Gyeonggi Research Institute Proposes Integrated Platform to Combine Three Cards into One

The Gyeonggi Research Institute has proposed building an open "One-Pass" platform to allow users to access public services such as public transportation, culture, and welfare using a single integrated card.

According to the Gyeonggi Research Institute on August 13, the institute recently published a report titled "Let Us Enjoy Transportation, Culture, and Public Services with One-Pass."

The One-Pass open platform proposed in the report integrates multiple public cards into a single physical card. When carried by the user, it is automatically recognized as the Climate Card in Seoul and The Gyeonggi Pass in Gyeonggi Province, applying the respective benefits.

As a result, if the One-Pass open platform is established, the average number of public cards held per resident in Gyeonggi Province will decrease from 3.1 to 1.

In addition, by linking with public MyData from Government 24, the plan introduces an "automatic registration system" where public benefits that users are eligible to receive—such as childcare, culture, youth support, and local currency—are automatically applied upon card issuance, resolving the issue of people missing out on welfare benefits due to complicated application procedures.

To make this a reality, the Gyeonggi Research Institute proposed establishing a pan-governmental "OnePass Promotion Committee" under the Office for Government Policy Coordination to build sustainable administrative governance regardless of administrations or election results.

Kim Jeom-san, a senior research fellow at the Gyeonggi Research Institute, said, "One-Pass is not simply a project to combine a few transportation cards, but an inclusive public platform innovation that restores the rights of provincial residents who have been alienated from welfare benefits they naturally deserve due to complicated application procedures." He added, "If we swiftly begin with tasks that Gyeonggi Province can pursue independently, it will become a leading example that spreads nationwide."

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