The following report is by Smart Cities World:
In a separate announcement, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has released analysis that shows its public bike service fleet has grown from 440 in 2010 to 45,000 in 2024.
The autonomous bus service covers a 2.6 km route between Gyeongbokgung Palace, Cheongwadae, and the Gyeongbokgung Station.
SMG announced that the Cheongwadae Autonomous Bus will end its trial period and begin paid service. The Hyundai e-County Medium bus will stop at five locations every 15 minutes and charge a fare of KRW 1,400, the same as regular city buses. It also provides free transfer to passengers with transportation cards and unlimited access for Climate Card users.
The Cheongwadae Autonomous Bus began pilot operation in December 2022. During the 11-month pilot period that ended last October, the bus reported a large number of users and a high satisfaction rate, with a total of 45,621 local and international passengers.
Its operation temporarily closed last November to prepare for paid service, during which time the city upgraded the buses’ stability through internal system inspection, improvements, and repeated test drives.
The city reviewed and upgraded the system, ensuring stability through multiple test drives.
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AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Autonomous transportation is the wave of the future, one that I am looking forward to. We’ve already seen how unreliable this technology is and the logjams it creates. The smart city stuff is not going to be some utopia: it will a chaotic mess.
Proverbs 22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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