Expanding to Seongnam, Hanam, and Uijeongbu This Year…Discounts for Multiple Children and Low-Income Families,
(Provided by Seoul City),
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, “(Seoul=News1) Reporter Kwon Hye-jung = Seoul City announced on the 15th that the ‘Climate Companion Card,’ an unlimited public transportation subscription card, surpassed 10 million cumulative charges just over a year after its launch. As of April 11, the cumulative charging of the Climate Companion Card reached a total of 10.01 million times, including 6.9 million physical and 3.11 million mobile charges.”,
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, “Introduced on January 27, 2024, Seoul City’s Climate Companion Card allows unlimited access to subways, buses, and public bicycles like Ddareungi with a single card. Within just three months of its launch, 1 million cards were sold.”,
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, “Since its release, Seoul City has focused on enhancing convenience by expanding the usage area to the metropolitan area and broadening the payment methods based on citizens’ feedback.”,
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, “The usage area has extended beyond Seoul to include subways in Gimpo, Namyangju, Guri, Goyang, and Gwacheon. Payment methods have expanded to credit cards, and postpaid cards have also been launched.”,
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, “After the main project, short-term passes (1, 2, 3, 5, 7 days) were introduced to increase convenience for both domestic and international tourists and short-term users. Discounts were also provided in conjunction with major cultural facilities like Seoul Grand Park, Seoul Botanic Park, and Seoul Dal.”,
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, “The city plans to conduct research through specialized institutions to verify the economic and environmental effects of the Climate Companion Card and to develop it into a sustainable policy.”,
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, “Innovation with the Climate Companion Card will continue. Seoul City plans to make it a more convenient and economical public transportation policy by expanding personalized benefits and services.”,
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, “Starting with the application of the Climate Companion Card to subways in Seongnam City on May 3, the usage area will continue to expand to include subways in Hanam City and Uijeongbu City later in the year. Customized discounts for youth, parents with multiple children, and low-income families will be newly introduced in the second half of the year.”,
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, “The Climate Companion Card’s design will also be updated. Starting in May, a new design incorporating Seoul’s transit integrated brand, ‘GO SEOUL,’ will be released.”,
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, “Yeo Jang-kwon, head of the Seoul City Transportation Office, stated, ‘We will continue to improve the Climate Companion Card service to ensure convenient and economical use of public transportation in daily life and develop it as a representative policy of Seoul City that encompasses traffic welfare and the environment.'”