Innovation in our Daily Life
The word “innovation” is a new thing or a new method of doing something,
which brings general change to human life. Innovation can be occurred in
scientific or medical fields etc., systematic innovation can be also included.
In Korea, this prominent systematic innovation took place in 2004, has been
expanded until these days-Public Transportation Transfer System. Lee-Myung-Bak,
the former Korean president, first introduced this transfer system to Seoul
city just for the public buses when he was the Mayor of Seoul, gradually has
expanded it for subways. Nowadays, it becomes effective almost in every regions
in Korea. Introduction of this system follows to the considerable decreases of
transportation expenses, redistribution of the wealth and income, furthermore,
to an effective solution of environment problems.
Introduction
of public transportation transfer system is important because it significantly
decreases transportation expenses. In the past, before the introduction of the
system, people must pay their fee twice when they want to transfer. However,
after imposition, people can take public transportation for several times with
only one paying. According to the survey by Seoul City in 2012, 70 percent of
the users of public transportations have cut down their expenses for around
500$ per year through the free transfer, 91.3 percent of them replied they are
satisfied with the transfer system.
Another importance of this innovation is that it performs a role as a redistribution
of income and wealth. Since the enforcement of the system, government has
offered support funds to transportation companies. Although the funds are
financed by the nation tax, considering that the upper classes people normally
don’t use a public transportation as much as common people, it could be an
efficient way of income redistribution.
In
addition, transfer system is one of the most effective ways of reducing and
preventing environment problems. In 2011, Seoul city said that the amount of
people using public transportations has been increased for 12.5 million after
the introduction of the transfer system. The transport capability of the buses
and subways are far much higher than cars. Therefore, using public transportation can reduce car emissions
significantly. Also, by cutting usage of energy consumption in transportation,
it can prevent an energy scarcity problem which is expected to turn up in near
future.
As a result, introduction of the public transportation transfer system
can be called as modern innovation in Korea, because it lightens the burden of
common people who use public transportations, brings redistribution of wealth,
and solves the environment problems. In the 21c society, shifting dynamically,
technical revolutions as well as systematic developments like transfer system
are critical and essential.
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