Gyeonggi-do Buses to Get Cleaner... 'Clean Bus' Project Officially Launched

[Asia Economy (Uijeongbu) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will officially launch the 'Clean Bus' project this year.

The Clean Bus project is the first initiative under the 7th local government administration to support disinfection and steam cleaning of city buses in order to provide higher quality public transportation services to residents.

Last year, the province conducted a pilot project targeting 236 city buses in 9 cities and counties, including Suwon and Goyang.

Regarding the pilot project, both passengers and bus drivers reported high satisfaction, leading to the decision to fully implement the project starting this year.

From January to February this year, the province conducted a demand survey targeting cities, counties, and transportation companies within the province, and based on this, will invest 400 million KRW (including 80 million KRW in self-funding) to implement the project for a total of 1,000 buses.

The province plans to invest a total of 1.44 billion KRW (including 288 million KRW in self-funding) by 2022 to carry out the Clean Bus project for a total of 3,600 city buses.

Separately, the province will utilize 300 members of the 'City Bus Resident Service Evaluation Group,' a secret inspector program for public transportation services, to further enhance the quality of bus services.

A provincial official stated, "High-quality public transportation service is also welfare for residents," and promised, "We will continue to discover and implement bus service improvement policies that residents can directly experience."

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