Solutions from Seoul: TOPIS: The Control Tower for Seoul’s Intelligent Transportation System

The second in a series highlighting best practices from Seoul, South Korea, this issue of Solutions from Seoul features the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Transport Operation and Information Service (TOPIS). The “control tower” for the city’s transportation system, TOPIS gathers and processes real-time road traffic and subway train information to enable the city to efficiently manage the interval between buses, relieve congestion and take timely action in case of an accident.