Seoul Disabled Call Taxi Runs Together with Incheon and Gyeonggi

Seoul City announced on the 20th that, to strengthen mobility rights for people with disabilities, it will expand the operation range of disabled call taxis to cover Incheon and the entire Gyeonggi Province starting from the 21st.

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Seoul City, Incheon City, and Gyeonggi Province signed the "Special Transportation Means Metropolitan Area Mobility Agreement" the day before and decided to pilot operate disabled call taxis across the three local governments until July next year.

Currently, disabled call taxis can only be used within Seoul city, 12 adjacent cities including Bucheon, Gimpo, Namyangju, and Guri, as well as Incheon Airport. The operation range has now been expanded to cover the entire area of the three local governments.

Anyone registered as a person with severe walking disabilities at the Mobility Support Center can use the disabled call taxi anywhere in the metropolitan area regardless of destination or travel purpose by making a reservation one day in advance. However, to prevent inconvenience caused by increased waiting times for existing users within the jurisdiction due to metropolitan operation, this service will only be available for the additional disabled call taxis deployed.

Seoul City, Incheon City, and Gyeonggi Province will each deploy 30, 10, and 60 vehicles respectively for metropolitan area mobility. Additionally, starting this month, Seoul City will pilot operate 30 "corporate special taxis for the disabled" involving corporate taxi companies.

Yoon Jong-jang, Director of Urban Transportation at Seoul City, said, "We expect that the metropolitan pilot operation of disabled call taxis will improve long-distance mobility for people with severe walking disabilities," adding, "Since we are also promoting the pilot operation of special taxis together with the corporate taxi industry, we will do our best to become a model case of transportation policy that accompanies the vulnerable."