Self-driving public buses could ply the streets of Seoul at night as soon as this year.
To solve the post-pandemic taxi shortage, Seoul is scrapping its three-shift system for privately-owned taxis for the first time in 45 years.
The Owl Bus, Seoul’s late-night bus service, first started its trial run in April 2013. Starting with two routes, it was expanded to nine routes that September.
Seoul is expanding nighttime Owl Bus operations as life returns to pre-pandemic normal.
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