Uiwang City Introduces Demand-Responsive 'Uiwang Smart Bus' and 'Gyeonggi Premium Bus'

[Suwon Ilbo = Park Chan-hyuk Reporter] Uiwang City announced on the 20th that it will introduce the Uiwang Smart Bus and Gyeonggi Premium Bus to improve public transportation convenience for citizens.

As development projects have been actively promoted throughout Uiwang City in recent times, the city has systematically prepared the introduction of 'Smart Bus' and 'Gyeonggi Premium Bus,' which are demand-responsive public transportation services that meet increasingly complex road environments and diverse citizen mobility needs.

The 'Uiwang Smart Bus' is a service that targets areas with inconvenient public transportation, operating without fixed routes, where buses are provided on demand when users request them through mobile applications or call centers.

Regular service will begin on June 5 from Chopyeong-dong, Wangsong Lake Park, and Uiwang Station, which is a major transportation hub in the region, providing convenient public transportation services to residents of Chopyeong-dong and visitors to Wangsong Lake Park.

The city expects that the introduction of the Smart Bus will help not only improve citizen mobility but also revitalize local tourism.

The 'Gyeonggi Premium Bus,' introduced alongside the Smart Bus, will operate on a route from Bugok-dong (Jangan Village) in Uiwang City, passing through Gocheon District and Baekun Valley, running to Pangyo Station and Seohyeon Station in Seongnam, and will also connect with Uiwang Tollgate.

Bus service will operate with three departures in the direction of Seongnam during morning rush hours and three departures toward Uiwang during evening rush hours, with opening scheduled for August.

Mayor Kim Sung-je stated, "Some areas of Uiwang City face difficulties in introducing regular bus routes due to low public transportation demand," and added, "Through the introduction of demand-responsive public transportation systems such as the Uiwang Smart Bus and Gyeonggi Premium Bus, we will provide citizens with convenient, customized transportation services."

He further emphasized, "The city will continue to promote improvements to the public transportation system, taking into account the paradigm shift from car-oriented to public transportation-centered usage in response to changing times."