Seoul Metro Selected as an Excellent Institution for Four Consecutive Years in the 'Public Data Provision Operation Status Evaluation'

Ministry of the Interior and Safety Public Data Provision Operation Evaluation
146 Types of Public Data Including Train Operation Information Released

Seoul Metro (President Baek Ho) announced on the 12th that it has received the highest rating of "Excellent" in the "2023 Public Data Provision Operation Evaluation" conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. It is the first urban railway operator to be selected as an excellent institution for four consecutive years.

The "Public Data Provision Operation Evaluation" is conducted annually by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety targeting 696 central administrative agencies, local governments, and public institutions in accordance with the "Act on the Provision and Activation of Public Data." It consists of 16 detailed indicators across five areas: public data management system, opening, utilization, quality, and others.

Seoul Metro stated that it scored a total of 94 points in this evaluation, significantly exceeding the average score of 65.4 for local public enterprises. According to Seoul Metro, it is the first case among urban railway operators to achieve the highest rating in the public data field for four consecutive years.

Seoul Metro provides 146 types of public data closely related to citizens' daily lives to enhance subway safety and convenience, including train operation information, subway congestion levels, boarding and alighting passenger information, station convenience facility information, platform and train intervals, and installation information of boarding facilities.

This year, Seoul Metro plans to expand the opening of public data in line with the government's data policy direction. As a top priority, it is considering measures such as opening real-time usage information in the form of open APIs to enable safe and convenient subway use by providing customized public data tailored to user demand.

Baek Ho, President of Seoul Metro, said, "Being selected as an excellent institution for four consecutive years for the first time among urban railway operators is the result of our efforts to provide citizen-tailored public data." He added, "We will continue to actively open highly utilized public data and do our best to provide data-based, citizen-customized subway usage services."

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