The Honam High Speed Railway Opens in April
Currently a train ride from Yongsan in Seoul to Gwangju takes between 2 hours 30 minutes and 2 hours 51 minutes by Korea’s bullet train KTX and it involves a change...
Tactical Urbanism in Seoul
Usually transport planning is directed by local authorities and citizens have limited possibilities to directly transform their surrounding. Or in other words, it is a top-down development that includes public...
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...
Gyeongui Line & Jungang Line to Finally Connect
It’s almost the end of the year already! Living away from Korea and having a fairly busy job has kept me from blogging. Thanks so much to my co-blogger Nikola...
Future of the Seoul Station Overpass
A couple of months ago Seoul announced that they will transform the two-lane overpass at Seoul Station into a public green space. Role models for that project are the High...
Bus Number Signs
A problem in taking a bus in Seoul was always that you have to be careful to not miss it. Your bus might have hid behind another bus and just...
Seoul’s High Line Project
Seoul has torn down a lot of overpasses in the last ten years. Alone in this year two overpasses (Ahyeon overpass and Yaksu overpass) have been removed. The majority of...
The Success of Tayo Buses
Earlier this year Seoul decorated four of their buses with the main characters of the famous Korean cartoon show “Tayo the Little Bus” (꼬마버스 타요). Within a short time the...
Facelift for Yonsei University Campus
The most renowned universities in Korea are Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University, often summarized as “SKY”. They are always at the maximum of their capacity for students....
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...