Korea Transport Institute
| 한국 교통 연구원 Hanguk gyotong yeonguwon |
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| Formed | 11 November 1985 |
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| Jurisdiction |
 Republic of Korea
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| Headquarters | 370 Sicheong-daero, Sejong City, Korea |
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| Website | English Site |
| The Korea Transport Institute | |
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| Revised Romanization | Hanguk gyotong yeonguwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han'guk kyot'ong yŏnkuwŏn |
The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) is a think tank under the Prime Minister's Office in South Korea. Commissioned research is by order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and local government. It relocated to the Sejong National Research Complex in Sejong City in December 2014.
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 until it moved to Sejong City in December 2014. The current president is LEE Chang Woon and is the 13th president of KOTI. The position was previously held by KIM Gyeng Chul.
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 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank.
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