Design for Seoul Station Overpass
The Seoul Station Overpass is going to close for traffic and transform to a public space until 2017. The project was inspired by New York’s High Line and it is...
Extension of Gwanghwamun Square
Seoul puts a lot of effort to become a more human-centered and pedestrian-friendly city. It is a difficult and challenging process. In March, Seoul announced that they want to close the...
Safer Roads for Children in Korea
Today, May 5th, is Children’s Day in Korea. Regarding children in traffic, they are probably the weakest traffic participants and most vulnerable to fatal traffic accidents. Korea achieved improvements in...
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...
Transport Tip: Daily Line 4 Express Trains from Ansan to Dangogae
Express trains for Ansan now run in both directions.If you use Line 4 regularly then you’ll know about the express trains that run during peak times between Ansan (안산) and Danggogae (당고개)....
Express Rail Following Seoul’s Line 2 Planned Long Term
Don’t get excited yet – this is a long way off and will still be in the planning stage for a very long time even if it does go ahead....
Some Extra Info – Geoncheon Connection
This is a brief post for those who asked for more information on the Geoncheon connection mentioned in this previous post. As you can see in the the diagram below,...
Increase of Seoul’s Public Transport Fares
It was speculated since a couple of months that there will be an increase of Seoul’s public transport fares in 2015. Today the transport department of Seoul submitted the proposal for...
Daegu’s Monorail and Third Line Opens 23 April
In 2012 we posted about the Daegu Monorail, the city’s third line which is set to open on 23 April. Originally it was scheduled to open in conjunction with the...
ICLEI World Congress 2015 in Seoul
The biggest event about sustainable urban development Korea has ever seen is going to happen from April 8 to 12 in Seoul. The ICLEI World Congress 2015 is a four-day conference with...