With a view to bring faster modes of transportation by controlling the severe traffic and improving parking conditions, the Korean government has started up an RFID-based rationing program which limits when owners can drive their vehicles.
Two leading RFID players, SkyeTek and Onnitech have joined hands for the program. They have supplied uWiz-400, an RFID reader of Onnitech to South Korean government. The RFID reader would be integrated with wireless network connectivity to assist the government personnel to determine whether automobiles comply with the rationing schedule.
Explaining Korea as a leader in its implementation of wireless technology in daily life, Rob Balgley, CEO of SkyeTek said,
The Korean government’s use of RFID to load balance commuters between automobiles and mass transit will reduce air pollution, time spent commuting, and expenditures on road / parking infrastructure. This use case is one of the many practical and powerful applications of RFID where a complex, labor intensive process is greatly automated and simplified.
