Binational Relations Programs

Asia-Pacific Region

Republic of Korea

To date, there have been 18 workshops. During the workshops, participants share their respective country's best practices and state-of-the-art technology on a broad range of transportation-related topics. Both countries have benefited from the exchanges in several ways, such as benchmarking the respective agencies' transportation practices and technology; face-to-face collaboration on complex issues and field-tested solutions; in-person technical assistance and observation of each country's state-of-the-art technology; and hands-on learning through site visits that is not possible remotely. A wide variety of topics have been covered, including among others analysis and design of geohazard protection and stabilization; automated bridge inspection system; segmented bridge construction method; structural health monitoring (SHM) research and digitized maintenance practices; Unmanned Aerial Systems; truck platooning; robotic inspection of bridges; and many others.