The Transport Ministry has decided to reflect local views in the use of roads near railway stations and shopping streets, according to ministry officials.
By having residents participate in planning, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport wants to reflect people's ideas in projects such as pedestrian zones with sidewalk cafes and designating parts of roads for bicycles on the weekends, the officials said.
The policy aims to make pedestrians and bicycles use roads more effectively and to respond to different needs in different areas, they said.