KT to Enhance Quality of Life by Analyzing Seoul's 'Mobile Population'

[Asia Economy Reporter Seol Gina] KT announced on the 8th that it has developed the ‘Seoul Living Mobility Data’ using telecommunications big data in collaboration with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Korea Transport Institute.

‘Seoul Living Mobility’ refers to data that aggregates the movement of all people traveling within Seoul between specific regions at specific times, as well as those coming to and from Seoul from outside the city. It was created by integrating KT’s telecommunications data, public big data held by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and traffic volume data from the Korea Transport Institute.

This includes regular commuting and school travel, as well as movements for business, shopping, and leisure activities. It provides information on departure points, destinations, time slots, gender, and age. Seoul is divided into 1,831 zones, which are more detailed than administrative districts, and movements are estimated in 20-minute intervals, enabling timely and detailed policy support.

The Seoul Living Mobility Data was developed to improve commuting and school travel times, which significantly affect quality of life in today’s society where time is valuable. It is expected to be used in various Seoul city policies such as COVID-19 response and improvements in commuting and school travel times.

For example, it can help decide to increase the number of vehicles on routes with high congestion during commuting hours or establish new bus routes in areas with high demand for public transportation infrastructure. It is also expected to be used for urban spatial structure improvements, such as selecting areas with a high population of commuters in their 20s and 30s for youth public housing sites.

The living mobility data will be publicly released for the first time through the Seoul Open Data Plaza on the same day and will be updated monthly.

Choi Jun-gi, Head of KT’s AI and Big Data Business Division, said, “The Seoul Living Mobility Data is an example of achievements created through a public-private cooperation model in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” adding, “We hope this data will be the cornerstone for realizing a smart city Seoul.”

Park Jong-su, Director of Smart City Policy at the Seoul Metropolitan Government, said, “Commuting and school travel times are important issues for each citizen. Long-distance commuting or severe congestion increases mental and physical stress and lowers overall life satisfaction,” and added, “The newly developed living mobility data is essential for a smart city that will upgrade citizens’ lives, and the data will be made public to contribute to the activation of the data economy.”

Meanwhile, on the same day, the Seoul Metropolitan Government analyzed the Seoul Living Mobility Big Data with KT and publicly shared policy-relevant insights.

Among the population traveling to and from Seoul, the average time taken to commute or attend school from Seoul to Gyeonggi Province was 65.4 minutes, whereas the average time from Gyeonggi Province to Seoul was 72.1 minutes. Also, the administrative districts with the highest population of young people in their 20s and 30s who commute or attend school were Yeoksam 1-dong in Gangnam-gu, Cheongnyong-dong in Gwanak-gu, Yeongdeungpo-dong in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Sillim-dong in Gwanak-gu, and Hwagok 1-dong in Gangseo-gu, in that order. The Seoul Metropolitan Government expects that these living mobility analysis results will be used for future urban planning in Seoul, such as selecting new sites for youth housing.

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