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...
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...
Climate action on transport by Korea
14% of Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions are caused by transport as of 2017, making it the third largest contributor after industry and the power sector. The majority of emissions by...
Mobility in Korea since the COVID-19 outbreak
COVID-19 has a great impact on all our lives and the way we move around. Korea fights with the pandemic since early January. This article takes a look at the...
What we missed…
The last article on Kojects was seven month (exactly 250 days) ago. There is no excuse for not writing articles and for not informing you, our readers, about interesting projects...
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...
Amazing Dongdaemun Design Plaza
Finally I visited the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, in short DDP, which opened on March 21st. As you can already tell by the name, it lies in the famous Dongdaemun shopping...
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...