Demand-Responsive Bus and Chronic Disease Patient Care Services Implemented in Smart City
[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 8th that it held the 8th National Smart City Committee and approved 16 smart demonstration projects, including demand-responsive buses, as projects applying the Smart City Regulatory Sandbox.
The Ministry introduced the Smart City-type Regulatory Sandbox system last February to allow the private sector to demonstrate innovative technologies and services within smart cities without regulatory constraints.
In the mobility sector, smart demonstration projects received regulatory exemptions for services such as electric kickboard sharing linked with battery stations, demand-responsive buses, public transportation and shared vehicles, and intelligent short-distance shared taxi services that allow passengers with similar routes to share rides when calling taxis through dedicated apps.
In the energy sector, a city gas pipeline safety management service using drones and the Internet of Things (IoT) to complement the limitations of the existing patrol inspection method received regulatory exemptions as a smart demonstration project.
In the healthcare sector, an IoT-based operation assistance system to improve mobility rights for wheelchair users and a chronic disease patient care service that combines personal health data with hospital medical information to provide customized health information received demonstration exemptions.
At the review on this day, five cities?Sejong, Busan, Incheon, Bucheon, and Siheung?were designated as Smart Regulatory Innovation Zones. These 16 smart demonstration projects will be promoted in these zones.
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Lee Ikjin, head of the Urban Economy Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "The Smart City Regulatory Sandbox has opened the first breath for urban innovative technologies and services," adding, "We plan to continuously promote a support system for the pre-regulatory sandbox stage."
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