• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.31 no.5D
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• pp.679-687
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• 2011

Implementation of semi-public management system of intra-city bus achieve excellent results but there are some side effects like increase of the fatal traffic accidents. This study tries to develop decision making model of measures of reducing traffic accidents following implementation of semi-public management system of intra-city bus. And survey with traffic experts and analytic hierarchy process are used for data survey and analysis. Quantitative measures and qualitative measures are suggested as high assessment items of AHP. Quantitative measures of low assessment items composed of a raise in the number of bus and safety device installation, facility supplement of bus stop, supplement of pedestrian protection facility, traffic safety assessment and supplement. Qualitative measures composed of system organization, redesign bus route, reinforcement of education, campaign and enforcement. The results of this study are as follows. First, the result turns out more weights are calculated on quantitative measures than on qualitative measures. Second, It is turned out in order of facility supplement of bus stop and traffic safety assessment and supplement as the quantitative measures. Third, as qualitative measures, system organization and redesign bus route are in the order. The results of this study are considered to be a basic data which can be referred if measures on the decrease of traffic accident are established and implemented in other cities and provinces.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1-11
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• 2008

As bus is realized by economical, environmental transportation that is available mass transport than car, various policy for improvement of services is achieved. As innovative public transportation systems like BMS (Bus Management System) have established, it is possible to manage bus service efficiently. However, the present bus service management system mainly focuses on enhancing service reliability represented by schedule adherence index. This study discusses the necessity of a special management for bus bunching phenomena at stops, and develops two kinds of bus bunching indices based on the Number of Berth and the Average Bus Arrival Rate. The bus bunching indices were measured by utilizing the bus operational information from BMS at the Seoul TOPIS(Transportation & Information Service). In order to evaluate the sensitivity of the Indices, the indices were applied to two different bus groups: buses on exclusive bus median lane, and regular (shared) lanes. As analysis result, is bunching as is near in downtown and is bunching to peak time morning than the afternoon. Compared with the schedule adherence index, the suggested indices were proved as an efficient complementary indices in the evaluation of the bus operational performance. The results of index comparison between exclusive bus median lane and shared lanes can promote the expansion of exclusive bus median lane. Moreover, it can also be used as a reference in deciding bus station scale including the Number of Berth and the route adjustment plan.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.25-35
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• 2008

The ridership and transit systems are influenced by the expansion of metro-rail in Seoul metropolitan area. However, it has been difficult to measure its precise quantitative influences. Also effective policy implementations have been limited due to the lack of practical evidences. Thus an empirical analysis for an operating metro-rail is essentially required. In this regard, this study examines the impact of the Jungang line on transportation system, whose metro-rail block has been recently started new service. The main interest of this study is to find out the changes of ridership and to forecast the ridership changes by the metro-rail service. The results indicate that the effect on auto users is less than that of bus users. The auto demand is decreased by 33.3% and the bus demand by 66.6%. Additionally, its influence on Gyeonggi-do bus was greater compared with that on the Seoul bus. From questionnaire survey, this results could be confirmed. To sum up, the metro-rail gives less influences on auto users, while it gives greater influences on bus users.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.17-34
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• 2022

This paper develops a model for dynamic station assignment to optimize the Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) operation. In the process of optimization, we use the bus travel time as a variable for DRT management. In addition, walking time, waiting time, and delay due to detour to take other passengers (detour time) are added as optimization variables and entered for each DRT passenger. Based on a network around Anaheim, California, reserved origins and destinations of passengers are assigned to each demand responsive bus, using K-means clustering. We create a model for selecting the dynamic station and bus route and use Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-III to analyze seven scenarios composed combination of the variables. The result of the study concluded that if the DRT operation is optimized for the DRT management, then the bus travel time and waiting time should be considered in the optimization. Moreover, it was concluded that the bus travel time, walking time, and detour time are required for the passenger.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.66-76
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• 2023

The government recently implemented policies to improve transportation for the disabled passengers. On the other hand, metropolitan public transport still lacks adequate services for these individuals. Many new cities lack urban rail lines and focus on high-floor buses for expansion. Wheelchair users can only access to double-decker low-floor seat express buses for intercity travel. This study examined the necessity and rationale for introducing low-floor seat buses by estimating the user's willingness to pay through a contingent valuation method. Two methods for eliciting the willingness to pay were adopted: open-ended and dichotomous choice questions. The binomial logit model was used to estimate the willingness to pay. The results indicated that the general public is willing to pay an additional 126.7 Korean won, while the disabled passengers are willing to pay an additional 117.5 Korean won. When translated into annual economic benefits, this amounts to approximately 35 billion Korean won.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.170-181
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• 2015

This study explores passengers' travel characteristics at six bus stops on the Seoul Ring Expressway using smart traffic card data. Based on the characteristics, political strategies to improve bus facilities on expressway are suggested. Firstly, among them two bus stops of Guri and Uiwang-Cheonggye have higher transfer rate of passengers, 37.56% and 36.9% of the total intercity (red) bus passengers on the expressway, respectively. Secondly, Uiwang-Cheonggye bus stop has the highest transfer rate, and Guri bus stop has also higher transfer rate and the highest on-and-off passengers. It implies that both bus stops need to be prioritized for improving bus stop facility, access roads, and connection facility between the bi-directional stops. Thirdly, Guri (down) bus stop has relatively longer waiting time for transfer, thus shorter bus headways running the bus stop should be considered. Lastly, most passengers using both stops come to and from Bundang-gu in Geongnam City. Overall, the results of this study would be helpful for transport planners to develop effective bus route policies and bus operation.

• Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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• 1997.12a
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• pp.1-12
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• 1997

우리 나라 자동차운송산업에 존재하는 지입제(위탁관리제)는 과거부터 논란의 대상이 되어 왔다. 1950년대 말부터 시작된 육운 분야의 직영화 정책은 노선버스나 택시의 경우 비교적 성공적인 결과를 가져왔으나 화물자동차운송과 전세버스분야에서 만큼은 아직도 대다수 사업장에서 지입제가 관행화된 제도로 남아 있다. 지입제도는 비효율적이고 전근대적인 경영기법으로 인식되고 있으며 산업발전의 저해요인 보기도하고 불가피하다고 평가되기도 하였다. 본 논문에서는 지입제를 단순하게 비합리적인 제도라고 보기보다는 나름대로의 장점을 가지고 있어 합법적 또는 비합법적인 형태로 지금까지 유지되고 있다고 본다. 지입제는 정보가 비대칭적인 상황에서 기업조직을 통해 생산과 판매를 하기보다는 시장거래를 통한 계약을 통하여 운송서비스를 생산 및 판매를 함으로써 유인일치를 달성시킬 수 있다는 것을 보여주고 있다. 장거리를 운행하는 운송사업의 경우 사업자와 고용운전자는 노동성과에 대한 비대칭적인 정보를 가질 수밖에 없게 된다. 이는 대리문제를 야기시켜 기업조직에 의한 운송서비스의 공급은 생산비용을 상승시킨다. 반면 자동차운송서비스는 생산단위를 분리하기 위한 비용이 비교적 적어 독립적인 운영이 가능하다. 따라서 차량을 1대씩 분리하여 사업권을 시장거래하는 지입제를 운송사업자와 운전자는 선택하게 된다는 것이다.

• Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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• 1997.12b
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• pp.1-14
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• 1997

우리나라 자동차운송산업에 존재하는 지입제(위탁관리제)는 과거부터 논란의 대상이 되어왔다. 1950년대 말부터 시작된 육문 분야의 직영화 정책은 노선버스나 택시의 경우 비교적 성공적인 결과를 가져왔으나 화물자동차운송과 전세버스분야에서 만큼은 아직도 대다수 사업장에서 지입제가 관행화된 제도로 남아 있다. 지입제도는 비효율적이고 전근대적인 경영기법으로 인식되고 있으며 산업발전의 저해요인 보기도하고 불가피하다고 평가되기도 하였다. 본 논문에서는 지입제를 단순하게 비합리적인 제도라고 보기보다는 나름대로의 장점을 가지고 있어 합법적 또는 비합법적인 형태로 지금까지 유지되고 있다고 본다. 지입제는 정보가 비대칭적인 상황에서 기업조직을 통해 생산과 판매를 하기보다는 시장거래를 통한 계약을 통하여 운송서비스를 생산 및 판매를 함으로써 유인일치를 달성시킬 수 있다는 것을 보여주고 있다. 장거리를 운행하는 운송사업의 경우 사업자와 고용운전자는 노동성과에 대한 비대칭적인 정보를 가질 수밖에 없게 된다. 이는 대리문제를 야기시켜 기업조직에 의한 운송서비스의 공급은 생산비용을 상승시킨다. 반면 자동차운송서비스는 생산단위를 분리하기 위한 비용이 비교적 적어 독립적운영이 가능하다. 따라서 차량을 1대씩 분리하여 사업권을 시장거래하는 지입제를 운송사업자와 운전자는 선택하게 된다는 것이다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.23 no.8 s.86
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• pp.163-170
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• 2005

The paper has developed a methodology of calculating accessibility in bus network by using a space syntax technique. The purpose is an effective analysis of accessibility improvement before and after Seoul bus reorganization. Space syntax methodology has an advantage to calculate easily network connectivity and accessibility. However, it also has a weakness not to consider the distance and travel time for calculating accessibility. As a result, we have developed a hybrid of the space syntax methodology and the travel time measures. This method has been applied to evaluate the accessibility before and after the hierarchical bus systems introduced in Kangnam area of Seoul.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.189-196
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• 2017

BIS(Bus Information System) provides the different information related to buses including predictions of arriving times at stations. BIS have been deployed almost all cities in our country and played active roles to improve the convenience of public transportation systems. Moving average filters, Kalman filter and regression models have been representative in forecasting the arriving times of buses in current BIS. The accuracy in prediction of arriving times depends largely on the forecasting algorithms and traffic conditions considered when forecasting in BIS. In present BIS, the simple prediction algorithms are used only considering the passage times and distances between stations. The forecasting of arrivals, however, have been influenced by the traffic conditions such as traffic signals, traffic accidents and pedestrians ets., and missing data. To improve the accuracy of bus arriving estimates, there are big troubles in building models including the above problems. Hidden Markov Models have been effective algorithms considering various restrictions above. So, we have built the HMM forecasting models for bus arriving times in the current BIS. When building models, the data collected from Sunchean City at 2015 have been utilized. There are about 2298 stations and 217 routes in Suncheon city. The models are developed differently week days and weekend. And then the models are conformed with the data from different districts and times. We find that our HMM models can provide more accurate forecasting than other existing methods like moving average filters, Kalmam filters, or regression models. In this paper, we propose Hidden Markov Model to obtain more precise and accurate model better than Moving Average Filter, Kalman Filter and regression model. With the help of Hidden Markov Model, two different sections were used to find the pattern and verified using Bootstrap process.