Sustainable Transport &

Urban Development - 01
International School of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul
Fall, 2022

Young-Jun MOON, Ph.D.

Chief Director, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
Course Descriptions
• Objective
• To understand the principles in transport policy which deals with
sustainable urban development, in order for not only improving current
transport systems to be sustainable to all stakeholders in a city but also
providing mobility as a service to the peoples living in the city.
• Contents
• Urban transport and mobility
• Technology revolutions in intelligent transport systems
• Future trends in sustainable transport
• No Textbook
• But all books & articles available

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Course Descriptions
• Concerns in Sustainability
• Eco and/or green mobility in urban transportation
• Fair mobility as a service
• Urban automated electric mobility
• Connected Automated Driving Systems (CADS)
• Technologies for Level 3 & Level 4 automation
• International standardizations
• Policies with regulation and legislation

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Course Descriptions
• Expected Outcomes
• Ability to assess the status quo in conventional urban transport problems
• Ability to implement sustainable transport technology and policy in a city
• Ability to analyse the level of sustainable transport services in terms of
urban connected automated mobility systems
• Assessment
• Attendance and participation 20%
• Assignment 20%
• Workshop 20%
• Quizzes/exam 50%

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Teaching Schedules
W/C TOPICS / ACTIVITIES Assignment etc.
1 5 Sep. Urban Transport Means
2 12 Sep. Transport Infrastructure
3 19 Sep. Workshop: Status Quo in Conventional Urban Transport Assignment 1 due
4 26 Sep. Concept of Urban Mobility
5 3 Oct. Make-up week
6 10 Oct. Sustainability in Transport
7 17 Oct. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
8 24 Oct. Mid-term
9 31 Oct. Vehicle Connectivity & Digital Infrastructure
10 7 Nov. Urban Automated Driving Systems
11 14 Nov. Site Visiting in Test & Evaluation of Automated Shuttle in Sejong City
12 21 Nov. Technology Innovation in Transport Systems Assignment 2 due
13 28 Nov. Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
14 5 Dec. 3-Dimensional Urban Transport Systems
15 12 Dec. Final presentations
16 19 Dec. Final exam

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Lecturer
• Name: Young-Jun MOON, Ph.D.
• Affiliation
• Senior Research Fellow & Chief Director of SOC Digitalization Research Center
• Research Fields: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Connected Automated Driving
Systems (CADS), Transportation Safety Management & Control Systems
• Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in the Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University, 1985
• Master’s Degree in the Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University, 1987
• Ph.D. in the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign (UIUC), USA, 1998
• Thesis: Car Following and Dynamic Dilemma Zone Model based on Driver Behavior for
Determining Gate Operation Times at Highway-Rail Intersections)

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Lecturer
• Job Experiences
• Research Engineer at Agency for Defense Development (ADD), 1987 thru 1992
• Post Doctoral Research Associate at Univ. of Illinois (UIUC), 1998 thru 1999
• Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in the Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University, 1985
• Master’s Degree in the Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University, 1987
• Ph.D. in the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign (UIUC), USA, 1998
• Thesis: Car Following and Dynamic Dilemma Zone Model based on Driver Behavior for
Determining Gate Operation Times at Highway-Rail Intersections)

• A Book Published
• Freedom of Mobility – Revolution for Automated Driving Systems, Crown Publishing Co.,
2019

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Lecturer
• Activities in International Standardization
• ISO/TC204 (Intelligent Transport Systems) WG14 Expert since 1999
• ISO/TC204 (Intelligent Transport Systems) WG17 Convenor since 2008
• ISO Technical Management Board (TMB) Member for 2023 to 2025

• Appointments in Government Commissions

• 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games, Bid & Organizing Committee,
2010-2013
• National Science & Technology Council (NSTC), Committee Member, 2010-2013
• Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology (PACST), Committee Member,
2017-2020
• Advisory to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MoLIT), 2016-2017

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Lecturer
• Research projects fulfilled as principal investigator (PI) : 40+
• R&D for National Innovation Cluster of Urban Automated Electric Shuttle Deployment, 2018-2020
• R&D for 4th Generation of Traffic Signal Control Algorithms via V2X Communication, 2016-2018
• R&D for International Standardization of Smart and Green ITS via ICT, 2015-2017
• Research papers published : 16 (SCI or SCI-e)
• Moon & Coleman, Dynamic Dilemma Zone Based on Driver Behavior and Car-Following Model.
Transportation Research - Part B: Methodological, Vol. 37, No. 4, Elsevier Science, 2003, pp. 323-
344
• Moon & Park, System Integration and Field Tests for Developing In-Vehicle Dilemma Zone
Warning System. Transportation Research Record 1826, Transportation Research Board (TRB),
Washington D.C., 2003, pp. 53-59.
• International standards published as principal editor : 9 (IS & TR)
• ISO 26684 (IS): ITS - Cooperative Intersection Signal Information and Violation Warning System
(CISVWS) – Performance Requirements and Test Procedures, 2015
• ISO 20529-2 (IS): ITS – Framework for Green ITS (G-ITS) Standards – Part 2: Integrated Mobile
Service Applications, 2020

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Questions in Urban Mobility
v Is our transportation good enough for next generations?
Ø Safe?

Ø Mobility Accessible and/or Affordable?

Ø Efficient and/or Effective? (time & cost)

Ø Sustainable? (Environmental friendly)

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Questions in Urban Mobility
v Is our transportation “fair” to all?

Ø Trip & Mode Choice Pattern by

Ø gender, age, income level, regions living, etc.
Ø driving alone (due to enough parking?)

Ø EV & AV Policy in Markets

Ø Subsidy for promotion
Ø Tax collection by travel miles

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Smart City Development

Source: Smart City MP, KAIST

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Smart City Development
Intelligent Transport Systems
Carbon-free City Digital Infrastructure (V2X)

Park& Ride Center

Major Arterials for Public Shuttle
Automated Shuttle Bus
EV Charging & Maintenance Outer Rings for Passenger Vehicles

On-demand
Automated
On-demand Shuttle
Taxi Urban Smart Mobility Services with 200+ UCASS Shuttles

Human-centered Spaces Robot delivery

Electric & Automated Vehicles

sharing

Source: The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI, 2018)

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Issues upon Urban Development
v To be Sustainable (and/or Fair) in Mobility as a Service
Ø Measure of Effectiveness (MoE) : Sustainability (Green or Eco)
Ø MoEs in Urban Mobility: Safety & Efficiency (time & cost)
Ø Trip & Modal Planning, Traffic Operation and Management
Ø Gaps between people in terms of income level, age, gender, etc.

Ø Transport Tax upon Travel Miles (instead of on Fueling Gas)

Ø Green Mileage Points for Public and/or Shared Transport Users

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Issues upon Urban Development
v How to be Sustainable (or Fair) by Transport Means (Modes)
Ø H/W: Comparison between Conventional Modes and Future Modes
Ø Passenger vehicle
Ø Public transport
Ø Personal mobility
Ø etc.

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