Get Transportation Discounts in Uiwang with Wide-Area Affordable Transportation Card

[Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Uiwang City has been implementing the 'Wide-Area Affordable Transportation Card' project since January this year to reduce the burden of transportation costs for citizens using public transit and to promote the use of public transportation.

The 'Wide-Area Affordable Transportation Card' is a card that allows users to reduce transportation costs by accumulating mileage based on the distance traveled on foot or by bicycle before and after using public transportation.

Mileage accumulation is capped at 44 times per month and is accumulated differentially based on the distance traveled on foot or by bicycle up to 800 meters and public transportation fares. The distance traveled on foot or by bicycle is recorded through the Wide-Area Affordable Transportation Card app on a smartphone.

For example, if a person walks 800 meters or more and then uses public transportation with a fare of 2,000 won, a maximum mileage of 250 won is accumulated. If a person walks 400 meters and then incurs a transportation fare of 2,000 won, the accumulated mileage is half, which is 125 won.

Mileage accumulation by public transportation usage amount is 250 won mileage for 2,000 won or less, 350 won mileage for 3,000 won or less, and 450 won mileage for more than 3,000 won.

However, accumulation is only possible when public transportation is used 15 times or more per month. When fine dust reduction measures are issued, mileage is accumulated at double.

Since the 9th, an additional mileage of 100 to 200 won has been provided to low-income youth (ages 19-34) who are recipients of basic livelihood security or members of the near-poor class based on their public transportation expenditure. It is possible to receive dual support with the 'Gyeonggi Province Youth Transportation Cost Support Project.'

Those who wish to accumulate mileage can apply for a card through the Wide-Area Affordable Transportation Card website (www.alcard.kr), download and install the mileage app, and card usage and mileage accumulation can be done anywhere across the country regardless of region.

A city official explained that the card is expected to have a significant effect in lowering public transportation costs for residents commuting to and from Seoul, and plans to further expand the program going forward.