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Traffic Management Strategy in Seoul’s Changing Transportation Landscape
  • 등록일2024.12.18

 
[Card News Episode 12] Traffic Management Strategy in Seoul
 
 The conditions of Seoul's transportation system are expected to change, driven by multiple factors, including steadily shrinking populations, population aging, and the rising number of single-person households, in addition to diversifying values and perspectives. Demographic shifts I miss the old days. Changes in values & perspectives (« See you in 10 minutes​​
 
 Travel times will increase, attributable to metropolitanization and technological advances in electric and autonomous vehicles, and these will profoundly transform Seoul's urban transit landscape. Driverless vehicles make long-haul trips more comfortable. COMMUTER BUS Metropolitan line
 
 Innovations in future mobility technology will blur the lines between individual vehicles and public transit and alter overall perceptions of traffic. Consequently, the validity of current traffic policy on management of travel demand and the transition to sustainable transport is being questioned. 1980~ Timeline of Traffic Management Strategy of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) 1990~ 2000~ 2010~ 2020~ Development Management of transportation of passenger infrastructure vehicle demand Construction of mass transit-centered transportation networks Creation of sustainable mobility infrastructure ?
 
 Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a future mobility solution with great potential. The UAM market is projected to grow at an explosive pace, necessitating new traffic management policy. Global UAM Market Size Forecast by 2040 (USD 100 Million) Source: KPMG Global, 2019. USD 609 billion CAGR of 31 between 2023 and 2040
 
 Autonomous vehicles (AV) are another example of new mobility services As per McKinsey (2019), self-driving cars are predicted to constitute approx. 66% of passenger-kilometers traveled in 2040. Estimated passenger-kilometers by vehicle type, % Source: The future of mobility is at our doorstep, McKinsey & Company, 2019. AV (Total) 66.0% Non-AV for private use 29.0% AV for mobility services 55.0% Non-AV for mobility services -5.0% AV for private use -11.0%
 
 Shifts in transport trends should be adequately reflected in SMG transportation policy. We'll take a more detailed look in the next episode. Source Gyungsang Yoo, 2023. Seoul's urban mobility policy in response to innovations in transport services: Underground roadways dedicated to self-driving cars in focus. Seoul: Seoul Institute. Content Planning & Writing Jiye Yoon & Seunghoon Oh, Public Relations Team 서울연구원 The Seoul Institute |:::: EX C-C
 

 

[Card News Episode 12] Traffic Management Strategy in Seoul’s Changing Transportation Landscape

 

The conditions of Seoul’s transportation system are expected to change, driven by multiple factors, including steadily shrinking populations, population aging, and the rising number of single-person households, in addition to diversifying values and perspectives.

 

Travel times will increase, attributable to metropolitanization and technological advances in electric and autonomous vehicles, and these will profoundly transform Seoul’s urban transit landscape.

 

Innovations in future mobility technology will blur the lines between individual vehicles and public transit and alter overall perceptions of traffic.

 

Consequently, the validity of current traffic policy on management of travel demand and the transition to sustainable transport is being questioned.

 

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