GTX-A is finally here
The first segment of the Great Train eXpress (GTX) officially opened on March 30, 2024 – three years later than initially planned in 2017. While the launch marks a significant...
Recap of the Seoul Walk and Bike Festival 2018
On September 30, Seoul organized the Seoul Walk and Bike Festival (서울걷자페스티벌), an annual event to celebrate walking and cycling. It started in 2013 and since then, it always attracts...
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...
Love-Hate Relationship with the M-Bus
Did you ever wonder which genius invented these fabulous grey-blue buses with a digital number display in the front window? Secondly, what does the “M” stand for in the name...
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Seoul is a very safe city in comparison to other ones of this size. However, it doesn’t mean that Seoul (or Korea) is free of crime and that there aren’t...
How to Reduce CO2 Emissions by 10 % in Seoul
Seoul was able to reduce their CO2 emissions by 10% annually. Of course, it was through a policy which aimed at individual transport. The really unique thing is that the...
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....
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,...
Overview of Seoul’s Car-Sharing Services
Earlier this year, we wrote about Seoul Metropolitan Government‘s carsharing service which started two months ago. Actually that wasn’t the first car-sharing service in Korea’s capital and also some more followed...