Seoul City to Support Vaccination for Disabled by Deploying 'Disabled Buses'

Two Wheelchair-Accessible 'Seoul Disabled Buses' to Operate Five Days a Week from the 8th, Carrying Up to 12-16 Passengers per Trip

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 6th that it will deploy two 'Seoul Disabled Buses'?the first of their kind nationwide?to provide free round-trip accompaniment services, making it more convenient for all disabled individuals, including wheelchair users, to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

Seoul plans to operate the service five days a week, excluding weekends, starting from the 8th. Groups of four or more passengers can be recruited from welfare centers and other welfare facilities, and reservations can be made through Seoul's public reservation system for group bookings and applications.

The Seoul Disabled Bus will pick up eligible disabled individuals from welfare centers and other welfare facilities and drop them off at vaccination centers. After vaccination, the bus will return them to the welfare facilities. Support personnel will accompany the passengers to assist them. One bus will operate at 9 a.m. and another at 2 p.m., each running round trips. Each trip can accommodate between 12 and 16 passengers.

Seoul plans to operate the service during the third quarter vaccination period initially and will review whether to continue in the fourth quarter based on demand. Baekho, Director of Urban Transportation at Seoul City, stated, "When necessary matters such as COVID-19 vaccination arise, we will devise the best measures to guarantee the mobility rights and safety of disabled individuals." He added, "Considering the demand for the 'Seoul Disabled Bus,' which was introduced to enhance group and metropolitan mobility rights for the disabled, we will gradually increase the number of buses."

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