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A Nation of Drivers (Mostly)

South Korea has world-class subway systems, yet 1,370 people in this crowd own a car. The country simultaneously built some of the best public transit on earth — and filled the roads anyway.

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Near-zero motorcycles in Korea — the opposite of Taiwan where motorcycles are a dominant commute mode. Korea built its cities around cars and subways, skipping the moped era entirely.

See also: Scooters, Trains, and Everything Between

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