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app, there is a so-called call taxi-type bus that comes to where you are and takes you to the place you want. 



Gyeonggi Province recently announced that it would expand this service, attracting attention, and reporter Park Ha-jeong tried it out.



<Reporter> When I call the bus by entering the departure and destination of the application on the street in

Unjinjin



City, Paju, Gyeonggi-do, [Reporter Park Ha-jeong: (The bus) seems to be asking me to come to a point that is convenient to come along the line.]

About 15 minutes Then the bus came.

Seats are reserved in advance, and when you will be dropped off, you will be shown on the electronic display.

[Reporter Ha-Jeong Park: It is easily explained as 'a call taxi-type bus that moves in response to a call'.

'There may be cases where you turn around' (Altitude.)]

If a passenger with a similar direction of movement calls again from nearby, AI in the app changes the route and rides it.

[Paju resident A: There is no stop in the middle (it is convenient).

It's convenient for me because I tend to take my time.]

[Paju resident B: I use it often because transportation is not yet well prepared in the new apartment I moved in.] The

price is 1,450 won for an adult.

There are 10 buses in operation in Unjeong and Gyohwa New Towns in Paju, which are also transferable with other public transportation.





















It was recognized as an area lacking public transportation, so it was possible to introduce such a demand-responsive transportation method, but the related industry objected.



[Lee Il-jae/President of Paju, Gyeonggi-do Personal Taxi Association: It operates like a taxi again, and the fare is charged for a city bus.

(Demand-response bus operation) can be said to be a taxi business.

Then, there is a problem with our right to live.]



Recently, Gyeonggi Province announced that it would expand this demand-response bus to Suwon and Goyang, etc., but it is a policy that special regulations will be applied so that it does not have to be in areas lacking public transportation or in rural and fishing villages.



As the service expands, conflicts with existing transportation providers such as taxis and buses may arise



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It seems necessary to think about the need to be accessible to more citizens.