Seoul’s New Public Bicycle System
Megacities like Paris, London and New York initiated public bicycle sharing systems with the goal to raise the share of cycling. New York has Citi bikes, London has the Boris...
Darweol & Weonheung Stations to Open on 27 December
Most years a number rail/metro projects will end up being scheduled to open on the same day and this year is no different. Along with the connection between the Gyeongui and Jungang Lines...
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Update – 30 August 2014: After a month the measure was revoked.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...
Incheon International Airport KTX Times Released
Looking for KTX schedules to and from Incheon International Airport? See our Incheon Airport KTX page That’s right, it’s here. Often one of the things that has been mentioned in...
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...
Only one year late…
In case you hadn’t noticed, Suncheon’s PRT will finally open for commercial service on 19/20 April following its trial operations during the Suncheon Bay Garden Expo. News reports seem to...
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...
News About Korail Strike
In the last weeks we received comments, emails and questions about the strike of rail workers union in Korea. Some readers seemed disappointed that we didn’t cover this story. Primarily...
Three New Stations for Gyeongchun Line [Updated Post]
Update 4 – December 2013: All three stations have now been opened with Sinnae (Shinnae/신내역) Station having finally opened on December 28 2013. Unfortunately work has not even started on building...