Symposium on Public

Transportation in Indian Cities with Special focus on

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System

New Delhi

20-21 Jan 2010

B R T S y s t e m in S e o u la n d In t e g r a t e d e -T ic k e t in g S y s t e m 

P a r k , Y o u n g W o o k , P h .DC T O , K o r e a S m a r t C a r d C o r p .

About SeoulG eo g r ap h y

37˚34´North latitude

126˚59´East longitude

• Area : 605.4 km2

• Population : 10.3 Million

Tobong-gu

Kangbuk-guNowon-gu

Chungnang-gu

Kangdong-gu

Songp’a-gu

Kangnam-guSoch’o-gu

Kwanak-guKumch’on-gu

Kuro-gu

Kangso-guMap’o-gu

Unp’yong-gu

Sodaemun-guChongno-gu

Chung-guSongdong

-guYongsan

-gu

Tongdaemun-gu

Songbuk-gu

Yangch’on-guYongdungp’o-gu

Tongjak-gu

City HallCity Hall

Buses No. of Buses : 10,000 No. of Routes : 765 under 150 OperatorsNo. Passengers: 5 million per day

Subway Total length: 350km

No. of Lines: 9 under Four Operators (Public)

No. of Rolling stocks: 3,500

No. of Passengers: 4.5 million passengers per day

Taxi No. of Vehicles: 75,000

Private Passenger

car

No. of Vehicles : 2,8 million

16km/h average speed in downtown

C u r r en t S tat i st i c s o f T r an sp o r t at i o n About Seoul

Seo u l M et r o p o l i t an S u b w ay S y st em

Length : 287 km Vol. : 10M passengers/day Modal split

Line Length(km) Open Operator

1 7.8 1974

SeoulMetro

2 60.2 1984

3 35.2 1985

4 31.7 1985

5 52.3 1996

SMRT

6 35.1 2001

7 46.9 2000

8 17.7 1999

9 25.5 Under construction

Bus29%

Subway36%

P. Car 20%

Etc15%

First priority to bus in road share

Bus speedincrease

Lack of dwellingArea due to

street facilities

Interruption / outer lane stop

Exclusive lanefor bus

Separated dwellingArea for buspassengers

Axial Bus Lane

Seo u l B R T S y st emCurrent Stat.: 92.6 Km on 12 corridorsPlanned: 214.7 Km on 19 corridors

Convenienceimprovement

Securing punctuality

B ef o r e A f t er

T r an sf er T erm i n al f o rD o w n to w n an d Su b u r b an

T r an sf er S y st em

T r an sf er term i n a l at j o i n t n o d es o f M et r o , B R T an d f eed er l i n es

Cheong-ryangni TransferTerminal

Yeoido Transfer Terminal

: (Secondary) city center : Boundary : Suburb

Adoption of distance-based unified fare system irrespective of transport mode

Concept ofN/W Integration

New fare system

Bef

ore

Aft

er

Independent Fare Structure

Unified Fare Structure

BusBusⅠ

BusⅡ BusⅢ

MetroLineⅠ

LineⅡ LineⅢ

One Seamless Mode

TypeⅠ

TypeⅡ TypeⅢ

LineⅠ

LineⅡ

LineⅢ

SingleMode Flat Fare

Combined

Mode

Distance-based Fare

Unified Distance-based Fare(BusBus / BusMetro / MetroMetro)

Bus Metro

U n i f i ed F ar e S y st em w i t h F r ee T r an sf er

B u s(B F :W 800)

Su b w ay (B F :W 800)1 9K m

1 4K m

B o ar d i n g A l i g h t i n g

0 W 500

B o ar d i n g A l i g h t i n g

0 W 300

U n i f i ed F ar e : W 2,200

Su b (1 ): 500+600= 1 ,1 00

B u s : 500

Su b (2): 500+ 1 00= 600

T o ta l L en g t h 77K m

Su b w ay (B F :W 800)

44K m

B o ar d i n g A l i g h t i n g

W 800 W 600

F ar e S t r u c tu r e o f Su b w ay

B asi c F ar e W 800 f o r 1 2 K m

D i stan c e-b ased F ar e W 1 00 f o r 6K m u p to 42K m an d f o r 1 2K m b ey o n d

I n d . F ar e:W 1 400

• D i st an c e-b ased F ar e o f S u b w ay (1 ) f o r 32k m , W 600, t o S u b w ay (1 )

• D i st an c e-b ased F ar e o f S u b w ay (2) f o r 2k m , W 1 00, t o S u b w ay (2)

• T h e r est , W 1 ,500, d i st r i b u t ed t o S u b w ay (1 ), B u s, an d Su b w ay (2) b y t h e r at i o 8:8:8

F ar e S t r u c t u r e o f B u s

F l at F ar e W 800

I n d . F ar e W 900

Sum o f I n d . F ar es: W 3,1 00

Set t l em en t

C o l l ec t i o n

A p p l i c a t i o n o f u n i f i ed f ar e sy stem o n a T r i p f o t d

Pre-paidcard

CreditCards

Mobile

T r a n s a c t io n

D a ta

M o n i t o r in g

M o n i t o r ing

P a y m en t

D a ta F i le

R e c o r d s

R e q u e s t

P a y m e n t

I n q u e r y

Bill/Coin

CASH

I n t eg r a t ed F ar e/T o l l C o l l ec t i o n S y st em I

R S E

Congestion Charging

O B U

C o n t r o l B o xF ar e B o x

I n t eg r a t ed F ar e/T o l l C o l l ec t i o n S y st em I I

(1)

(3)

(2)

(1) Street Vendor

(2) Ice Cream Shop

(3) Parking Lot

(4) Parking Lot

(4)

T -m o n ey as e-m o n ey

Area Item Content

SeoulMetropolitan

City

T-money smart card issuance 8.5 Million 25 Million Affiliated Cards in Use(Credit card included)

Card Validator

Bus : 19,750 Subway : 6,586 Taxi : 73,000 (On-going) e-money (Convenience stores, Parking, etc) : 8,800 Vending Machine : 600

Value Loading Machine Value Loader (Vending machine included) : 5,203

Amount of fare settlement per day Bus : 3.2 Million USD Subway : 4.2 Million USD

Data Transaction per day Bus : 13.4 Million Subway : 12.6 Million

Jeju

Card Validator Bus : 220

Value Loading Machine Value Loader : 140

Data Transaction per day 40,018

Other Cities

Card Validator Bus : 532

Value Loading Machine Value Loader : 176

Data Transaction per day 54,235

F ar e/T o l l C o l l ec t i o n an d e-m o n ey O p er a t i o n S c a l e

I n c id e n t D a ta

• T y p e• L o c a t io n

R u n n in g D a ta

• B u s L o c a t io n• B u s S p e e d• I n t e r s e c t io n s

S to p A r r iv a l D a ta

• B u s S to p N a m e• A r r iv a l T im e

S t o p D e p a r t u r e d a ta• B u s S to p N a m e• D e p a r t u r e T im e• D w e l l T im e

T e rm in a l D a ta

• D e p a r t u r e T im e

T e rm in a l D a t a

• T r a v e l T im e• T r a v e l D is t a n c e

C o n t r o l C e n te r

B u s M an ag em en t S y st em i n Seo u l

BMS FunctionsBMS Functions

1 1 11

2 2 22

1 .3 2 .5

4 61 2 3 4청 파 초 등 학 교 용 산 구 청 앞

운행 다인승 승차권 설정 확인 취소

p r e c e d in g s u c c e e d in g

8 8 m inm in 1 11 1 m inm in

F a r e : 9 0 0 B a la n c e : 5 0 0 0

Advantage of Multifunctional unit

B M S , F a r e C o l le c t io n , C o n g e s t io n

c h a r g in g , e t c

C o s t e f f ic ie n c y

M o b i le

L o c a t io n P o s i t io n in g

C o l le c t O p e r a t io n a l L o g

S e n d /R e c e iv e B M S M e s s a g e

F a r e C o l le c t io n D a ta A c q u s i t io n

M a n a g e O p e r a t io n a l D a ta

P a r a m e t e r S e t t in g

G P S A n t .

C a r dS e n d t r a n s

S e n d v a l id a t io n

R e a d

W r i t e

C o m m u n ic a t io n

M o d u le

A n t e n n a

Driver Driver ConsoleConsole

Card ReaderCard Reader

B M S S e r v e r

M u l t i f u n c t i o n a l B u s T erm i n a l I

D r iv e r c o n s o le p o w e r s w i t c h

C a r d v a l ic a t io np o w e r s w i t c h

C a r d v a l ic a t io n

D o o r s e n s o r

UnifiedBus

TerminalUnit

Details –REAR

Unified Bus Terminal Unit Details – Front Example of installation (in Seoul)

M u l t i f u n c t i o n a l B u s T erm i n a l I I

W ir e le s s c o m m .

Bus Company

Bus Driver

Ministry of Transportation

Passenger

G P S

Control Center

• D a t a P r o c e s s in g & A n a ly s is

• E s t im a t io n o f a r r iv a l t im e a t s t o p s

• C o n g e s t io n A n a ly s is• H e a d w a y e s t im a t io n• I n c id e n t D e t e c t io n• N o . o f p a x o n b u s e s

• D a t a C o l le c t io n• B u s lo c a t io n , B u s S p e e d• A r r iv a l a n d d e p a r t u r e t im e a t

s t o p s• I n c id e n t s in f o rm a t io n• L o a d in g & U n lo a d in g

in f o rm a t io n

• I n f o rm a t io n S u p p ly • E s t im a t e d a r r iv a l t im e a t s t o p s • H e a d w a y s b e tw e e n b u s e s o n

r o u t e s• I n c id e n t in f o rm a t io n• C o n g e s t io n in f o rm a t io n

1 2 3

Driver console

Control Center

BMS at Bus Depot

Bus Information Terminal(in bus stops)

WEB & Mobile BIS

Travel guide KIOSK

11

22

33

1

2

3

B u s I n f o rm at i o n S y st em i n Seo u l

M e a s u r e o f E f f e c t M e a s u r e o f E f f e c t O u t c o m e sO u t c o m e s

S e o u l • C it iz e n ’ c o m p la in t f o r ir r e g u la r

h e a d w a y s

• N u m b e r o f P a s s e n g e r

• H e a d w a y s in d r iv in g

• P u n c tu a l i t y o f o p e r a t io n

• O p e r a t io n C o s t

7 5 % 2 5 % d e c r e a s e d→

2 0% in c r e a s e d

O b s e r v a n c e r a t e o v e r

9 5 %

U p to 1 8 % in c r e a s e d

U p to 9 % d e c r e a s e dU S A

N o r t h C a r o l in a

• N u m b e r o f P a s s e n g e r

• B u s U s a g e p e r p a s s e n g e r(d is t a n c e )

• W a it in g t im e in b u s s ta t io n

d o u b le d

5 % in c r e a s e d

o v e r 5 0 % d e c r e a s e d

Som e R ep o r t s o n B M S/B I S