Sogong’s Parking Lot, Unused Space in Central Seoul
After a five minute walk from Myeong-dong, the most popular tourist destination in Seoul, I stood in front of a parking lot. It isn’t an underground parking garage or one of...
Opinion Piece on Banning Standing Passengers
During the research for the previous article about the government’s plans to ban standing on the red buses, I came across an opinion piece by Dr. Jaehak Oh, who works for the Korea...
No More Standing in Red Buses
Update – 30 August 2014: After a month the measure was revoked. The number of buses will be increased (200 vehicles will be added), as I stated in the blog...
Yonsei-ro, Seoul’s First Transit Mall
A transformation took place in Sinchon (신촌), a popular nightlife area in front of Yonsei University! Seoul forbids private cars on the main road Yonsei-ro since January 2014. This measure...
Bicycle Paths on Jeju-Do
Korea is a great country for leisure cycling. This can be experienced first hand at the major rivers and on Jeju-do, the largest island of South Korea. I’d been cycling...
Amazing Dongdaemun Design Plaza
Finally I visited the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, in short DDP, which opened on March 21st. As you can already tell by the name, it lies in the famous Dongdaemun shopping...
China will build a HSR through North Korea
No country in the world is expanding its high-speed rail (HSR) network as fast as China. It’s impressive how many thousands of kilometers they have built and how they connected...
Nubija, Changwon’s Bike-Sharing Service
Once I’ve introduced bike-sharing in Korea at Kojects and there I just briefly mentioned Nubija, the bike-sharing program of Changwon. This is a city on the southern coast of Korea....
Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
Today’s post isn’t related to transport or urban development in Korea. Still it shows something wonderful about Seoul, which is worth to share. Seoul initiated a project to produce a...
Some Numbers: Speed Cameras and Cyclist Deaths
In the last days I’ve read some very interesting numbers about speeding and cycle deaths in Korean news. I summarized two articles: The first news article is about traffic speed...