SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has decided to introduce 3,000 additional public bicycles, dubbed Ttaereungyi in Korean, by the end of this year, and another 3,000 next year. Seoul mayor Oh Sae-hoon visited a local Ttaereungyi rental stand near City Hall on Friday to announce the said plans and collect [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The increase in the number of coronavirus patients in the country last year resulted in more people riding Seoul’s public bicycles. Seoul reported a 24.3 percent increase in the number of customers using “Ttaereungyi,” the city government’s public bicycle service last year compared to the year before. The monthly [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic has stimulated demand for public bicycles in the administrative city of Sejong. As of last month, some 1.03 million people had used public bicycles in Sejong thus far this year, the city revealed Monday. The number of people using public bicycles in the city has jumped [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — During spikes in the number of coronavirus infections, a higher number of people were found to have used shared public bicycles instead of public transportation. The Seoul Institute of Technology reported that the number of people using the subway or bus in Seoul during the first week of March, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to broaden its fleet of public bicycles from 20,000 to 40,000 by 2020. To stimulate the street economy, 424 bike shops across the city will be in charge of repairing and maintaining public bikes at nearby parking stations. The Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation [...]