Calendar » Webinar Public Bus Service Modernization
For information and registration, please visit: http://einstitute.worldbank.org/ei/webinar/bus-modernization
Description:
Fundamental changes are taking place in how mobility issues
are viewed in developing cities. Increasing income, changing city size and
structure, and changing behavioral patterns have all contributed to that change
in thinking. Given this trend, a new paradigm is required to change the
business-as-usual scenario from public transport being targeted to those who
cannot afford a personal vehicle to those who can also afford a personal
vehicle. Factors like quality of service become important to attract those with
other choices and these often conflict with affordability. In this context, it
is important to see how some cities have dealt with the problem and Seoul
presents a global best practice in this.
Objectives:
Speaker bio:
Dr. Jim Young Park, Director, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
Dr. Park is director of Global Transport Research Cooperation Division in Korea
Transport Institute. He is in charge of institute’s global research network,
capacity building program and oversea transport project management. He was
seconded in ADB from 2010 to 2012 as urban development specialist (Transport) in
Regional and Sustainable Infrastructure Division in Asian Development Bank. He
has worked as a project team member and manager of some urban transport projects
in Mongolia, China and South East Asia. Before deployed to ADB, he was research
fellow at the Korea Transport Institute from 2005 to 2010. His main research
area is urban transport system and sustainable transport strategy. He has
carried out various national transport plans and projects of Korea such as
transport plan of new multifunctional Administrative city, national smartcard
integration plan, and national sustainable transport strategy. Before he joined
Korea Transport Institute, he worked at Seoul Metropolitan Government’s
Institute, and participated in Seoul public transport reform project from 2002
to 2005. He graduated from the Engineering Faculty of Seoul National University,
and completed his PhD in Transport Engineering at the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
Those who missed the webinar can watch the webinar recording here http://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/p32a28n4and/
Calendar » Webinar Public Bus Service Modernization
Webinar Public Bus Service Modernization
For information and registration, please visit: http://einstitute.worldbank.org/ei/webinar/bus-modernization
Description:
Fundamental changes are taking place in how mobility issues
are viewed in developing cities. Increasing income, changing city size and
structure, and changing behavioral patterns have all contributed to that change
in thinking. Given this trend, a new paradigm is required to change the
business-as-usual scenario from public transport being targeted to those who
cannot afford a personal vehicle to those who can also afford a personal
vehicle. Factors like quality of service become important to attract those with
other choices and these often conflict with affordability. In this context, it
is important to see how some cities have dealt with the problem and Seoul
presents a global best practice in this.
Objectives:
to a mode of choice
Speaker bio:
Dr. Jim Young Park, Director, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
Dr. Park is director of Global Transport Research Cooperation Division in Korea
Transport Institute. He is in charge of institute’s global research network,
capacity building program and oversea transport project management. He was
seconded in ADB from 2010 to 2012 as urban development specialist (Transport) in
Regional and Sustainable Infrastructure Division in Asian Development Bank. He
has worked as a project team member and manager of some urban transport projects
in Mongolia, China and South East Asia. Before deployed to ADB, he was research
fellow at the Korea Transport Institute from 2005 to 2010. His main research
area is urban transport system and sustainable transport strategy. He has
carried out various national transport plans and projects of Korea such as
transport plan of new multifunctional Administrative city, national smartcard
integration plan, and national sustainable transport strategy. Before he joined
Korea Transport Institute, he worked at Seoul Metropolitan Government’s
Institute, and participated in Seoul public transport reform project from 2002
to 2005. He graduated from the Engineering Faculty of Seoul National University,
and completed his PhD in Transport Engineering at the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
Those who missed the webinar can watch the webinar recording here http://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/p32a28n4and/