ANSAN, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A local government is installing heated seats in bus stops in order to protect citizens from the cold winter weather. The city of Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, will spend 250 million won (US$215,420) this year to install heated seats at 70 bus stops by mid-February. The city already installed heated [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District Office said Thursday that it had test-installed a “Smart Green Shelter” with air pollution protection and Internet of Things features at a bus stop in front of COEX exhibition center. The shelter consists has a plant wall in addition to an air purifier, which is installed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seocho district announced on Tuesday that it will install Seoripul heated seats at 150 bus stops within the district for the convenience of local residents. The heated seats, after series of test runs at 14 bus stops conducted last year, were redesigned to be 2.03 meters wide and [...]
JEONJU, South Korea, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Park Jin-soo, a 21-year-old police sergeant, came up with an idea to brighten up his city while looking at Jeonju’s bus stops every time he was on traffic duty. According to Park, the sight of weary passengers waiting for the bus at the city’s generic, uninspiring bus [...]