Seoul Smart Transportation

Seoul, South Korea has an advanced road traffic system. There are 3.3 million registered motor vehicles, the total length of roads is 8012 kilometers, and the road network density is 13.24 kilometers per square kilometer. The city operates 9 subway lines, 10 light rail lines, and more than 350 kilometers of dedicated bus lanes. The daily trips amounted to 31.9 million, and citizens used public transport to travel 69% of the total trips. After more than half a century of development, Seoul Transportation has achieved world-renowned achievements. Citizens' traffic satisfaction has reached 88%, becoming a model for the development of transportation in major cities around the world.

Seoul City has established an advanced intelligent transportation system - TOPIS system (Transportation and OPeration Information System), which shares data with the Police Agency and the Meteorological Agency, and can be used through websites, road traffic electronic display screens, and traffic broadcasts. and smart phones to provide information to citizens in real time. First, in terms of comprehensive application, access to all traffic elements can realize mutual information interconnection and automatic control. Second, in terms of bus transport capacity allocation, management personnel can collect information such as vehicle location, speed, distance between front and rear vehicles, arrival time, and operating status in real time through vehicle-mounted terminals, and flexibly adjust the distance between front and rear vehicles to prevent simultaneous arrival of multiple vehicles on the same line. , Reasonable deployment of public transport capacity. Third, in terms of passenger services, various information such as vehicle arrival time and arrival destination reminders can be provided through guidance screens and mobile phones, with an accuracy of 94% and utilization satisfaction of 96.1%. At the same time, the child's parents can bind the child's mobile phone to know the location where the child arrives alone by car in time to ensure the safety of the child taking the bus alone. Fourth, in terms of payment, passengers can pay on the system through various payment methods such as prepaid cards, credit cards, and mobile phone cards, realizing the one-card for buses, taxis, and rail transit.

In addition, Seoul also promoted the u-canopy bus station in 2009 to use the most advanced ICT technology to provide citizens with a series of smart services, including information about bus routes, a map and weather forecast.