SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Most commuters remained masked up on Monday, the first day the yearslong mask mandate was lifted for public transportation, as many stay wary of lingering infection risks and under peer pressure to wear a mask in public spaces. Wearing a mask is no longer mandatory on public transportation, such [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s decision to lift the mask mandate on public transportation and pharmacies in open public spaces will go into effect this week amid a gradual COVID-19 virus downtrend. The removal of the mask mandate on public transportation, including subways, buses, taxis and planes, Monday comes 2 1/2 years [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government put off its plan to raise the subway and bus fares to the second half of this year, city officials said Wednesday. The city had been pushing to increase its subway and bus fares by up to 400 won (US$0.31) starting in late April to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of the first increase in public transportation fares in eight years, the issue of free access benefits to public transportation is resurfacing as a controversial topic. The Seoul Metropolitan Government recently decided to raise public transportation fares for the first time since June 2015. The city plans to raise [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government will additionally consider raising its subway and city bus fares by 400 won (US$0.32), besides its earlier 300-won hike proposal, city officials said Wednesday. The municipal government plans to hold a public hearing next month with the goal of raising public transportation fares in April [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway and public bus fares in Seoul are likely to rise by 300 won (US$0.24) starting as early as next April to meet growing budget deficits after a freeze for nearly eight years, city government officials said Thursday. The planned hike will bring the base subway and bus fares [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Thursday it will begin resuming late-night public transportation operations in the city, two years after they were reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The city government plans to extend daily subway operation hours through 1 a.m., instead of midnight on weekdays, starting sometime in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Sunday it will begin normalizing late-night public transportation operations on weekdays, months after they were reduced due to social distancing measures against COVID-19. It plans to put intra-city buses and subway lines No. 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 back in normal operation [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Wednesday the city will reduce bus and subway schedules and expand COVID-19 testing to fight the recent resurgence of the virus amid a record high number of cases. At a press briefing, Oh said bus schedules will be scaled back starting Thursday and subway [...]
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, [...]