Gochang-gun to Significantly Expand Operation of 'Happy Call Taxi' Starting This Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk announced on the 4th that it will expand the operation of the Happy Call Taxi, which has been running since 2015 for transportation welfare in remote villages, to 89 villages in all 14 eup and myeon areas starting this year.

So far, the Happy Call Taxi project has been supporting the fare difference so that residents living in villages more than 1 km away from the nearest bus stop to the village hall can conveniently use a taxi by paying only 1,000 won when they call a taxi as needed.

In particular, Gochang-gun has relaxed the distance to 0.7 km from this year to guarantee the mobility rights of residents, expanding support from 48 villages last year to an additional 41 villages this year, operating in a total of 89 villages.

The budget for this has also been significantly increased compared to last year (1.9 billion won), with plans to support a budget of 3.1 billion won this year.

Last year, 39,219 people used the Gochang-gun Happy Call Taxi, and it is expected that about 64,000 people will use it this year.

Yoo Gi-sang, the mayor of Gochang-gun, said, “Transportation welfare policies are closely connected to the lives of residents, so they are being promoted as the top priority of the county administration. We plan to gradually expand the operation of the Happy Call Taxi so that all residents can move conveniently.”

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