SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Electric scooter sharing companies in South Korea will continue to prohibit unlicensed minors from using their services despite a new law easing the minimum age requirements, joining government-led efforts to address safety concerns, the transport ministry said Monday. Local e-scooter sharing platforms currently offer their services to customers aged [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro said Wednesday that it is working to install parking and charging facilities for shared electric scooters around subway stations in the city to help enhance the safety of its citizens. The two-wheeled vehicles, also called electric kickboards and mostly operated by ridesharing companies, have emerged as a [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The growing ubiquity of personal mobility vehicles, such as electric scooters, electric wheels, and electric bicycles, is leading to a higher number of traffic accidents. The Road Traffic Authority’s Traffic Accident Analysis System reported 447 cases of traffic accidents involving personal mobility vehicles, resulting in eight fatalities and 473 [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the newly emerging ‘untact’ culture is encouraging people to ride shared electric scooters instead of using public transportation. According to the data by mobile big data platform IGAWorks, the number of electric scooter app users on Android phones went from 37,000 people [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — A growing number of South Koreans are using shared electric scooters instead of public transportation due to the coronavirus. Mobile Index, a big data platform, reported a sixfold increase in the number of monthly active users for e-scooter-sharing apps, going from 37,294 people last year to 214,451 people as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of accidents involving individual mobility vehicles such as electric scooters and kickboards has nearly doubled over the past year. Experts say the government needs to rapidly modify regulations such as speed standards regarding these types of vehicles. The number of accidents involving personal mobility vehicles such as [...]