Gwangju City Promotes Bus Stop Improvement Project

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 10th that it will promote various bus stop improvement projects such as expanding barrier-free bus stops, installing solar-powered light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, and replacing old bus stop signs to enhance the convenience of public transportation use for citizens.

Barrier-free bus stops are designed to be convenient for anyone, including people with disabilities and the elderly, by removing obstacles such as street flower beds and curved sidewalks that hinder boarding and alighting, and installing sunshade facilities, wheelchair waiting seats, braille blocks, and bus stopping locations. Since 2017, 98 locations have been completed, and this year, 20 more locations will be expanded.

At 102 bus stops without lighting facilities, solar-powered LED lighting facilities equipped with solar modules, capacitors, and LED display panels will be installed to prevent safety accidents and facilitate nighttime identification.

In addition, 240 old steel bus stop signs that are rusty and have insufficient guidance functions will be replaced with new stainless steel signs with built-in lighting facilities, and 18 bus stops on the outskirts of the city will be equipped with Bus Information Terminals (BIT) that allow real-time bus operation information checking to enhance user convenience.

To promote the project, Gwangju City will hold a public-private collaboration meeting involving the city, districts, disability organizations, the Design Promotion Institute, and the Bus Business Association to select bus stops for maintenance by region and derive various measures to improve accessibility for transportation-vulnerable groups on-site to reflect them in the design.

Son Doo-young, head of the city's public transportation department, said, "Maintaining bus stops not only improves user convenience but also has a great effect on preventing bus safety accidents," and added, "We will activate public-private collaboration meetings from the early stages of the project to ensure that the convenience of citizens is maximally reflected in the design."

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