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Emission Rates Estimation by Vehicle Type in Seoul Using the Vehicle Inspection Data (차량 검사 데이터를 활용한 서울시 자동차 유형별 배출 가스량 원단위 산정)

  • Lee, Hyosun;Han, Yohee;Park, Shin Hyoung;Hwang, Ho Hyun;Kim, Youngchan
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.177-191
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    • 2021
  • One of the major causes of serious air pollution worldwide is emissions from road transportation. A number of countries are working to reduce vehicle emissions, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government is also implementing active policies to reduce emissions by setting a target of 40% by 2030. Implementing these policies requires the introduction of practical indicators. Most of the domestic emissions are calculated by the emission coefficient, a function of speed at the National Institute of Environmental Research under the Ministry of Environment, but the dynamic variable speed is limited to being used as an indicator of the number of eco-friendly vehicles. Therefore, this study calculated the emission rates in Seoul using the vehicle registration data of Seoul and the vehicle inspection data from the Korea Transportation Safety Authority. The tendency of emissions was determined according to key variables such as vehicle type, fuel and mileage. Emissions were based on carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter measured by vehicle inspection from the Korea Transportation Safety Authority. As a result, the emission rates showed a significant trend according to the model year and mileage. This can be used as a policy indicator to preferentially switch commercial vehicles with old model years and long mileage when switching eco-friendly vehicles in Seoul.

A Study on the Traffic Safety of Electric Wheelchair for Disabled Persons (장애인 전동휠체어 교통안전에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Sungchul;Kwon, Changhee
    • Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.83-87
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    • 2022
  • In this study, through a survey on traffic safety campaigns for electric wheelchairs for the disabled, we found out what is necessary to solve the inconvenience of disabled people driving electric wheelchairs and living in society. The conclusions for each role of the severely disabled are as follows. The government has enacted a law on fostering convenience facilities for the disabled in accordance with reality so that the disabled, who are vulnerable to transportation, do not have any inconvenience in their social lives. However, it is not kept in reality, so there are many obstacles to the social activities of the disabled. In addition, local governments should subscribe to electric wheelchair insurance for the disabled to minimize the damage to the disabled in the event of an electric wheelchair accident. Organizations related to the disabled provide safety wheelchair driving education to prevent electric wheelchair accidents in advance and receive complaints about inconvenience. It can be concluded that people with severe disabilities can prevent accidents in advance by installing a moving ring tone on an electric wheelchair so that they can know the movement of the surrounding wheelchair.

Analysis of Transportation Safety Policies among 81 Cities in Korea (도시별 교통안전정책의 시행효과 분석)

  • Kim, Chang-Kyun;Kim, Dong-Gun;Park, Yong-Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.22 no.3 s.74
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    • pp.27-39
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    • 2004
  • The previous studies on analyzing the effects of traffic safety policies are very limited. Implementing traffic safety policies in view of their own urban traffic characteristics would be fairly desirable to handle properly the traffic safety problems. The relationships between traffic accidents and traffic safety policies have been researched by classifying the eighty one cities in Korea into four groups in terms of the size of the city population. Statistical analysis have been conducted for traffic accidents data and traffic safety policies, respectively. In order to mearsure the effectiveness of the traffic policies in the real world, regression models have been developed by handling the accident data and policy data. As a result of analysing the data, the traffic policies have showed different effects according to the size of the cities. While budget investment policies had provided enormous influences to reduce traffic accidents in the big cities more than a half million polulation, traffic enforcement and traffic education have been so efficient to control traffic accident problems in the smaller cities less than a half million poluation.

A Study on the Actual Condition and Reduction Plan of Traffic Accidents for the Elderly (노인교통사고 실태 및 감소방안에 관한 연구)

  • Sung, Su-Young;Kim, Sang-Woon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.437-447
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    • 2020
  • Following the extension of human life expectancy, the number of elderly traffic accidents that have been increasing at a rapid pace since 2018 has also emerged as a social problem. The traffic accident rate among those aged 65 and older is increasing, but traffic safety policies are insufficient. Based on the analysis of traffic accident status for senior citizens and traffic accident for the past five years from 2014, the reduction plan is to be presented in three main aspects. First, the system needs systematic management by strengthening the system of senior citizens' transport policy departments and driver's license for senior citizens in government agencies, such as the United States, Britain and Japan, from an institutional perspective, so that the walking time and crosswalk traffic environment for the vulnerable should be improved from an environmental perspective. In addition, in human terms, the ability to cope with real-time changes in traffic conditions should be enhanced by training transportation safety experts to secure the effectiveness of education for elderly drivers and by strengthening safety education for those with driver's license and expanding experienced traffic safety facilities to enhance the ability of senior citizens to cope with the changing traffic conditions in real time.

Inequalities in External-Cause Mortality in 2018 across Industries in Republic of Korea

  • Lim, Jiyoung;Ko, Kwon;Lee, Kyung Eun;Park, Jae Bum;Lee, Seungho;Jeong, Inchul
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2022
  • Background: External-cause mortality is an important public health issue worldwide. Considering its significance to workers' health and inequalities across industries, we aimed to describe the state of external-cause mortality and investigate its difference by industry in Republic of Korea based on data for 2018. Methods: Data obtained from the Statistics Korea and Korean Employment Information System were used. External causes of death were divided into three categories (suicide, transport accident, and others), and death occurred during employment period or within 90 days after unemployment was regarded as workers' death. We calculated age- and sex-standardized mortalities per 100,000, standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) compared to the general population and total workers, and mortality rate ratios (RRs) across industries using information and communication as a reference. Correlation analyses between income, education, and mortality were conducted. Results: Age- and sex-standardized external-cause mortality per 100,000 in all workers was 29.4 (suicide: 16.2, transport accident: 6.6, others: 6.6). Compared to the general population, all external-cause and suicide SMRs were significantly lower; however, there was no significant difference in transport accidents. When compared to total workers, wholesale, transportation, and business facilities management showed higher SMR for suicide, and agriculture, forestry, and fishing, mining and quarrying, construction, transportation and storage, and public administration and defense showed higher SMR for transport accidents. A moderate to strong negative correlation was observed between education level and mortality (both age- and sex-standardized mortality rates and SMR compared to the general population). Conclusion: Inequalities in external-cause mortalities from suicide, transport accidents, and other causes were found. For reducing the differences, improved policies are needed for industries with higher mortalities.

A Human Factors Approach for Aviation Safety (항공안전을 위한 인간공학적 대응)

  • Kim, Dae Ho
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.467-484
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    • 2017
  • Objective: The purpose of this paper is to review, with the main focus on aviation safety technology and management program, how human factors are currently taken into consideration within transportation sectors, especially aviation, and to further share related information. Background: Human factors account for the majority of aviation accidents/incidents. Thus, the aviation sector has been comparatively quick in developing and applying technologies and management programs that deal with human factors. This paper reviews the latest safety technologies and management programs regarding human factors and aims to identify the trend. Method: This paper, based on literature research and practical experience, examines the latest international standards on technologies and management programs, those that deal with human factors and are adopted by international and domestic aviation organization. The main focus of discussion is how human factors are reflected during the system design and operation process. Results: The current most important issue in designing is the consideration of human factors in Cockpit, Automation, and Safety system technology design. From an operational point of view, the issues at hand are screening and training aviation workers to promote aviation safety, providing education on human factors and CRM/TEM, and running a safety management program to implement SMS. They were discussed based on the operational experience within the aviation sector. Conclusion: Major examples of a human factors approach to promote aviation safety are safety programs and various safety and monitoring technologies applied to aviation personnel for error management. These programs must be managed in an integrated manner that takes both the system designing and operational point of view into account. Application: It is thought that the human factors approach for promoting aviation safety reviewed in this paper can be extended and applied to safety management programs in other transportation sectors such as the railroad, maritime, road traffic etc.

Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Replacement with the CNG Buses in South Chungcheong Province (충청남도에서 CNG 버스로의 전환을 위한 비용-편익 분석)

  • Choi, Yeon-Suk;Park, Byoung-Tae
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.417-425
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    • 2013
  • According to industrialization and urbanization the number of increasing cars is attributable to an explosive increase of the vehicle emissions. In this study, in consideration of the population and local transportation characteristics of South Chungcheong Province the environmental and economic cost-benefit analyses are performed to evaluate whether the CNG bus conversion gives what kind of effects. Based on the analysis result the expansion and distribution plan of CNG bus is proposed for South Chungcheong Province, and the local supply policy model is also proposed considering the acquisition and management of the economic situation of CNG charging infrastructure and the small transportation companies.

A Study on the Effects of ARPA/Radar Simulation Training

  • Shin, Daewoon;Park, Youngsoo;Kim, Dae-Hae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.294-300
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    • 2017
  • In this study, a survey was conducted among students who received ARPA/radar simulation training in order to verify the effect of training. An effective training method based on the analysis results was also proposed. Furthermore, this study analyzed full mission simulation conducted over one semester, and found that training effect increased as time passed. The survey showed improvement in skills related to radar/ARPA utilization, ARPA decoding, ship handling, and overall skill. Students responded practical skills improved more than theoretical knowledge, and also analysis showed that ship handling skills had a larger effect than radar decoding skills on improving overall skill, therefore proposed that theoretical education regarding the functions of radar and ARPA should be reinforced in ARPA/radar simulation training.

Review of Aviation Maintenance Licensing System of Rep. of Korea (국내 항공정비 자격증명 제도에 관한 고찰)

  • Dong-Sun Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 2024
  • The application eligibility rule of Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic are specifying in enforcement rule of Aviation Safety Act in Rep. of Korea. To earn licence of Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic in Rep. of Korea, the applicant must to be satisfied applicant qualification condition for second practical test, which is carried out with actual work test and oral test. Licensing and issuance of Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic of Rep. of Korea are performing by Korea Transportation Safety Authority, which is entrusted from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and transportation. The main content of this paper is a review of the development direction of Aircraft Maintenance Licensing System for enhancement of university aviation maintenance related major's education. It is included problem of desultory changing terminology for applicant qualification, which are maintenance career, maintenance training career, maintenance practice career, maintenance work career and so on, compared to ICAO Annex 1 regulation.