No Bicycle-Only Lanes Along Han River
Many Seoulites flock to the Han River in the summer months for a diversity of activities. A fun activity is cycling on the bike paths. But conflicts between cyclists and...
Bicycle Promotion Gone Wrong
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security* hold an idea contest for bicycle promotion and enhancement of safety for cyclists in Korea at the end of last year. It was advertised on...
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 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...
Songdo, revisited!
I’ve kept my promise of visiting Songdo in summer 2014! Songdo changed a lot since my last visit in winter 2013. First of all, there were more people on the streets....
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...
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....
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...
Sustainable Transportation in Korea
UN-HABITAT published some weeks ago the GRHS 2013 (Global Report on Human Settlements) with a focus on sustainable human transport. The report sometimes mentions Korea/Seoul and it contains an info-box...
Bike Path Extension at Cheonggyecheon
Since the first time that I’ve heard that the whole Cheonggyecheon is going to be sidelined with bike paths, I waited for this day. I marked it in my calendar,...