Mobile Altteul Transportation Card Usable Nationwide with Just a Smartphone Starting September

Agreement Signed with Related Agencies on the 16th... Nationwide Expansion to Begin in September

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] Starting this September, the mobile Eoljuka Transportation Card can be used nationwide with just a smartphone.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Metropolitan Area Wide-area Transportation Committee announced on the 16th that it signed a business agreement with the Korea Transportation Safety Authority, Lokamobility, and DigiBUPay to expand the usage area of the mobile Eoljuka Transportation Card, which can be used with only a smartphone, nationwide.

The Eoljuka Transportation Card is a project aimed at reducing citizens' transportation expenses. It provides mileage based on walking or bicycle usage distance when using public transportation, and card companies additionally support transportation costs. Users can save up to 30% on public transportation fares. The mobile Eoljuka Transportation Card, which can be used without a physical transportation card and only with a smartphone, was introduced last year but has so far been available only in some areas including the Seoul metropolitan area and Daejeon.

Accordingly, the Metropolitan Area Wide-area Transportation Committee selected Lokamobility and DigiBUPay, which operate transportation card systems in various regions nationwide, as partners in April to expand the mobile Eoljuka Transportation Card usage area nationwide. The participating organizations in this agreement plan to undergo preparation processes for operating the mobile Eoljuka Transportation Card and implement the service nationwide starting in September.

The Eoljuka Transportation Card project, which is being implemented in 137 cities, counties, and districts nationwide, has received great response from public transportation users, with 230,000 users. Especially, with Gangwon Province (Chuncheon City) newly participating from the 1st of this month, the Eoljuka Transportation Card project has expanded to all 17 provinces and metropolitan cities nationwide.

Park Jung-bu, Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Fare Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "The Eoljuka Transportation Card has been well received as it helps reduce transportation costs for public transportation users, but it was true that carrying a physical card was inconvenient." He added, "With the nationwide expansion of the mobile Eoljuka Transportation Card usage area, it will be possible to use the Eoljuka Transportation Card more conveniently."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.