지역화된 이동: 한국 세종특별자치시 사례연구

Abstract

By virtue of disillusionment with private car ownership becoming incrementally more apparent, and as a result of increasing fine dust levels and traffic congestion proliferating in major world cities, a mobility paradigm shift is underway. Preferred travel modes are evolving with greater momentum towards contemporary, multi-modal, and environmentally sustainable forms of shared mobility. This shift is mentioned in recent research on ‘localized mobility’, a theoretically established construct pertaining to mobility behavior at the level of localities and communities. The local level is the level at which citizens live and move within most frequently, and thus the level possessing the greatest influence over how their constructions of mobility are shaped. In this paper, the theoretical construct of localized mobility is taken a step further, evaluating a conceptual scheme for how, and the extent to which, it can be practically applied to, and devised to be compatible with, a particular local context. The analytical frame of reference used in this case study is that of Sejong City, South Korea, a planned city designed and built to have a unique ring-shaped mobility network with an emphasis on transit-oriented development and the provision of equitable access to the entirety of the city. Through this study, it is hoped that local communities experiencing their own nuanced mobility challenges can gain valuable cognizance of how to approach the adaptation and implementation of their own context-sensitive version of localized mobility.