SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s car-sharing industry is expanding one-way car return services that allow users to leave rental cars at their destination instead of having to return them to the location of departure. SOCAR Inc. launched a one-way car return service in ten cities across the country last month. It covers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The base taxi fare in Seoul will rise by 1,000 won (69 US cents) to 4,800 won from February next year in the first hike in four years, the city government said Tuesday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government passed the plan to raise the base rate for mid-sized sedan cabs [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday began a trial of autonomous driving electric buses in the Cheonggye Stream area. The buses, developed by the autonomous-driving system developer 42dot, come with a panorama glass roof, which covers all the way down the passenger’s waist, to emphasize the openness. The doors [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system and plant equipment maker, said Thursday it has received a 755.7 billion-won (US$560 million) order for subway train cars in Egypt. Under the deal signed with Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), Hyundai Rotem will supply subway train cars for the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans facing difficulties accessing means of transportation, including the disabled, seniors, pregnant women, people with toddlers and children has gone up in recent years, data showed Monday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported that there were 15.1 million South Koreans struggling with access [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new service that predicts traffic jams on major roads in Seoul will begin later this year. The Seoul Facilities Corp. said it will begin a big data-based traffic jam prediction system in November. The prediction system will cover eight major roads including the Gangbyeon Northern Highway, Olympic-daero and 12 other major [...]