SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will allow advertisements to be placed on bikes from its public bike service to overcome deficits. Tthe city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi in Korean, faced deficits of 9 billion won (US$6.88 million) in 2019, 9.9 billion won in 2020 and [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of people have been using Seoul’s public bicycle service this year following the lifting of social distancing rules. The Seoul Metropolitan Government reported that usage of the city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi in Korean, between January and May of this year (14.1 million users) was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi in Korean, has surpassed 3.3 million members. One-third of all Seoulites now ride Ttaereungyi bicycles. In the seven years since the platform was launched, the bicycles have been used 91.65 million times, with the 100 million ride milestone expected to be [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, a cultural foundation affiliated with the Seoul city government, has introduced the ‘Art Ttaereungyi’, a unique take on Seoul’s ubiquitous public bicycles, in collaboration with Porsche Korea. The motif on the bicycle’s frame and fork was inspired by Korean traditional patchwork wrapping [...]
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. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The accumulated membership of Seoul’s public bike service has surpassed 2.78 million, largely due to high demand for personal transport means amid the coronavirus pandemic, the city government said Wednesday. The tally translated into one in every four Seoul citizens using the city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Monday it has made small public bicycles available for younger populations aged 13 years or older. Starting Monday, younger users have access to smaller and lighter “Ttaereungyi” in the eastern wards of Songpa and Gangdong, as well as the northwestern Eunpyeong Ward. “Ttaereungyi” are [...]