Changwon-si Improves Safe Boarding System at Bus Stops

Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, is taking steps to improve the safety boarding system at bus stops.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Changwon City in Gyeongnam announced on the 9th that it will pilot the installation of announcement broadcasting facilities at 30 bus stops within the city to improve public transportation services for citizens.

The city plans to install safety boarding announcement broadcasting facilities to address the long-standing practice where passengers step onto the roadway before the bus arrives, posing a danger, and will conduct guidance and enforcement targeting transportation companies and bus passengers.

This bus stop announcement broadcasting facility installation project will invest a total of 8 million KRW and plans to complete installation at 30 bus stops with relatively high passenger traffic by November.

The existing Bus Information Terminal (BIT) at bus stops displayed arrival information on the screen starting 1 minute and 30 seconds before the bus arrived and broadcast announcements every 60 seconds.

At the stops where this project is implemented, separate speakers and amplifiers will be installed, and the announcement broadcasting interval linked with the BIT will be changed from 60 seconds to 20 seconds. Before the bus arrives, an announcement will be made saying, "For safe boarding, please do not step onto the roadway and wait at the bus stop."

Je Jong-nam, head of the New Transportation Promotion Division of the city, said, "We will analyze the effects of the pilot project for bus stop announcements to expand installation for the convenience and safety of public transportation users, and continuously improve any inconveniences while preparing various convenience policies."

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