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2. Seoul Transit Reform
with ICT reviews
Thomas Kim
Manager, LG CNS Co., Ltd.
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3. 1. What is Smart Transportation?
Challenges by vicious circle;
Metropolitan cities
Traffic Volume Increase in
2.7M cars/day(96) → Increase in Road Infra.
income and Road Infra. Occupation rate
3.2M cars/day(03) income and expansion
Population expansion of passenger veh.
Population 72%
Low service
Low service Traffic
quality Increase in Traffic
quality Increase in congestion
congestion
No. of Bus op. #of passenger cars
#of passenger cars
103(97) → 57(03) Car Speed
20.0km/h(94) →
16.3km/h(02) Travel time
Travel time
Pressure on Ridership decrease and schedule
and schedule
Pressure on Ridership decrease reliability
bus operators
bus operators reliability
Share of Bus
30 %(96) → Subway expansion
Decrease in 26 %(03) Subway expansion
Decrease in
revenue
revenue
Gov. Subway
Gov. Increase in
Increase in 146km(95) →
subsidy
subsidy debt
debt 287km(02)
increase
increase
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4. 1. What is Smart Transportation?
Integration from ICT aspect;
Multi-modal
Physical (between modes)
Network (railway, bus, and others)
Fare, charge, fee (equity, incentives )
Information (seamless transfer)
Institutional (custom-based)
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5. 2. How we can transform into Smart Transportation?
Structure of transit reform
Integration of Public Transportation Network
1 2 3
Unified Fare System
Trunk-feeder system Free Transfer
(Distance-based fare)
Technological Innovation Improvement of Mgmt.
4 New Smart Card System 7 Scientific Administration
5 BMS / BIS
6 TOPIS 8 Bus Operation Management
Enhancement of Bus Infrastructure
9 10 11
Upgraded Road Premium Bus /
Axial Bus Lane
Maintenance Shelter
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6. 2. How we can transform into Smart Transportation?
Distance-base unified fare system
Concept of
New fare system
N/W Integration
Bus Metro Bus Metro
Before
TypeⅠ LineⅠ
TypeⅡ TypeⅢ LineⅡ LineⅢ
Single Zone-based
Flat Fare
Independent Fare Structure Mode Fare
One Seamless Mode
TypeⅠ LineⅠ LineⅢ
After
Connected Unified Distance-based Fare
TypeⅡ LineⅡ TypeⅢ Mode (Bus Bus / Bus Metro / Metro Metro)
Unified Fare Structure
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7. 3. Lessons learned
Unique features in Seoul reform 2004
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1 Successfully Done in mega-city using the existing resources
Successfully Done in mega-city using the existing resources
• Not in a new town or a planned city
• Done in a large scale with ten thousand residents
- Daily public transport passengers : 10 M
- Daily smart card transactions : 20 M
• No major addition of infra structure
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2 Integrated by information technology and new management
Integrated by information technology and new management
• Loosely coupled and controlled existing resources were
integrated into one seamless system by IT and adoption of
new management scheme
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8. 3. Lessons learned
Leadership and collaboration
Mayor’s Leadership
(Administration, Action)
Citizen (YMCA, NGO, Assembly, Pubic hearing)
Citizen (YMCA, NGO, Assembly, Pubic hearing)
Expert group (Research, Planning, Priority)
Expert group (Research, Planning, Priority)
IT Initiatives (Technology leads, Feasibility Study)
IT Initiatives (Technology leads, Feasibility Study)
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9. Thomas Kim
Manager
Strategic Biz Development Division
LG CNS Co., Ltd.
Email: taeskim@lgcns.com
Office: +82-(0)2-6363-6872