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Progress Report | Bicycle Fever in the News

28 November 2008 757 views 0 Comments

 

We reported to you in September that Seoul was paving new bike paths toward a more a bicycle friendly city.  Here’s a progress report by Yonhap:

“It’s a quiet revolution in the making,” said Ahn Kyu-hong, chief researcher at the state-run Korea Institute of Science and Technology who specializes in urban development and pollution control. “It is slowly changing the way South Koreans live, commute, travel and care for the environment.”  –full article

It seems change is a constant thing in Korea, and above all others, this one looks good!  Hopefully, the roads won’t become clogged with too many obnoxious…  (continued from Yonhap):

The National Police Agency in Seoul sought last month to impose nationwide regulations on “drunk pedaling” amid an increasing number of accidents. But the plan backfired, with people complaining of excessive regulation.

Spoke too soon.   Growing pains.  See you on the road!


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