Sejong-si, 'Forced Taxi Dispatch' Pilot Project Until Year-End

Sejong City is promoting a pilot project for prioritized (mandatory) taxi dispatch by the end of the year as a solution to the problem of taxi concentration in certain areas.

According to Sejong City on the 13th, this project designates priority dispatch areas within the city, and when citizens call a taxi in these areas, taxis closest to the location will be forcibly dispatched. Taxi drivers will receive an incentive of 3,000 KRW per trip.

The priority dispatch areas have been set as 11 neighborhoods: Bangok, Sodam, Boram, Hansol, Saerom, Dajeong, Jongchon, Goun, Areum, Haemil, and Jiphyeon-dong.

These areas are classified based on the analysis of Taxi Information Management System (TIMS) data, showing a ride share of less than 5%, an average taxi usage per resident of 0.43 trips or less, and no operation of village taxis.

Priority dispatch can be used by calling the Sejong Integrated Call (Dohwa Call) Center to request a taxi.

Sejong City plans to allocate 10 priority dispatch trips per day during the pilot period in consultation with the local taxi industry.

After the pilot project ends, the city will analyze its effectiveness and decide whether to continue and expand the priority dispatch project.

Earlier, to fundamentally solve the slow taxi supply problem compared to the rapid population growth in the area, Sejong City proposed to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport last year and increased the number of taxis by a total of 86 vehicles.

Mayor Choi Min-ho of Sejong City said, “We hope that the priority dispatch pilot project will lead to an increase in taxis and improve the convenience of taxi use for citizens.”

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