Vol.14 | Mobility, Co-design
PuDis: Protected Bike Lane Citizen Design
퍼디즈 함께하길 (Protected Bike Lane)
Vol.14 | Mobility, Co-design
PuDis: Protected Bike Lane Citizen Design
퍼디즈 함께하길 (Protected Bike Lane)
Citizen Participation · Design Democratization · Safe Streets · Living Lab
While cycling increases, physical protection for cyclists remains inadequate. Unprotected bike lanes, parked vehicles, and “dooring” risks persist. Research shows protected bike lanes increase cycling 75% and reduce accidents 90%.
A citizen-participatory design experiment: 1:1 scale temporary protected bike lane simulation on a 500m section of Teheran-ro (2 weeks), four Saturday design workshops (320 participants), online idea voting platform (1,847 votes), and 3D visualization of citizen proposals. All participants received “PuDis (Public Designer)” certification.
Democratizing urban design by transferring design authority from experts to citizens. The Living Lab methodology—temporary installation → experience → feedback → improvement—transforms citizens from passive users to active co-designers. The resulting policy proposal was submitted to the district government for implementation review.
Gangnam-gu Office Transportation Division × Hongik University Public Design Research Center(Planning) × SEDG (Installation & workshops) × Seoul Bicycle Policy Division & NACTO (Advisory) × Gangnam cycling clubs & Korea Cycling Alliance (Participation & monitoring)
156% increase in cycling traffic on the temporary section. 92% felt “safe.” 187 citizen ideas collected. 320 workshop participants certified as PuDis. Policy proposal under review for Gangnam-gu bicycle infrastructure expansion.