Korea Transportation Safety Authority and Paju Join Hands to Develop AI-Based Safe Wheelchair Project

The Korea Transportation Safety Authority announced on the 3rd that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Paju City to cooperate in the fields of mobility and traffic safety.

The two parties agreed to join forces to utilize new services and technologies in practical business applications in the field. They will collaborate on a wide range of projects, including consulting on the establishment and implementation of mobility improvement plans, supporting the introduction and demonstration of advanced mobility vehicles and services, developing policies to create a safe shared mobility environment, identifying and managing safety services for vulnerable groups such as the elderly and people with disabilities, collecting and sharing data on the current status of advanced mobility, and cooperating in international exchanges.

Korea Transportation Safety Authority and Paju City signed a memorandum of understanding for mutual cooperation in the fields of mobility and traffic safety on the 3rd at the Paju City Hall. Photo by Korea Transportation Safety Authority

In connection with the Authority's ongoing 'Bike Ansim Care' program, a policy project for safety management and services targeting mobility-vulnerable groups in Paju City will be developed. Bike Ansim Care is a service that attaches accident detection and automatic emergency reporting devices using artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technology to motorcycles or electric mobility aids (such as electric wheelchairs), enabling emergency contact with accident control centers or 119 and arranging for prompt transport.

Additionally, the Authority will conduct special inspections of student-only school shuttle buses (hydrogen buses), promote on-site traffic safety education (targeting middle and high schools in Paju City), and carry out traffic safety publicity and campaigns to foster an advanced traffic culture in order to enhance traffic safety in Paju City. Jung Yongshik, President of the Korea Transportation Safety Authority, stated, "Going forward, we will do our utmost to cooperate with Paju City to vitalize local government mobility projects and ensure traffic safety."