[sustran] Re:

[andi_rahmah at pelangi.or.id]

Dear Lloyd,

I'm glad to hear about Seoul and it's raise a curiosity to know further
story about that. If you have the article about that, would you mind to
share the information with us?
Thanks a bunch for your kindly attention.

Best,

Rahmah


> Dear Paul,
>
> Yes, Seoul has done some rather impressive improvements of late.  The
> first
> phase of a bus priority scheme has just been launched with further BRT
> lines
> to be added.  The destruction of the Cheonggyecheon elevated highway is
> quite
> remarkable, and certainly contrasts with the building of Segundo Piso in
> Mexico City (a massive elevated highway project) and the development of
> the
> Costanera Norte Highway in Santiago (which is essentially a highway
> replacing
> a river).  The reclamation of the Cheonggyecheon waterway is still
> underway,
> as are some of the other projects that you have mentioned.
>
> Much of the credit goes to Mayor LEE Mung-Bak, who only took office in
> January
> 2003 (and most of the major projects such as Cheonggyecheon were quickly
> developed by his team).  During his first week in office he took a team to
> Curitiba, and they have developed a nice exchange of ideas with other
> cities
> such as Curitiba.
>
> Much credit also goes to the team at Seoul Development Institute, which is
> a
> municipal agency providing designs and implementation concepts.  I would
> recommend contacting Dr. KIM Gyeng-Chul at the SDI for more information on
> the
> progress in Seoul.  If you are interested, let me know and I can provide
> contact details off list.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lloyd Wright
> London
>