Mayor Wants to Turn Seoul into A Bicycle Friendly City
Good luck with this:
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon announced on Sunday his vision to turn Seoul into a bicycle-friendly city, including installing elevated bike roads above bus lanes in Seoul, during his visit to Bogota, Colombia.
“My intention is to turn Seoul into one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world,” Park told Korean reporters in Colombia’s capital on Sunday, during his trip to several South American cities to bridge inter-city cooperation on urban regeneration.
“And there are a few options to go about this plan. One is to take some of the car lanes and turn them into bike highways while making sure that they are completely separated from car roads.”
“Another option,” he continued, “is to build elevated bike roads above bus lanes, or to build enclosed bike lanes on either side of bridges across the Han River.”
Park is traveling through South American cities, including Mexico City, and Medellin and Bogota, both Colombia, from July 8 to 17 to explore inter-city cooperation on urban regeneration.
He made the announcement during a day of ciclovia, which is a local practice in some South American cities such as Bogota and Medellin that involves blocking certain roads from traffic and opening it up to pedestrians and cyclists on Sundays or other designated days.
“In all the options that the city government is considering, it is trying to build a so-called Cycle Rapid Transportation highway, an unprecedented attempt,” the Seoul city government said in a statement on Sunday. “The bike highway would be completely separate from roads used by cars and by pedestrians.”
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it will inject 300 million won ($254,400) within this year to conduct feasibility studies on the plan.
Jeong Ang Ilbo
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Another moronic leftist thoght. So flatten NamSan and Buk Han San will be the first order i guess. On the bright side, no more crashing cable cars.
South Koreans apparently elected a communist o the Presidency and an idiot to be Mayor of Seoul.
Bicycle Friendly? With 14 Million people, that will require removing all personal cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
Next, we’ll find out their top Army Commander wants to eliminate national service, the head of Seoul University thinks everyone should get free college, and all doctors and hospitals will stop charging patients for services.
Is the yellow dust from China laced with meth?
After SK lets the North take over, (and the new government takes away all the money and possessions), the people will only be able to afford a bicycle to get around. The mayor is doing the people a favor. They just don’t know it yet.
Could the asswipe in red have any more unnecessary shit on? The last thing his go-pro should record is the oncoming and deserved jumping sidekick that ends it all.
As “Pro Bicycle” as I am, I still hate going into Seoul. The Four Rivers Trail is great (in most, but not all places), but once you get up to street level, it’s a mess.
Seoul is just too dense, and even the bike paths get packed on the weekends.
Still, there are places where the traffic is so congested that a bicycle and a good pair of legs gets you around faster.
Glad I live up in the Uijeongbu/Yangju/TDC area.