The Department of Transportation Systems Research strives to raise the quality of life of Seoul citizens by guaranteeing their transportation rights. Researchers of the department endeavors to rationalize the transportation systems of Seoul by developing human-oriented, environmentally-friendly systems, improving and expanding public transportation services particularly for mobility of the disadvantaged, maximizing operational efficiency of transportation facilities, and restructuring the transportation and logistics systems in order to make them more suitable for metropolitan life.

Research Areas

Public Transportation

• Strengthening the function of urban railways, intra-city buses, and local buses
• Establishing an integrated public transportation service

Roadway Planning and Maintenance

• Establishing efficient road networks
• Developing street furniture management systems

Transportation Operation

• Establishing and managing intelligent transportation systems
• Developing an intelligent road safety system

Travel Demand Management and Survey

• Establishing travel demand management policies to reduce traffic congestion
• Surveying national travel demand and developing a database
• Establishing travel demand management goals

Transportation Systems Sustainability

• Developing public transportation services for sustainable welfare
• Establishing public transportation service strategies for mobility of the disadvantaged
• Materializing an eco-friendly transportation system

Taxi and Urban Logistics

• Revitalizing the taxi industry and improving taxi services
• Reorganizing the metropolitan logistics system
• Introducing a greener urban logistics system