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The Analysis of the Impact of Heavy Vehicles in Urban Freeway Basic Section (도시고속도로 기본구간의 서비스수준별 중차량 영향 분석)

  • Kim, Tae-Heon;Roh, Chang-Gyun;Son, Bong-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.75-83
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    • 2012
  • This study is to find a shortcoming embedded in the current Korean Highway Capacity Manual (KHCM) on reflecting a heavy vehicle effect to the highway capacity. The KHCM suggests to handle the percent heavy vehicle to deal with its effect to a capacity regardless of density levels. Authors hypothesized in this study that the effect of heavy vehicles would vary at different levels of traffic density - the effect would be comparably insignificant when a density is low and it becomes comparably significant when it becomes high. Field data from a freeways located in Seoul were collected for 360 hours (15 days) and categorized them into a set of operation conditions grouped by 15 minutes and by the LOS density levels. Comparison between the field measured and the estimated by the KHCM method showed that the KHCM method overestimated the effect of heavy vehicles in LOS B and C but underestimated in LOS E. The results suggested that there be a difference pattern from the one the KHCM expected and brought discussion on further studies.

Analysis of Snowing Impacts on Freeway Trip Characteristics Using TCS Data (TCS 자료를 이용한 강설과 고속도로 통행특성 관계 연구)

  • Baek, Seung-Kirl;Jeong, So-Young;Lee, Tea-Kyung;Won, Jai-Mu
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.68-79
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    • 2010
  • Weather like rain, strong wind or snowfall may make the road condition deteriorated and sometimes induce traffic accidents, which lead to severe traffic congestion, thereby travelers may change their destinations elsewhere. Although origin-destination trip information is required to analyze transportation planning in urban area, there are little researches on the relationship between weather condition and travel patterns. This paper investigates the characteristics of travel patterns on expressway in snowing days of 1998-2008. We compare the normal travel patterns with those of snowing days by the travel distance for each vehicle type. Results show that traffic volume and travel distance have been reduced in snowing days as we expect, and also show different travel patterns for weekday and weekend.

Streetscape Design of Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena, California (아로요 파크웨이 조경설계)

  • Jeong Wook-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.105-117
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    • 2004
  • The Pasadena Freeway follows the Arroyo Seco through foothills and scenic passes to link Downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena. The approximately 10 mile road was the first freeway built in the West during the 1930's and is today designated as a Historic Parkway. As it approaches Pasadena, it terminates at a traffic light intersection at Glenarm Street, and then becomes a commercial road the Arroyo Parkway. This one and a quarter mile long, north south road moves significant volumes of traffic both into and out of Pasadena. The Arroyo Parkway is thus a major 'gateway' and an important axis of orientation and movement, terminating in the City's core civic, commercial and retail district. Planting, lighting, signage, paving, furnishing and fixtures ought to all be properly designed and coordinated to create a distinctive 'gateway' experience arriving to Pasadena and driving along the Arroyo Parkway. Alternate design studies, developed in discussion with City officials and others involved in the redevelopment of the area, would need to be done to properly decide on the best direction. Issues of heritage and traditional streetscape will likely have to be reconciled with both the reality of the vehicular character of the road and more contemporary themes. Obviously with such large parcels of property available in the Arroyo Fair Oaks corridor, there is a huge potential for redevelopment and building. This potential would only be strengthened by the Light Rail Line and its stations, the improvements to the Arroyo Parkway, and the redevelopment of the Arts Center College of Design. Guides and controls to the development process, including programming and physical design studies, would need to be developed in order to ensure that the maximum potential for the corridor be realized. This concept proposal suggests that the whole strip might be developed as a Arts and Technology corridor, with special emphases on education, public culture, media and lifestyle. The full programming possibilities need to be further developed. Additionally, appropriate urban design guidelines to ensure high quality development also need to be incorporated into an overall development plan.

Traffic Assignment Incorporating Route Choice Behavior in Hierachical Highway Structure (도로위계구조를 고려한 노선배정기법에 관한 연구)

  • 김익기;김태중
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.19-33
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    • 1995
  • Conventional traffic assignment techniques usually do not consider traveler's route choice behavior affected by hierachicla strucfture in urban highway system. This study realizes the route choice behavior such that travelers tend to choose more higher level of highway rather than lower level of highway for longer trops. Otherwise, for shorter trips, travelers tend to choose lower level of highway unless they can get sufficient travel time saving by using mojor arterial street or freeway (higher level of highway). Therefore, this study suggests a traffic assignment technique incorrporating route choice behavior related to hierachical highway structure by introducing some perception costs to generalized cost function such as perceptional preference measureemnt for higher level higheay and perceptional penalty when changing to different level of highway. Through simulation analysis, it is shown that the simulation results with the new traffic assignment echnique can be different a lot from the results with the convential method.

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Improvement Programs for Traffic Safety Devices on Urban Freeway (도시고속도로 교통안전시설물 개선방안)

  • 이대원
    • Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.332-341
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    • 1998
  • 본 연구는 지역간 고속도로에 비해 통행수요가 높고, 진·출입램프 간격이 짧으며, 구간의 용량변화가 심하고, 기하설계 기준이 낮은 도시고속도로 교통안전시설물의 설치·운영상의 문제점을 검토하고, 이를 통한 개선 방안을 제시하였다. 도시고속도로 교통안전시설물 문헌조사는 국내외 관련 기준서를 비교 분석하였으며, 현황 조사는 서울지역의 도시고속도로중 올림필대로를 중심으로 시설물의 종류, 설치방법, 시인성등을 조사하였다. 문헌과 현황조사 결과에 의하면 현행 시설물 중에는 설치 기준의 누락 또는 새로이 개발된 시설물 기준 등이 미흡하며, 시설물의 설치 및 운영이 현행 기준에 크게 못 미치는 것을 나타났다. 또한 경제성을 고려한 시설상호간 중복 및 모순을 배제할 필요가 있으며, 시설물의 유지관리체계 마련이 시급한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기초연구를 통한 신개발 시설물의 설치 기준 설정, 현행 기준의 명확한 적용으로 시인성 및 통일성 확보, 시설물의 중복성 배제와 기능성 확립, 유지관리체계 마련, 그리고 도시고속도로 특성에 맞는 시설물 설치 기준서 및 실무지침서의 개발을 제안하였다.

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Development of Urban Freeway Traffic Simulation Model (URFSIM-1 : 도시고속도로 교통류 시뮬레이션 모형 개발)

  • 강정규
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.85-103
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    • 1997
  • 국내 도시교통에서 도시고속도로가 차지하는 비중은 급증하고 있으나 이의 효율적 인 운영은 아직 초보수준인 실정이다. 도시고속도로의 운영전략이나 기하구조 설계대안을 개발·분석·평가하는데 시뮬레이션 모형을 활용하는 것은 필수적이나 외국에서 개발된 모형 을 국내에 적용하는 데에는 많은 제약이 따르고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 국내 현실에 적합 한 도시고속도로 교통류 시뮬레이션 모형을 개발하려는데 그 목적이 있으며 연속 교통류 모 형의 개발, 모수추정 방법의 제시, 컴퓨터 코딩, 모형평가의 세부작업이 수행되었다. URFSIM-1은 각 구간에서 통행목적지별 차량 수를 추적할 수 있는 통행수요모형 기능에 구 간내 이동을 동적으로 기술할 수 있는 거시적 교통류 모형을 결합한 것을 기본 교통류 모형 으로 채택하고 있다. 비선형 최소 자승법에 의해 교통류 모형 모수와 O-D 모수를 추정하는 방법이 제시되었다. 마지막으로 유고상황을 가상한 정성분석과 미국 도시고속도로에서 수집 한 현장자료를 이용한 모형의 평가를 시행하였다.

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Traffic Flow Analysis for The Weaving Section Design on Urban Freeways (I) (도시고속도로 엇갈림 구간의 합리적 설계를 위한 교통 특성 분석 (I))

  • 최재성;이승준
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 2000
  • This Paper is a Part of research Project series to analyze unique traffic characteristics observable within weaving sections on urban freeways. The research objectives were to establish with headway distribution and maximum Passing volume on weaving sections the basis of weaving designs that can promote safety and efficiency. Until now, when one wants to check the maximum Passing volume on weaving sections, it is taken for granted using headway distribution of freeway basic section. However. it was suspected in this research that for weaving sections different form of headway distribution had better be used. To prove this, field surveys were made to count headway intervals which supposedly were influenced not only by freeway basic section flows but also by weaving flows and later on used to develop headway distribution for weaving sections. For validation of the developed headway distribution, $x^2$-test was applied to three different data set of observed headways, currently used headway distribution for basic sections(Pearson Type III distribution) and new headway distribution. The result indicated new headway distribution as the most appropriate distribution form. Also, maximum passing volume within weaving sections was calculated based on new headway distribution and compared with Drew's maximum Passing volume.

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Development of Exit-Ramp Control Strategy Avoiding Mainline Spillover for Urban Freeway (과포화 신호제어 기법을 응용한 도시고속도로 진출램프 제어전략의 개발)

  • 김영찬;이철기;허혜정
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.89-100
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    • 2001
  • 내부순환로의 진출램프 중 성산, 홍은, 홍제, 길음, 마장 진출램프에서는 램프의 지체가 심각하여, 진출차량의 대기행렬이 내부순환로 본선에까지 이르는 대기행렬 역류현상이 발생하고 있다. 이러한 본선으로의 대기행렬 역류는 본선의 혼잡을 가중시키고 교통사고의 위험도 증가시킨다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 도시고속도로의 진출램프 혼잡을 개선하기 위해 진출램프 제어전략을 개발하였다. 진출램프 제어전략의 목표는 진출램프의 대기차량이 본선으로 역류하지 않도록 하는 것이다. 대기행렬의 역류를 막기 위해서는 진출램프의 차량이 인접한 간선도로로 원활하게 진행하도록 해야 하며, 간선도로와 진출램프의 대기행렬을 제어정책에 따라 관리할 수 있어야 한다. 이를 위해서 진출램프 진출부에 신호를 설치하여 간선도로차량의 흐름을 제어하고, 진출부 하류부 교차로와 연동제어를 하여 진출공간을 확보하였다. 또한, 대기행렬의 관리를 위해서는 대기행렬 관리계수를 정의하고 이 값에 따라 현시를 결정할 수 있는 제어식을 유도하였다. 진출램프 제어전략은 과포화 신호제어 기법을 응용하여 개발하였으며, 그 중 Equity offset과 내부미터링 기법을 연동제어에 응용하였고, Imbalanced split 기법은 대기행렬 관리계수에 따라 현시가 결정되는 제어식의 개발에 응용하였다. 진출램프 제어전략을 평가하기 위하여 진출램프의 혼잡으로 인해 본선으로 대기행렬 역류가 발생하는 내부순환로의 홍은, 홍제 진출램프를 선정하였으며, NETSIM을 통해 진출램프 제어전략의 효과를 분석하였다. 분석결과 진출램프의 혼잡이 크게 개선되며, 운영자의 관리목적에 따라 대기행렬의 관리가 이루어지는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 진출램프 제어전략은 내부순환 도시고속도로뿐만 아니라 진출램프 제어가 필요한 타도시고속도로에서도 적용을 하면 좋은 효과를 얻을 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

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The Application of a Microwave Sensor for Traffic Signal Control on Urban Arterial (도시간선도로상에서 교통신호제어를 위한 초단파 검지기(RTMS)의 적용성에 관한 연구)

  • 오영태;오영태
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.133-151
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    • 1995
  • The collective of highly reliable traffic data is necessary for traffic signal control. This study is to test application of RTMS sensor to traffic signal control. In order to find out the possibility of its application th traffic signal control, 5 types of experiments were performed. The major findings are as follows ; -The detection are a has been changing according to degree and gain. -At the results of experiments for interference are a measure, Degree 60 is stable condition. -At the results of reliability test for volume and speed. the error rate decreases as speed increases and that of Zone 1 is lower than that of Zone 3. -Two modes are set up for reliability test of traffic volume. It founds that the detection reliability of the stopped vehicles are higher than that of the passing vehicles at sidefire-intersection mode. It founds that the results are vice-versa at sidefire-highway mode. Conclusively, this sensor cannot directly apply to colection of traffic data for traffic signal control. However, this sensor can be substituted for a loop detector which is used popularly for signal control, and freeway traffic control if above faults are made up.

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A Study on the Prediction of Traffic Volume on Highway by the Reference Day of Archived Data (이력자료 참조일수에 따른 고속도로 교통량 예측에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, So-Yeon;Jung, So-Yeon
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.230-237
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: In Korea, traffic information is collected in real time as part of Intelligent Transportation System to enhance efficiency of road operation. However, traffic information based on real-time data is different from the traffic situation the driver will experience. Method: In this study, forecasts were made for future highway traffic by day and time period by adjusting the Archived data reference days to 3, 5 and 10 days based on existing traffic Archived data. Results: Fewer days of reference in the past showed smaller errors. The prediction of Monday based on five past histories showed greater errors than the 10 past histories, as the traffic flow on the sixth Monday of 2016 was somewhat different from the usual holiday. Conclution: This study shows that less of the reference days of the past history when estimating traffic volume, the more accurate the data of the traffic history of the event can be used on special days.