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T map Public Transportation

Your way to work where every minute counts, your way going back home exhausted, your way to a cafe to see someone with excitement, your way to escort your girlfriend late at night, At every moment of your daily life, public transportation can accompany you. T map Public Transportation is an App helping you arrive in time with no worries, whether you take a familiar unfamiliar way. As "a reliable companion during the commuting hours" and "a smart friend who knows all about streets," T map Public Transportation knows how to guide users with precision to wherever the bus and subway lines reach.

How T map Public Transportation started

T map Public Transportation launched its service in 2014. Since then, it has continued to add value beyond an app of path finding for public transportation, It uses the best capacities of No. 1 communication infrastructure and data of SK Telecom. In April of 2015, T map Public Transportation adopted the destination reminder notification for the first time in our country. This service helped users enjoy a comfortable ride in the bus or subway without having to worry about the "missed destination." In October of 2019, T map Public Transportation established the path finding engine for public transportation based on the independent technology of SK Telecom, and this significantly improved the quality of service in providing route information. From June of 2020, when COVID-19 was in full swing, T map led in implementing the prediction on degree of congestion in the subway. Thus, it contributes to practicing everyday rules live of social distancing in an effective manner. Based on data and technology, T map Public Transportation will continue to offer more pleasant and comfortable public transportation routes for everyone.

Major functions of T map Public Transportation

# Whenever, wherever you can count on the most precise route

T map Public Transportation recommends the most preferred means of public transportation for each user as well as the optimal public transportation route according to case-by-case traffic situation. Once you type the starting point and destination, it will immediately work to put the routes of subway, bus and walking together and identify the most effective route for user convenience. Even in some exceptional situations such as early morning or late at night, you can rely on our reliable T map Public Transportation to arrive your destination safely.

# Destination reminder notification on bus and subway

"Sir, let me get off!" It sometimes happens that you miss your destination stop while talking with a friend or feeling drowsy. Fortunately, T map can save you in these situation. T map Public Transportation will prevent the unfortunate incident of saying, "oh, no! I should have got off earlier!" Based on the location of subway or bus on which the user rides is, T map Public Transportation kindly gives an alarm that says "get off at the next stop" when approaching the destination. With this notification, one can feel at ease during the ride and concentrate on other things.

# Be at ease with our predictive services on subway congestion

No one enjoys the subway packed like sardines during commuting hours. T map Public Transportation will ease your anxiety. Now it predicts degree of congestion of the train you are going to take by analyzing data from SK Telecom base station and WiFi. From September of 2020, for the first time in the mobile phone history, we adopted the information about degree of congestion by subway car. You can choose the least congested car of the next train for a more comfortable.

# Realtime arrival information of subway

"Can I catch the next train if I start running now?" A chaser? A thriller actor? You don't have to chase trains anymore during commuting hours. T map Public Transportation will do the work so you can rest for a while. We help our users take the train in time by providing realtime arrival information. SK Telecom offers exact arrival time of subway, which is more precise than general timetable of arrival. How is this possible? SK Telecom upgrades the realtime subway information provided by Seoul Metro based on data analysis technology and independent algorithms.

Development plan for T map Public Transportation

T map Public Transportation has been working on how to solve everyday problems that users of public transportation always faces has solved such as destination reminder notification and prediction of subway car congestion. "T map never gives up challenges." The solid communication infrastructure and data analysis capacity of SK Telecom are sources of solutions to optimize public transportation. Through at accurate route plan, diverse ways of transportation information and pleasant user experience, we will keep improving the quality of our country's public transportation services.