Seoul Announces Initiatives to Improve Pedestrian Environments
Seoul City announced a number of new policies and initiatives to help improve pedestrian environments within the city on April 23. Listed below are some of the plans in store: One...
Traffic Safety, Liveable Cities and a Lobby That Holds Us Back
This is a guest post by Max Neupert. He is an artist and academic who is interested in contemporary social and technological issues. He is a German citizen who has...
Traffic Safety and Public (Mis-)Education
This is a guest post by Max Neupert. He is an artist and academic who is interested in contemporary social and technological issues. He is a German citizen who has...
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...
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...
A Ride through the EcoMobility Festival Area
In my previous post with pictures of Haenggunk-dong after the EcoMobility World Festival, I promised to upload some videos. Here they are! They show a ride through this area along the main street...
‘World Cup Bridge’ Completion Date Moved to 2017
“World Cup Bridge” (월드컵대교) is the name of the 22nd bridge which is being constructed across the Han River between Mapo-gu and Yeongdeungpo-gu in order to relieve traffic congestion. This...
Pictures of EcoMobility Festival Area in June
After the last post introduced the EcoMobility World Festival to readers, this time I want to show the current progress of the EcoMobility Festival area preparations. On Sunday, July 23rd,...
EcoMobility Festival in Suwon
Can you imagine that a neighborhood in Korea removes all cars and uses many alternatives methods of transport for a whole month? For me, it’s hard to imagine but in...
Vision of Transport in Seoul for 2030
Surprisingly, last week the Seoul Metropolitan Government published their vision for transport in 2030. This is going to lead the direction of transport planning in Seoul for almost two decades....