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all on different floors? Unfortunately, the subway also
has high barriers for the disabled. According to the
BlindSpotsofPublicTransportation
SeoulMetropolitanGovernment’sSeoulDeclarationfor
the Promotion of the Mobility Rights of the Disabled,
Bus
“OneStation,OneRoute”willbeinstalledinallsubway
stations in Seoul by 2022. “One Station, One Route”
Buses are the most commonly used form of
referstoaroutethatmobilitydisadvantagedpersonscan
public transport. However, for the disabled who use
use the subway from ground exit to the waiting room
wheelchairs, it is not easy to reach their destination on
and platform without any assistance. However, as of
time using the bus. The disabled in wheelchairs have
Dec.2021,21outof283stationsstilldidnothave“One
difficultiesingettingonandoffthegeneralbusbecause
Station,OneRoute.”Moreover,consideringthatittakes
of the stairs. To solve this problem, MOLIT has been
21 months for construction, it is difficult to expect that
establishing the “Plans to Improve Transportation
the Seoul Metropolitan Government will complete the
ConvenienceofMobilityDisadvantagedPersons”every
declarationwithinthisyear.Asaresult,theSeoulMetro
five years since 2007. The MOLIT set the nationwide
postponed the installation of “One Station, One Route”
adoptionrateoflowfloorbusesto31.5percentby2011
to2024.
inthefirstplan,41.5percentforthesecondplanby2016,
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and 42 percent for the third plan by 2021. However, the
Life
University of
goalswerenotalwaysmet.Theactualadoptionratewas
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only 12.8 percent in 2011, 19 percent in 2016, and 27.8
Station, 478m
percent in 2021. Although the introduction rate of low
away from HUFS,
floorbusesisincreasingyearbyyear,theMOLITfailed
thereisnoelevator
toproperlyfulfillitspromisetothedisabled.
and instead only
On Dec. 31, 2021, an amendment to the Act on
a wheelchair
Promotion of The Transportation Convenience of
▲Disabledpeoplemustuseawheelchair
lift is installed
Mobility Disadvantaged Persons, which included
liftinsubwaystationsthatdonothavean
elevator.
on the stairs.
the mandatory introduction of low floor buses when
It would be possible to use the subway through this,
replacingtheordinaryintra-cityandtownshuttlebuses,
but why are there so many voices about installing an
waspassedintheNationalAssembly.However,thereis
elevator? The reason is the safety of the wheelchair
aloopholeintheamendmentthatthebusoperatordoes
lift. From 1999 to 2008, three disabled people using a
not have to introduce the low floor bus if it is approved
wheelchairliftpassedawayand10otherswereseriously
that the road structure and facilities are not suitable for
injured. And in 2017, another accident occurred when
the operation of the low floor bus. In addition, about
Han Kyung-deok, who was using a wheelchair lift, fell
10,000expressandintercitybusesconnectingareasnot
and passed away at Singil Station in Yeongdeungpo-
reached by train were excluded from the compulsory
gu, Seoul. For this reason, many disabled people call it
subject of this
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a “killer machine.” With the accident in 2017, SADD
amendment.
held a protest in
Through this, it
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2018, but at that
can be seen that
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time the protest
Korea urgently
ended without any
needs to expand
outcome.Andeven
the low floor
now, several years
bus system and
▲Disabledpeoplerequesttoguaranteethe
later, not much
improveit.
rightofmobilityonexpressbusesand
has changed. In
intercitybuses.
▲SADDhadrequiredtheremovalof
the end, protests
wheelchairliftsandtheinstallationof
resumedin2022.
elevatorsin2018.
Subway
How about the subway, a public transportation system
where the ground exit, waiting room, and platform are
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