Our News

[Award] Sep 01, 2025

Received Best Teaching Award from INU graduate school for teaching Seminar in GIS (graduate). Many thanks to the students' support and engagement that have shown throughout the semester.

[Award] Aug 26, 2025

Received Best Teaching Award at undergraduate level for teaching Transportation Planning, Smart City Planning, Urban Data Mining (undergraduate). Grateful to the students supported a lot and showed passion for learning.

[Graduation] Aug 22, 2025

Congratulations! Our undergraduate researcher, Jihyun Hwang, has graduated. CAPP lab wishes him the best of luck with his new journey pursuing Master's degree. 

[Publication] Aug 19, 2025

A new publication in International Journal of Sustainable Transportation (IF=3.9, Q2), titled “Can E-scooters connect first and last-mile of public rail transit? Lessons learned from intercept user survey in Utah” is now available online. Link

[Conference] July 17, 2025

Joined World Smart City Expo 2025 (Busan, Korea) and served as moderator for the International Future Infrastructure Forum (IFIF), hosted by Urban Design Institute of Korea. It was great to engage in global discussions on the new role of smart city governance.

[Seminar] June 25-26, 2025

We visited Land & Housing (LH) Corporation headquarter located in Jinju. During the visit, we learned about LH’s major initiatives and discussed collaborative opportunities related to urban development and transportation planning. Read more

[Conference] May 30, 2025

A Korea–Japan joint seminar titled “Interpretation, Sharing, and Utilization of Knowledge and Information for Field-Oriented Decision-Making in Disaster Areas” was held in collaboration with Kansai University’s Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences.

[Teacher's day] May 15, 2025

Happy Teacher's Day! We celebrated the dedication and passion of teacher. Grateful for the warm hearts and kind words of our students. Thank you for reminding why teach.

[News Release] May 13, 2025

Our recent publication in the Journal of Safety Research, along with a related interview, has been featured by Zag Daily. Thrilled to see our work gaining wider attention and making an impact! Read more.

[Award] April 26, 2025

Big congrats to undergraduate researcher, Byunguk, for winning the Best Paper Award (Undergraduate Level) at the Korea Planning Association conference. Wishing him all the best in his research journey.

[Conference] April 26, 2025

Our undergraduate student, Byunguk, gave his first academic talk at the Korea Planning Association. He presented his research, ‘Traffic Calming Measures Versus Pedestrian Safety Facilities: Assessing Injury Severity Reduction Effects in School Zones,’ which started from his term paper in the Urban Data Science course. Congratulations to him, and stay tuned for the upcoming publication!

[Award] April 19, 2025

Big congrats to undergraduate researcher, Juneyong, for winning the Best Paper Award (Undergraduate Level) at the Urban Design Institute of Korea conference. Wishing him all the best in his academic journey.

[Conference] April 19, 2025

Our undergraduate student, Juneyong, delivered his first academic talk at the Urban Design Institute of Korea. His presentation, “A Systematic Review of Urban Design Quality and Mental Health,” sparked some good discussion. Congrats to him, and stay tuned for the upcoming publication!

[Publication] April 03, 2025

A latest journal article, “Which vehicle type is more responsive to traffic information provided on local roads?” has just been published in the European Transport Research Review (IF=5.1, Q1). Link

[Lecture] Mar 19, 2025

CAPP lab and Urban Design Institute of Korea co-hosted a guest lecture by Dr. Sungjin Park, sharing the history of smart cities and extensive experiences in smart city practices.

[Award] Mar 04, 2025

Awarded Best Teaching Award for Fall 2024 semester at Incheon National University, teaching GIS and Spatial Data Analysis, Urban Data Science, and Real Estate Economics.

[Publication] February 28, 2025

Published a new paper in Journal of Transport Geography (IF=5.7, Q1), “A quasi-experimental study of light rail transit on jobs-housing balance by regional typology” Link

[Publication] February 21, 2025

A new paper, “Direct and indirect effects of road attributes on traffic safety,” published in the Journal of Safety Research (IF=4.4, Q1) is now available online. Link

[Publication] February 21, 2025

Published a new paper in the Journal of Urban Science, titled, “Can Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Improve Regional Economic Activities? Evidence from Business Sales of Intermountain Region, United States” Link

[Publication] January 31, 2025

A new paper titled “Shared Dockless E-Scooter and Metro Station Built Environment: Its Nonlinear Relationship Using Random Forest Modeling” has just been accepted for publication in Transportation Planning and Technology (IF=1.6, Q2) Link

[Publication] January 15, 2025

A new paper titled, “Urban Arterial Lane Width versus Speed and Crash Rates: A Comprehensive Study of Road Safety”, has just been published in Sustainability (IF=3.3) Link

[Publication] December 29, 2024

A new paper has been accepted for publication in Case Studies on Transport Policy (IF=2.4), titled “Ways of Increasing Transit Ridership- Lessons Learned from Successful Transit Agencies”. The publication has been provisionally selected for the ‘Best Researcher Award.’ Link

[Publication] October 01, 2024

A new publication in Travel Behaviour and Society (IF=5.1), titled “Unlocking the Role of Shared Dockless E-Scooters Bridging Last-Mile Gaps: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Metro Rail Transit in Los Angeles.” Link

[Conference] September 18-20, 2024

Presented research titled, “A Quasi-Experimental Study of Light Rail Transit on Jobs-Housing Balance by Regional Typology: A Case Study of South Korea” and “Which Vehicle Type is More Responsive to Traffic Information Provided on Local Roads?” at European Transportation Conference, Antwerp, Belgium

[Publication] September 01, 2024

A new publication in the Case Studies on Transport Policy (IF=2.4), titled “Short and mid-term effect of the streetcar on vehicle-vehicle (and vehicle-pedestrian) crash rate on the adjacent street” Link

[Publication] September 01, 2024

A new publication in the Infrastructures (IF=2.7), titled “Selective State DOT Lane Width Standards and Guidelines to Reduce Speeds and Improve Safety” Link