Water Taxi ― Alternative to Rush Hour

(Water taxies run on the Han River. Seoul City plan to expand facilities and infrastructure to make the service more easily accessible for residents.)





Working day in the morning is a rush hour for people in Seoul, everyone try to escape from traffic jam and hurry to go to work. In the rush hour that they have to face everyday, they have to find a suitable way for themselves. I choose this news because they all have to face with traffic jam along the road and They have to squeezed with loads of people while they are on the train. Is that make they feel bored? I got a better way to serve them working transportation.


There is a couple in Seoul that tried to be different from another people, They decided to escape from the road by floating with the boat "Water Taxi" on Han river. It will take you about 30 minutes faster than on the roads if you take the boat trip from Gwangjin-gu eastern Seoul to Yeouido, western Seoul.The water service had open on last October and it is control by the government city. These transport is also provide for tourists and commuters but it is similar to those in Sydney and Venice. The water taxi service for commuters is available from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in the morning and 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the evening which the trip will leave every 10 minutes. The fare is 5,000 won per person. The service is not that well as well known to the public and users say they are things that need to be improved.The government wants to build more peirs and routes as soon as they got a good support from transportors. follow this link for more information :)http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/05/117_30983.html


In conclusion, some people are exciting about the new transport way, the government have to build it more to support the people that want to escape from the traffic jam .In my opinon the government should also care about the accident that can happen anywhere and anytimes because people paid the money to the service. As soon as the Water Taxi spread more routes it will be very crowded which this transportation can make the people travel by the road have more comfortable.