SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — City bus stops frequently experience higher temperatures than standing on an asphalt road during periods of extreme heat, data showed Thursday. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) conducted temperature measurements at eight locations within Seoul’s Songpa District, 1.5 meters above ground level, on six occasions spanning July and August. The [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The western port city of Incheon will start operating a new digital signboard system to inform bus drivers whether passengers are waiting at bus stops from late this month. If passengers push a button installed at bus stops, the digital signboard displays a notice text saying ‘passengers are on [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s city government plans to sell the names of subway stations and bus stops to the private sector as a means to overcome its burgeoning losses. Seoul Metro, the operator of the Seoul subway system, recently said it will begin selling the rights to endow a secondary name to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of specially designed bus stops have been set up at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. As part of an artwork by architect Kim Sa-ra from Diagonal Thoughts studios, the three bus stops surrounding the art museum have been [...]
JEONJU, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Bus stops in in southern city of Jeonju are being transformed into artworks. With a shift away from dull achromatic color, they are reborn as cultural spaces, each with their own characteristics. Starting from 2017, the city government has been carrying out the Art Meets Bus Platform project as [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Bus stops in Seoul, once dominated by commercial advertisements, will turn into small galleries showcasing photos, graphics, paintings, illustrations and other artworks. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will be hosting the Seoul Art Station exhibition from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, showcasing various artworks on the advertisement [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it had completed the installation of public Wi-Fi at 2,340 bus stops with platforms as part of efforts to help lower citizens’ telecom expenditures. The public Wi-Fi service was installed first at major median bus lanes, including those on major thoroughfares in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Monday it has decided to adopt the design of hanok, or traditional Korean houses, for high-tech bus stops in the capital. The design, titled “Beauty of Korea,” centers on adopting the signature curves of hanok for the city’s “smart shelter” bus stops, according to [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Conventional bus stops on Seoul’s main streets will have futuristic features, such as free Wi-Fi, mobile phone chargers and air purifiers, starting later this year, the metropolitan government said Tuesday. The government of Seoul said it will begin test operations of the futuristic bus stops, dubbed “Smart Shelters,” at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With increasing concern over fine dust sweeping over South Korea, the a district in Seoul has begun installing fine dust filters at bus stops. Seoul’s Seocho District announced on Wednesday that it has installed Smart Eco-Shelters at two bus stops to protect local residents from fine dust, winter cold, [...]