[sustran] FW: Seoul, Korea

[eric.britton at ecoplan.org]

[...from Eric, but without attached pic]

 

Dear Sustraners,  This message just came in from our kind colleague Nobuaki
Ohmori, in response in fact to a request for current information from our
leader Paul Barter.  I know close the loop with kindest thanks to Nobuaki.
Eric Britton

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Nobuaki OHMORI [mailto:nobuaki at ut.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp] 
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 11:14 AM
To: eric.britton at ecoplan.org
Subject: RE: Seoul, Korea

 

Dear Eric Britton,

 

I got the following e-mail from UTSG mailing list. If you would like to get

more information on "Chonggyecheon Restoration Project," it would be better

to visit the following website:

http://www.metro.seoul.kr/kor2000/chungaehome/en/seoul/main.htm

 

 

In last March, I visited "The office of Cheonggyecheon Restoration" and

"Seoul Development Institute (SDI)." You can contact with "Im, Ye Soon" who

is one of the officers in the office of Cheonggyecheon Restoration and "Dr.

Kwang-Hoon Lee" who is the director of department of urban transportation in

SDI. 

 

Their e-mail addresses are:

Im, Ye Soon: iys114 at hanmail.net

Kwan-Hoon Lee: kwlee at sdi.re.kr

 

 

I think they can answer your questions. Attached is one of the photos I took

when I visited Seoul in last March.

 

With regards,

 

Nobuaki OHMORI

 

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Nobuaki OHMORI, Ph. D.

Lecturer

Department of Urban Engineering

The University of Tokyo

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

TEL: +81-3-5841-6232    FAX: +81-3-5841-8527

E-mail: nobuaki at ut.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

http://ut.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/nobuaki/nobuaki-e.htm

*************************************************

 

 

-----Original Message-----

 On Behalf Of Barter, Paul [Sustran]

Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 4:32 AM

Re: "Seven Sustainable Mayors": Profiles of Courage

 

I keep hearing about remarkable changes in Seoul, Korea.  Since the late

1990s there has been a remarkable increase in official attention to

pedestrians and cyclists, much more bus priority (to complement subway

expansions), parking restraint has been applied vigorously, and

congestion charging was introduced on two major routes. And perhaps most

amazing - an inner city elevated expressway was torn down and the buried

stream beneath it has been brought back to the surface as a linear park.

Now we hear about a new round of attempts to make public transport more

integrated and have higher on-road priority.

 

So three questions:

- Where can we get more information on these changes? (Can anyone

elaborate on the story? Maybe my impressions are not accurate? Can

anyone point us towards a good written summary of these events and how

they have come about?)

- What triggered the changes in policy?

- Which particular individuals ('Mayors' or otherwise) or organisations

deserve recognition for these changes? (perhaps via Eric's "Profiles of

Courage")

 

All the best,

Paul

 

 

 

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