. 20, 2020>

1. The State or local governments;

2. A public institution under Article 4 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions;

3. Local public enterprises under the Local Public Enterprises Act;

4. A concessionaire defined in subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Act on Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure.

(5) In order to effectively perform certification duties under paragraphs (1) through (4), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may designate certification institutions. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Oct. 20, 2020>

(6) Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport deems it necessary, he or she may grant certification under paragraphs (1) through (4) and designate certification institutions under paragraph (5) jointly with the Minister of Health and Welfare. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Oct. 20, 2020>

(7) Matters necessary for application for certification, the standards and procedures for certification under paragraphs (1) through (4), designation of the certification institutions under paragraph (5), and other matters necessary for the implementation of a certification system shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (in cases of paragraph (6), by joint Decree with the Ministry of Health and Welfare). <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Oct. 20, 2020>

[This Article Added on Dec. 29, 2009]

Article 17-3(Indication of certification) #

(1) The installers or managers of the means of transportation, passenger facilities, and roads that have obtained certification under Article 17-2(1) and (4) (hereinafter referred to as "certified facilities") and the heads of local governments of the Sis/Guns/Gus and areas that have obtained certification under paragraph (2) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as "certified areas") may place a mark of certification on the certified facilities and certified areas, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 20, 2020>

(2) Persons, other than the installers or managers of certified facilities and the heads of local governments of certified areas, shall not place a mark of certification or any other mark similar thereto. <Amended on Oct. 20, 2020>

[This Article Added on Dec. 29, 2009]

Article 17-4(Period of validity of certification) #

(1) The period of validity of certification shall be 10 years from the date of certification.

(2) A person who intends to extend the period of validity of certification shall file an application for extension before the period of validity expires, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

[This Article Added on Oct. 20, 2020]

Article 17-5(Follow-up management of certification) #

(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may inspect whether a certified facility or certified area is appropriately maintained in accordance with the standards for certification referred to in Article 17-2(7).

(2) Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport discovers according to a result of inspection under paragraph (1) that a certified facility or certified area is not maintained appropriately in accordance with the standards for certification, he or she shall notify the installer or manager of the certified facility or the head of the local government having jurisdiction over the certified area of the details thereof and may take necessary measures, such as ordering the person to take corrective measures within a specified period.

(3) Procedures and methods for inspection under paragraph (1), and other necessary matters, shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

[This Article Added on Oct. 20, 2020]

Article 17-6(Revocation of certification) #

The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall revoke certification in any of the following cases:

1. Where a person obtained certification by fraud or other improper means;

2. Where a person fails to take measures under Article 17-5(2) without good cause and thus fails to meet the standards for certification under Article 17-2(7).

[This Article Added on Oct. 20, 2020]

Article 17-7(Hearings) #

Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport intends to revoke certification under Article 17-6, he or she shall hold hearings.

[This Article Added on Oct. 20, 2020]

Article 18(Designation of pedestrian priority zones) #

(1) When a Mayor or the head of a Gun acknowledges it necessary for the safe and convenient pedestrian environment of pedestrians, including mobility disadvantaged persons, he or she may designate a specific section of road as a pedestrian priority zone.

(2) When a Mayor or the head of a Gun intends to designate pedestrian priority zones pursuant to paragraph (1), he or she shall establish a plan to designate and maintain pedestrian priority zones (hereinafter referred to as "designation plan").

(3) A designation plan shall include the location and size of the relevant pedestrian priority zones and other matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(4) Where a Mayor or the head of a Gun establishes a designation plan, he or she shall first consult with the heads of related administrative agencies, such as the heads of City/Do police agencies and heads of police stations, and hear the opinions of residents of relevant areas and related experts, before confirming and publicly notifying such plan. <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>

(5) A Mayor or the head of a Gun may, where necessary to hear opinions under paragraph (4) in the course of establishing a designation plan, install a consultative body comprised of residents of relevant areas, related experts, etc. (hereafter in this Article referred to as "consultative body on pedestrian priority zones"). <Amended on Oct. 24, 2017>

(6) Matters necessary for standards for the designation of pedestrian priority zones, procedures for hearing opinions, the composition, operation, etc. of pedestrian priority zones shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 24, 2017>

(7) Where a Mayor or the head of a Gun establishes a designation plan, the State may wholly or partially subsidize the expenses incurred in maintaining the pedestrian priority zones within the budget. <Amended on Oct. 24, 2017>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 19(Measures within pedestrian priority zones) #

(1) To promote the safety or convenience of pedestrians in pedestrian priority zones, the relevant Mayor or the head of the relevant Gun may request the heads of City/Do police agencies or heads of police stations to take the following measures: <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>

1. Restrictions on traffic, including one-way traffic for automobiles, etc.;

2. Restrictions on the speed of automobiles;

3. Prohibition of stoppage or parking of automobiles.

(2) Upon receipt of requests under paragraph (1), the heads of City/Do police agencies or heads of police stations shall comply with such requests unless any special ground exists otherwise. <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 20(Cancellation of designation of pedestrian priority zones) #

(1) When the purpose for designating a pedestrian priority zone pursuant to Article 18(1) is no longer valid or it is necessary to change the scale of a pedestrian priority zone, the relevant Mayor or the head of the relevant Gun may cancel or change the designation of the pedestrian priority zone.

(2) Matters necessary for the methods of, procedures for, etc. the cancellation or change of the designation of a pedestrian priority zone shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 21(Installation of pedestrian safety facilities) #

(1) A Mayor or the head of a Gun may install the following pedestrian safety facilities so that pedestrians may walk in pedestrian priority zones safely and conveniently: <Amended on Dec. 26, 3017>

1. Speed reduction facilities;

2. Pedestrian crossing facilities;

3. Traffic information facilities, such as public traffic information systems;

4. Traffic signals for pedestrians' right of way;

5. Posts to prevent the entry of vehicles;

6. Other facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree for the safety and transportation convenience of pedestrians;

7. Other facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree in order to ensure the safety and travel convenience of pedestrians.

(2) Where deemed necessary for the convenience and safety of pedestrians, a Mayor or the head of a Gun may install posts to prevent the entry of vehicles prescribed in paragraph (1)5 in areas other than pedestrian priority zones.

(3) Matters necessary for the structures of, and standards for, pedestrian safety facilities under paragraph (1) and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 22(Relocation of objects occupying and using roads) #

(1) Where necessary for installing pedestrian safety facilities under Article 21, a Mayor or the head of a Gun may order persons permitted to occupy and use roads pursuant to Article 61 of the Road Act to relocate objects occupying and using such roads to another place. In such cases, where a Mayor or the head of a Gun is not the management authority of such roads, he or she may request the management authority of the roads to order such persons permitted to occupy and use such roads to relocate objects occupying and using such roads to another place. <Amended on Jan. 14, 2014>

(2) The road management authority in receipt of the request under the latter part of paragraph (1) shall comply with such request unless any special ground exists otherwise.

(3) Matters concerning the bearing of expenses or compensation for losses incurred from relocating objects occupying and using roads to another place pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be as prescribed by relevant provisions of the Road Act.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 23(Readjustment of unlawful facilities) #

(1) A Mayor or the head of a Gun shall readjust facilities (hereinafter referred to as "unlawful facilities") not lawfully installed under related statutes, such as objects that had been installed in a pedestrian priority zone without obtaining permission to occupy and use roads under Article 61 of the Road Act and piled up on the road, consequently hindering the installation of pedestrian safety facilities or walking, in accordance with relevant statutes or regulations, such as the Road Act. <Amended on Jan. 14, 2014>

(2) Where necessary for the readjustment of unlawful facilities, a Mayor or the head of a Gun shall request the heads of related administrative agencies to provide necessary cooperation or support. In such cases, the heads of related administrative agencies upon receipt of such request shall comply with such request unless any special ground exists otherwise.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 24(Preparation and preservation of management registers of pedestrian priority zones) #

A Mayor or the head of a Gun shall prepare and preserve a management register of pedestrian priority zones, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 24-2(Designation of pedestrian traffic research center) #

(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may designate and operate a public institution that falls under any of the institutions listed in Article 4(1) of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions as a pedestrian traffic research center, in order to facilitate the nation-wide proliferation of the pedestrian priority zone project and improve the pedestrian environment.

(2) A pedestrian traffic research center under paragraph (1) shall perform the following duties: <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

1. Establishment of mid- and long-term execution plans for the pedestrian priority zone project;

2. Support for the pedestrian priority zone project, including field investigations of the areas designated as pedestrian priority zones, and consultation on design;

3. Evaluation of the effects of implementation of the pedestrian priority zone project;

4. Post-management of the areas designated as pedestrian priority zones;

5. Research for improving the pedestrian environment, including support for the promotion of a pedestrian priority zone;

6. Education and campaign on creating the pedestrian culture;

7. Other matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as necessary for the promotion of pedestrian priority zones.

(3) Matters necessary for the designation, operation, etc. of the pedestrian traffic research center under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Added on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 25(Investigation into actual state) #

(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall investigate the following matters to utilize them for basic data necessary for effectively formulating policies to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons: <Amended on Mar. 22, 2013; Mar. 23, 2013; Apr. 23, 2019; May 16, 2023>

1. The current status of mobility disadvantaged persons, including their number;

2. The actual state of mobility of the mobility disadvantaged persons;

2-2. The current status of establishment of a system for the transfer and interconnection of special means of transportation;

3. The current situation of installation and management of convenient mobility equipment;

4. The actual state of the pedestrian environment;

5. The level of satisfaction of mobility disadvantaged persons with respect to the means of transportation, passenger facilities, convenient mobility equipment, and pedestrian environment;

5-2. Status of provision of services for convenient use of transportation under Article 17(1);

6. Other matters necessary to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons.

(2) A Mayor or the head of a Gun may investigate the matters listed in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) to use them as basic data for effectively establishing a plan to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons living in local areas.

(3) Matters necessary for the timing, method, etc. of an investigation under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and matters necessary for the timing, method, etc. of an investigation under paragraph (2) shall be prescribed by municipal ordinance of relevant local governments. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(4) For investigations under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, a Mayor, or the head of a Gun may request relevant administrative agencies and transport business entities to submit necessary data or to provide support. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 25-2(Survey and use of transportation welfare indicators) #

(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may develop an indicators (hereinafter referred to as "traffic welfare indicators") to objectively measure the mobility convenience of transportation, passenger facilities, and roads of mobility disadvantaged persons and the level of the pedestrian environment.

(2) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may survey the level of transportation welfare of mobility disadvantaged persons by utilizing traffic welfare indicators and publicly announce the results thereof.

(3) A traffic administrative agency may implement a project to improve the level of traffic welfare by utilizing the results of transportation welfare indicators published pursuant to paragraph (2).

(4) Necessary matters concerning the survey items, methods, etc. of transportation welfare indicators shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Added on Aug. 16, 2023]

Article 26(Promotion of research and development) #

(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall promote research and development projects with respect to the following, in order to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons: <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Feb. 21, 2018; Apr. 23, 2019>

1. Matters concerning standards for the means of transportation, passenger facilities, and convenient mobility equipment for the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons;

2. Development of a standard model of low-floor buses and buses outfitted with wheelchair lifts;

3. Development of driving devices or automobiles required for persons with disabilities or the aged to drive on their own;

4. Development of automobiles that can be used as a special means of transportation;

4-2. Development of standard models of wheelchair lifts to be installed on special means of transportation;

5. Improvement of the pedestrian environment;

6. Other matters prescribed by Presidential Decree to enhance the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons.

(2) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall endeavor to promote the transportation convenience of mobility disadvantaged persons by disseminating the outcomes of research and development under paragraph (1) to local governments, transport business entities, etc. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

(3) In order to develop a standard model of low-floor bus under paragraph (1)2, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may specify and publicly announce its detailed specifications, such as the size and convenience facilities of the standard model of low-floor bus. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 27(Support for self-driving by persons with disabilities) #

(1) The State and local governments shall devise necessary measures, such as reform of the driving license system so that persons with disabilities or the aged may travel safely and conveniently by driving in person.

(2) In order to reduce the economic burden of persons with disabilities, freight or fares may be reduced or exempted by transport business entities, as prescribed by related statutes or regulations.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 28(Reporting and examination) #

(1) A transportation authority may, where deemed necessary, require transport business entities to report on matters concerning the installation or maintenance of convenient mobility equipment, or to submit related data.

(2) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall ensure that the data submitted by transport business entities under paragraph (1) is shared and utilized by other transportation authorities, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on May 21, 2014>

(3) A transportation authority may, where deemed necessary, require its public officials to examine whether convenient mobility equipment is installed or maintained and managed in compliance with the installation standards under Article 10, or ask questions of interested parties. <Amended on May 21, 2014>

(4) Public officials examining or asking questions pursuant to paragraph (3) shall carry a certificate indicating their authority and show it to related parties. <Amended on May 21, 2014>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 29(Corrective orders) #

A transportation authority may order a transport business entity who fails to install convenient mobility equipment in a facility subject to installation in violation of Article 11(1), or who has not maintained and managed such convenient mobility equipment in compliance with the installation standards under Article 10, to install convenient mobility equipment within a specified period not exceeding one year, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, or to improve such convenient mobility equipment to comply with the installation standards under Article 10. <Amended on Sep. 14, 2023>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 29-2(Charges for compelling compliance) #

(1) A transportation authority shall impose, in consideration of the expenses incurred in installing convenient mobility equipment, charges for compelling compliance not exceeding 30 million won on a person who fails to comply with a corrective order within the correction period after receiving such order under Article 29.

(2) The types of violation subject to the imposition of charges for compelling compliance under paragraph (1), the amount of such charges by gravity of violation, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(3) A transportation authority shall, in writing, issue a prior warning that charges for compelling compliance shall be imposed and collected under paragraph (1), prior to the imposition of such charges under paragraph (1).

(4) When a transportation authority imposes charges for compelling compliance under paragraph (1), it shall impose such charges in writing, specifically stating the amount of the charges, grounds for imposition, payment deadline, institutions to receive payment, the methods and period for filing objections, etc.

(5) A transportation authority may repeatedly impose and collect charges for compelling compliance under paragraph (1) once a year, counting from the date of issuing the initial corrective order, until the order is complied with.

(6) Where a person who has been given a corrective order pursuant to Article 29 complies with such order, the transportation authority shall immediately cease the imposition of new charges for compelling compliance, but shall collect the charges for compelling compliance already imposed.

(7) Where a person fails to pay charges for compelling compliance imposed under paragraph (4) by the payment deadline, the transportation authority shall collect such charges in the same manner as delinquent national taxes are collected, or pursuant to the Act on the Collection of Local Administrative Penalty Charges. <Amended on Aug. 6, 2013; Mar. 24, 2020>

[This Article Added on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 30(Delegation or entrustment of authority) #

(1) Part of the authority of the head of a central administrative agency vested under this Act may be delegated to Mayors/Do Governors or heads of Sis/Guns/Gus, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Apr. 23, 2019>

(2) The head of a central administrative agency may entrust part of his or her duties under this Act to an institution or organization the main duties of which are related to transportation, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Apr. 23, 2019>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 31(Penalty provisions) #

A person violating Article 11(1), who is given a corrective order under Article 29 and fails to comply with it within such corrective period, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 10 million won. <Amended on Sep. 14, 2023>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 32(Joint penalty provisions) #

Where a representative of a corporation or an agent of, or employee of or others employed by of a corporation or individual commits an offense under Article 31, in connection with business of the corporation or the individual, not only shall such offender be punished accordingly, but the corporation or the individual also shall be punished by a fine under each relevant Article; provided, this shall not apply where such corporation or individual has not been negligent in giving due attention to and supervision over the relevant duties to prevent such violation.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 1, 2009]

Article 33(Administrative fines) #

(1) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding two million won: <Amended on May 24, 2014; Oct. 20, 2020>

1. A person who obtains certification by fraud or other improper means or fails to obtain certification in violation of Article 17-2(4);

2. A person who uses a certification mark or any similar mark, in violation of Article 17-3(2);

3. A person who fails to comply with a request to report or submit data under Article 28(1), or submits a false report or data;

4. Any person who refuses, interferes with, or evades an inspection under Article 28(3);

(2) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding one million won: <Amended on Sep. 14, 2023; Feb. 20, 2024>

1. A person who hampers or damages the use of sidewalks for persons with disabilities in violation of Article 11(2)

2. A person who performs any act hampering parking in violation of Article 16-3(3).

(3) Any person who parks a vehicle in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities in violation of Article 16-3(2), shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding 200,000 won. <Amended on Sep. 14, 2023; Feb. 20, 2024>

(4) Administrative fines pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be imposed and collected by traffic administrative agencies, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Sep. 14, 2023>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 1, 2012]

Article 34 #

Deleted. <Jun. 1, 2012>