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Study on Entering Improvement of Acceleration Lane onto an Expressway Using a Traffic Simulation

교통시뮬레이션을 활용한 고속도로 유입연결로 가속차로 진입 개선방안에 관한 연구

  • 노희찬 (경기대학교 대학원 토목공학과) ;
  • 김낙석 (경기대학교 토목공학과)
  • Received : 2022.01.03
  • Accepted : 2022.02.26
  • Published : 2022.06.01

Abstract

The length of the acceleration lane in the area of entrance terminals is calculated based on 13 PS/ton horsepower of a cargo truck in Korea, so it is generally overestimated compared with the capacity of most vehicles traveling on an entrance ramp. Most drivers have, therefore, an indiscreet tendency to enter the main lane in all sections of an acceleration lane, which affects the traffic flow of the main lane. Because of this tendency, measures are required to minimize the impact on traffic flow of the main lane. The operating speed, rate of entrance, and traffic volume for each vehicle were investigated at the entrance terminals of the interchanges (ICs) of Yangji IC, Suseok IC, Yongin IC, and Osan IC, and the level of improvement in traffic flow was analyzed via VISSIM simulation. From the VISSIM simulation analysis, 74.0 % of the total vehicles traveled over the specified speed from the nose point where drivers would be able to recognize the traffic condition of the main carriageway, or the point at which there is a simplification of the curve section. In addition, 88.6 % of the vehicles entered the main carriageway up to 0.8 points compared with the entire length of the acceleration lane. It was subsequently found that an improvement of average speed in the main carriageway and at the entrance ramp can be achieved from 60.1 km/h to 68.5 km/h by intentionally limiting the entrance point onto the main carriageway up to 0.265 points of the entrance ramp.

국내 연결로 가속차로 길이는 13 PS/ton 마력의 화물차를 기준으로 산정되어 연결로를 주행하는 대부분의 차량 성능에 비해 과다하게 산출되어있다. 이로 인해, 대부분의 운전자들은 고속도로로 진입하기 위해 가속차로 전 구간에서 본선으로의 무분별한 진입 경향으로 본선 교통흐름에 영향을 미쳐 이에 대한 개선이 필요하다. 양지, 수석, 용인, 오산 각각IC의 연결로 유입부에서 차량의 속도와 진입률 및 차량별 교통량을 조사하여 VISSIM 시뮬레이션 분석을 통해 교통흐름의 개선정도를 검토하였다. 조사결과 곡선부의 단순화와 본선 교통흐름의 인지가능 시점인 노즈부에서 부터 전체차량의 74.0 %가 연결로 규정속도 이상으로 주행하였고, 가속차로 길이대비 0.8 l 지점까지 88.6 %의 차량이 본선으로 진입하였다. 실측교통량을 기반으로 연결로 유입부를 0.265 l 지점까지 의도적으로 본선으로의 교통진입을 제한하여 시뮬레이션한 결과 본선과 연결로의 흐름을 평균속도 60.1 km/h에서 68.5 km/h까지 개선할 수 있었다.

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