{
  "id": 4326387,
  "title": "Traffic, crime, fine dust top Seoul residents' smart city concerns: poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/traffic-crime-fine-dust-top-seoul-residents-smart-city-concerns-poll-4326387",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T02:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260830/traffic-crime-fine-dust-top-seoul-residents-smart-city-concerns-poll"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent poll conducted in Seoul revealed that the city's residents prioritize addressing traffic congestion, nighttime crime, and fine dust as the most pressing issues that a smart city could tackle. The survey, which questioned 8,531 Seoul residents both online and offline between February 10-21 of the previous year, aimed to identify areas requiring attention in the development of a smart city plan. The findings indicate that traffic congestion emerged as the top concern, cited by 37.5% of respondents, followed by safety issues at 21.2% and environmental concerns at 16.2%.\n\nWhen participants were asked to specify which areas most needed a smart city intervention, traffic congestion once again topped the list, with 30.1% of respondents. Safety concerns trailed closely behind, with 27.5% of participants expressing their need for a smart city solution in this area. The environment sector also garnered significant attention, with 18.8% of respondents indicating a need for smart solutions to tackle environmental issues.\n\nWithin the traffic category, congestion emerged as the dominant issue, with 34.2% of respondents prioritizing it as the top concern. Insufficient infrastructure and parking difficulties followed, with 18.5% and 17% of respondents, respectively, citing these as key problems they would like addressed through a smart city initiative. In the safety domain, nighttime crime was the most frequently mentioned concern, cited by 22.5% of respondents. Sexual crime and school children's safety rounded out the top three safety concerns, with 16.7% and 10.5% of participants, respectively, expressing a need for smart city solutions in these areas.\n\nIn the environmental sector, fine dust pollution was identified as the most urgent issue, cited by 16.2% of respondents. While other environmental concerns existed, fine dust pollution emerged as the top priority for a smart city approach, according to the poll results.",
  "summary": "Seoul citizens named traffic congestion, nighttime crime and fine dust as the areas most in need of smart city solutions, a poll showed Sunday. The Korean megalopolis surveyed 8,531 Seoul residents online and offline from Feb. 10-21 last year as part of efforts to map out a smart city plan. Traffic, safety and the environment emerged as the three areas most in need of attention, cited by 37.5…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Traffic, crime, fine dust top Seoul residents' smart city concerns: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/traffic-crime-fine-dust-top-seoul-residents-smart-city-concerns-poll-4326877",
        "published": "2026-08-30T01:41:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Traffic, crime, fine dust top Seoul residents' smart city concerns: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/traffic-crime-fine-dust-top-seoul-residents-smart-city-concerns-poll",
        "published": "2026-08-30T02:12:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}