A conversation with ChatGPT about Seoul’s public transport system and more
ChatGPT does not need an introduction. The evolution in AI and the leaps the Internet is about to make are amazing. I’ve been reading about it over the past couple...
Seoul announces Cycle Rapid Transportation
While traveling through South America Seoul’s mayor Won-soon Park announced on Sunday that there will be a ‘people-centered bicycle revolution’ and introduced the concept of bicycle highways under the name...
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...
Korea to Introduce Bicycle Helmet Law
The Korean government plans to make it compulsory for all people riding a bicycle to wear helmets from September 2018. A helmet law has the intention to make cycling safer...
Design Failure of Bicycle Crossings
Seoul wants to become a cycling city. Just recently, the city introduced bicycle crossings that allow cyclists to ride across a street. However, these bicycle crossings have large design flaws...
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...
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....
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,...
Bike Sharing in South Korea
One of the biggest trends in sustainable urban transport is called bike sharing. Bike sharing’s success began in France and it took over a lot of cities worldwide. After a...