The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) is a

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under the Prime Minister's Office in

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. Commissioned research is by order of the

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT; ) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters is in the Sejong Government Office in Sejong City. Previously the agency was headquartered in the 4th buil ...

(MOLIT) and local government. It relocated to the Sejong National Research Complex in

Sejong City Sejong or Sejong City (; ), officially Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a List of special cities of South Korea, special self-governing city and the ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea. Sejong was founded in 2007 as the ...

in December 2014.

History

KOTI was founded through Article 32 of the Civil Act in November 1985 and official began operation August 1987 under article 24 of the Urban Traffic Readjustment Promotion Act. In 1999 it joined the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences (NRCS) and moved to the Construction & Transport Research Complex in

Goyang City Goyang (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area, making Goyang one of Seoul's satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, with a population ...

until it moved to Sejong City in December 2014. As of December 2017, the current president is OH Jaehak and is the 14th president of KOTI. The position was previously held by LEE Chang Woon.

Organization

KOTI consists of 300 personnel of which 230 are in research positions and a total of 99 are Ph.D. holders. Under the president are nine departments with 22 divisions. Researcher exchange programs exist with

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(OECD),

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(ADB), and the

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. * Dept. of The Fourth Industrial Revolution & Transport * Dept. of Comprehensive Transport * Dept. of Road Transport * Dept. of Rail Transport * Dept. of Aviation * Dept. of Logistics * Dept. of National Transport Big Data * Dept. of Global Transport Cooperation * Dept. of Planning and Administration

Publications

Korean Language

* Research Book Series - focuses on major transport issues in Korea, grouped by theme * Research Reports - short-term research and analysis on transport issues and policy problem * Commissioned Research Reports - as commissioned by the government and domestic/international research organizations * Journal of Transport Research (교통연구) - quarterly academic journal with articles written by those in universities, research institutes, and businesses * Transport (교통) - monthly publication focusing on current Korean and international transport policies and research * KOTI Brief - biweekly research report newsletter * KOTI Themed Briefs - briefs issued by specific research focuses within KOTI including KOTI KTDB, aviation policy,

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, logistics, bicycle, and Northeast Asia

English Language

* KOTI World Brief - monthly newsletter with selected articles translated from the KOTI Brief * Toward an Integrated Green Transportation System in Korea - series which takes KOTI World Brief articles and collects them into themes * KSP Series - book series focusing on Korea's major transport policies and technological developments

References

External links

KOTI Websites

Main KOTI website

Main KOTI website

Korea Transport Database (KTDB)

Freight Transport Market Research Center

Center for Northeast Asia and North Korea Transport Studies

Logistics Technology

Center for Certified Integrated-Logistics Company

Sustainable Transport Research Project

Bicycle Transport Portal

Building Leaders in Urban Transport Program (LUTP)