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The public management of revenue and service routes prioritized people’s need for safe and convenient public transport.
A comprehensive data dashboard helps Seoul’s leaders make strategic and timely decisions.
Seoul’s Owl Service has reduced the use of passenger cars by more than 2 million trips per year.
Experience shows affordability, adoptability, and community support are critical for catalyzing digitalization efforts in the water sector.
A study shows reducing involuntary migration to peripheries of the Greater Seoul Area requires policy interventions to regulate housing cost and supply.
Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
Moa House is an innovative model that improves living conditions by reducing project timelines and providing infrastructure for hard-to-redevelop low-rise homes.
In Seoul, 90% of landfill-bound wastes were instead used to produce energy enough to heat 518,000 households.
Seoul has achieved prosperity, low carbon emissions, and disaster resilience by investing in green spaces and private sector growth.
Here’s what worked and what didn’t for Asian Development Bank’s first regional technical assistance on innovation.