Bus Service Improvement Idea Contest Winners Announced

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 1st that it has selected and announced 117 winners of the 'Bus Service Improvement Idea Contest' held to improve bus services.

The contest, conducted for 10 days starting May 21st to encourage residents' interest and participation in public transportation (buses), received a total of 433 submissions, reflecting strong public interest and enthusiasm.

The province established an 'Idea Review Committee' composed of transportation experts to select winning ideas through objective evaluation. Based on evaluation criteria including creativity of ideas and feasibility for implementation as policy, 117 winners were selected: 2 silver prize winners, 5 bronze prize winners, 10 encouragement prize winners, and 100 participation prize winners.

No winners were selected for the grand prize or gold prize. The silver prize winners include Cha Jin-hee (27, Suwon) for her idea to "mark the direction of travel with arrows on the front of buses so that passengers can easily identify the route direction, thereby improving bus service convenience," and Cheon In-su (33, Daejeon) for his idea to "improve convenience and safety by allowing passengers to press the destination bell in advance when boarding buses."

The province plans to actively reflect feasible and effective proposals from the submitted ideas in public transportation policy.

Meanwhile, a provincial official stated, "We plan to hold bus service improvement idea contests in July, September, and November as well to sustain residents' continued interest in public transportation and to implement excellent ideas as policy."