Gwangju City Produces Braille Route Guidebook for City Buses

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 31st that it has produced Braille bus route guidebooks for the visually impaired and distributed them to major facilities.

The Braille bus route guidebook, created to promote the use of public transportation by the visually impaired, contains information on 110 bus routes including operation routes, operating companies, intervals between buses, and first and last bus times. Additionally, as a supplement, it includes route operation information printed in bold and large letters for the visually impaired with low vision to enhance usability.

A total of 1,000 Braille route guidebooks were produced this time, and on the 16th, they were distributed free of charge by individual mail to visually impaired residents of Gwangju who can read Braille and related disability organizations. They are also available for viewing at the Gwangju Association of the Visually Impaired Braille Library and other locations.

Son Doo-young, head of the city's Public Transportation Division, said, “We reflected all updated bus operation information in the Braille route guidebook to ensure there is no inconvenience in using the bus,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to expand the use of public transportation among transportation-vulnerable groups.”

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