Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon is inspecting the scene at the subway bus stop at the entrance of Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, which was interrupted by chaos while walking home from work on the afternoon of the 6th. / Seoul City, YouTube “Oh Se-hoon TV”
On the 6th, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon visited the subway bus stop at the entrance of Myeong-dong, where the chaos occurred on their way home from work, and inspected the scene.
On this day, a video of Mayor Oh’s apology, looking around while it was snowing, was posted on YouTube’s “Oh Se-hoon TV”. Mayor Oh said, “I’m really sorry,” and added, “We should have done things more carefully, but we tried something new carelessly in the cold winter, and I’m sorry for causing inconvenience to many people.”
On the 27th of last month, the city of Seoul installed a device displaying line numbers on the sidewalk of this bus stop, allowing passengers to only line up in seats that match their bus numbers. However, it was highlighted that congestion has worsened since the signage was installed. This is because congestion has become extreme due to the “rail phenomenon”, where buses are lined up one after another.
App screenshot showing the location of buses passing through downtown Seoul on the 4th. /provided by readers
As for the reason to try something new first, Mayor Oh said: “Recently, as the number of people commuting from Gyeonggi-do has increased, the bus route to Seoul has been chosen as desired, so capacity has been exceeded.” He added, “There is a lot of traffic during peak hours (5pm to 9pm) and it has become a very busy place, with around 550 buses coming in.” He continued: “The length of the stop is about 30-40 metres, and when a bus stopped in front of you, you had to run from behind, and when a bus came from behind you, you had to run from in front.” He added: “There have been several complaints that there may be safety issues such as collisions due to congestion.”
What was introduced to improve this situation was to encourage buses to only stop in front of the waiting board with the route number on it and not to pick up passengers elsewhere. Mayor Oh said, “However, because we only rode buses on designated routes, a ‘rail phenomenon’ occurred where buses behind were pushed aside if the bus in front didn’t move away.” He continued: “What would normally take 10 minutes took an hour, and people who would wait 5 minutes to get on the bus ended up waiting 30 minutes, which caused a lot of inconvenience,” and once again: “ I’m really sorry. “
On the evening of the 5th, citizens wait for a bus to go home from work at the bus stop at the entrance of Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul. /News 1
As congestion worsens, the city of Seoul has decided not to use the previous day’s signs until the 31st of this month. Furthermore, it was decided to send orientation staff on site and to change the routes and stops of some metropolitan buses.
Mayor Oh said: “As we have experienced accidents large and small, the demand for safety is increasing and its importance is being emphasized. We will receive opinions for about a month and we will improve it so that we receive as many opinions as possible.” We will look forward to your many opinions,” he said.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to collect citizens’ opinions regarding the metropolitan bus stop at the entrance of Myeong-dong by the end of this month and prepare additional measures.
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