 ▲김시곤 전 교수, 국민의힘 강남구청장 경선 후보. ©브레이크뉴스 |
김시곤 전 서울과학기술대학교 교수측은 3월20일치 보도자료에서 “국민의힘 공천관리위원회는 철도교통전문가인 김시곤 전 서울과학기술대학교 교수가 6.3선거 강남구청장 경선 후보로 선정됐다”고 밝혔다. 강남구청장 후보는 국민의힘에서 15명이 공천 신청을 해 내부 경쟁이 가장 치열한 지역.
이 자료에 따르면, 국민의힘 공천관리위원회는 이들 가운데 국민의힘 최고위원 정책특보인 김시곤 전 교수와 김민경 전 강남구의원, 김현기 서울시의원, 전선영 전 대통령실 비서관 등 4명의 경선으로 최종 후보를 가리기로 했다.
GTX의 개념을 처음으로 만든 김시곤 전 교수는 철도교통전문가가 자치단체장이 되면 어떤 변화를 만들지 기대되는 인물로 평가된다. 김시곤 전 교수는 교통 시스템으로 도시의 기능을 개조하는 도시설계 부문에서도 명성이 높다. 지난 2월말 교수에서 정년퇴직한 김 예비후보는 전문성을 살려 강남의 교통 미래를 최첨단으로 바꾸겠다고 밝혔다.
강남은 현재 위례~과천선, 위례~신사선, 잠실~성남선 등의 역사신설 문제로 민원이 매우 높은 지역. 김시곤 예비후보는 강남 전 지역을 5분 역세권으로 만들고 급격히 오르는 재산세 부담을 덜어주겠다며 "세금폭탄은 잡고 교통체증은 뚫겠다"는 슬로건을 내걸었다.
김시곤 경선 후보는 미국 버지니아 공대에서 석,박사 학위를 받고 대학 교통연구소에서 부소장으로 일했다. 1992년 귀국해 한국교통연구원으로 옮긴뒤 최연소 철도연구실장으로 승진했고 남서울대를 거쳐 서울과학기술대학교에서 교수로 근무했다. 2019년에는 대한교통학회장에 당선돼 첨단 학술대회 시스템과 교통전문가 상설 교류의 장을 만들기도 했다.
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Former Professor Kim Si-gon, a 'Key Figure in GTX,' Enters People Power Party's Gangnam District Mayoral Primary Candidate Race
Expectations for the Birth of a 'Railway Transport Expert Head'; Pledges to "Prevent Tax Bombs and Break Through Traffic Congestion"
- Reporter Park Jeong-dae
The birth of a local government head who is a railway transport expert has moved one step closer.
In a press release dated March 20, the camp of former Seoul National University of Science and Technology Professor Kim Si-gon announced, "The People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee has selected former Seoul National University of Science and Technology Professor Kim Si-gon, a railway transport expert, as a candidate for the Gangnam District Mayoral primary election on June 3." The Gangnam District Mayoral race is the most fiercely contested district within the People Power Party, with 15 candidates applying for the nomination. According to this data, the People Power Party's Nomination Management Committee decided to select the final candidate through a primary election among four candidates: former Professor Kim Si-gon, a policy special advisor to the party's Supreme Council; former Gangnam District Council member Kim Min-kyung; Seoul City Council member Kim Hyun-ki; and former Presidential Office secretary Jeon Seon-young.
Former Professor Kim Si-gon, who first conceived the concept of the GTX, is regarded as a figure whose potential impact on the transformation of a local government is highly anticipated, given his expertise in railway transportation. Professor Kim is also highly renowned in the field of urban design, which involves overhauling urban functions through transportation systems. Kim, who retired from his professorship at the end of February, stated that he would leverage his professional expertise to transform Gangnam's transportation future into a cutting-edge one.
Gangnam is currently a region facing high levels of public complaints regarding the construction of new stations on lines such as the Wirye-Gwacheon Line, Wirye-Sinsa Line, and Jamsil-Seongnam Line. Prospective Candidate Kim Si-gon has put forward the slogan, "I will tackle the tax bomb and break through traffic congestion," promising to make the entire Gangnam area a five-minute station zone and alleviate the burden of rapidly rising property taxes. Candidate Kim Si-gon received his master's and doctoral degrees from Virginia Tech in the United States and worked as the deputy director of the university's transportation research institute. After returning to Korea in 1992, he moved to the Korea Transport Institute, where he was promoted to the youngest head of the Railway Research Division.
He then worked as a professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology after passing through Namseoul University. In 2019, he was elected president of the Korean Society of Transport, where he established an advanced academic conference system and a permanent platform for exchange among transportation experts.
