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Analysis on Installation Criteria for Scrambled Crosswalks Considering Vehicle and Pedestrian Traffic Volume

교통량과 보행량을 고려한 대각선 횡단보도 설치기준 정립 방안 연구

  • 남찬우 (서울지방경찰청 1기동단 경비과) ;
  • 고승영 (서울대학교 건설환경공학부) ;
  • 조신형 (서울대학교 공학연구원)
  • Received : 2019.11.27
  • Accepted : 2019.12.16
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

Nowadays, interest in safety of pedestrians who are relatively weak when compared with vehicles increases. Also, concern for pedestrian accidents on crosswalks increases. For these reasons, scrambled crosswalks which are considered to contribute pedestrian safety by reducing conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians are actively discussed and there are also a few intersections where they are actually installed. However, scrambled crosswalks must include all-red phase for all vehicle traffic flows, which inevitably leads to increase of lost time per cycle. Therefore, evaluation in terms of efficiency should be done before installation of scrambled crosswalks. This research suggests installation criteria for scrambled crosswalks so that it is possible to judge whether installation of scrambled crosswalks is appropriate only by surveying vehicle traffic volume and pedestrian traffic volume. This research derives optimum cycle length from signal optimization models which considers both vehicle traffic volume and pedestrian traffic volume. From this optimum cycle length, this research compares total delay time before and after installation of scrambled crosswalks. From an analysis, two research results are derived. Firstly, there is critical traffic volume above which installation of scrambled crosswalks can not efficient. Secondly, appropriate areas for installation of scrambled crosswalks are different by each signal intersection or by each signal system and those difference vary. From these results, this research suggests installation criteria for scrambled crosswalks which consists of two steps. The delay time of the pedestrians may be increased after the diagonal crosswalk is installed, but it may be desirable to install in consideration of the appropriate traffic level to ensure safety.

최근에 교통사고는 감소하고 있는 추세이나 상대적으로 심각도가 높은 보행자 사고에 대한 관심이 증대되고 있다. 횡단보도 상의 보행자 사고에 대한 개선을 위해 차량과 보행자의 상충을 줄여 안전한 보행환경을 보장할 수 있는 대각선 횡단보도가 설치되고 있다. 대각선 횡단보도 설치에 앞서 효율성 측면에서의 평가와 설치기준을 제시함으로써 교통량과 보행량 조사만으로 대각선 횡단보도 설치 적절성 여부를 판단할 수 있는 근거가 필요한 상황이다. 본 연구는 교통량과 보행량을 모두 고려한 신호 최적화 모형을 통하여 최적 주기를 도출하고 이를 바탕으로 대각선 횡단보도 설치 전·후 총 지체시간을 비교한다. 최적주기를 산출한 결과, 크게 두 가지 연구의 함의점을 도출해낼 수 있었다. 대각선 횡단보도 설치에 있어 비효율을 초래할 수 있는 차량 교통량 기준점이 존재한다. 또한, 신호 시스템별, 교차로 유형별 적정 설치 용량이 다르기 때문에 설치를 고려하는 횡단보도의 교통량 수준에 따른 적절한 판단기준을 제시하였다. 이러한 분석 결과를 바탕으로 대각선 횡단보도 설치 전후에 대한 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 검증하였다. 대각선 횡단보도를 설치한 후 보행자의 지연시간이 증대될 수 있으나, 안전 확보를 위해서는 적정 교통량 수준을 고려하여 설치하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

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