Evaluation of The Highway Design Speed Determination Process Using Case Studies (Reclassifying Functions and Terrain Types)

Currently, highway design speed is determined by considering highway function, area type, and terrain type. Sometime it is pointed out that determining a reasonable design speed which is both efficient and safe is not an easy task and that Practicing engineers often select an unsuitable design speed on purpose, capitalizing on some ambiguous and discretionary expressions in describing the highway design speed. This undesirable Problem is arising mostly due to the fact, that the current geometric design standard fails to include rolling terrain type and can not reflect the whole characteristics of land use patterns adjacent to the design highway route. A recent research was Published considering this problem and it attempted to improve the highway design speed determining process. In this research Project, tn see the effects of this recently developed procedure, a new and reduced design speed was calculated based on the new Procedure and subsequently another highway design route was selected. The travel time. construction cost. and the expected degree of safety associated with the new route were assessed to be compared with the ones with the existing procedure. As a result. it was found that the new procedure was successful in reflecting the localities such as terrain type and area type into better determining highway design speed, eliminating much of highway engineers' discretion when applying engineering judgments. Also the new Procedure is keen to produce a more economical highway project. In other words, despite of producing reduced amount of user benefits accrued, in the new highway route, the construction cost has been cut significantly leading to higher values in B/C. NPV, and IRR. Also EMME-II output, which Provided the link assigned volumes, rendered only a slightly reduced Levels of Service along surrounding links in the study network. This reduction was believed to occur because of lower design speed and it had been expected from the beginning.

사례분석을 통한 도로설계속도 결정방법론 적용성 평가 (기능 재분류와 지형특성 이용)

현재 우리나라의 설계속도는 토로의 기능, 지역특성, 지형에 의해 결정된다. 그러나 도로의 기능을 구분하는 뚜렷한 기준이 없어 적정 설계속도 결정에 설계자의 주관이 개입될 여지가 많으며, 설계에 반영되지 못하는 도로기능이 존재하고, 도로가 통과하는 지역 및 지형적 특성을 제대로 반영하지 못하는 실정이다. 최근 이 문제를 개선한 새로운 기능 재분류와 설계속도 결정기준이 제시된 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 최근 제시된 새로운 설계속도 결정기준에 따라 토로를 재설계하고, 통행속도와 공사비, 안전성 등을 조사 분석하여 기존 방법과 새로운 방법이 어떠한 차이가 있는지 사례분석을 통해 적용성을 평가하였다. 연구 결과 설계속도 결정에 있어 새로운 기준이 기존방법에 비해 우리나라의 자연지형과 지역특성을 정확히 고려하였으며, 설계자의 주관적 판단소지를 크게 줄여주고. 경제적인 방법으로 설계속도와 노선대를 결정하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 새로운 기준에 따른 설계가 기존방법에 비해 편익은 약간 적었으나. 공사비가 크게 감소하여 B/C분석. NPV, IRR 에서 모두 우수한 것으로 나타났다. EMME/2 상에서 통행배정 결과 각 구간 LOS는 기존방법과 새로운 방법이 거의 차이가 나지 않았으며. 통행속도에서 약 $2{\sim}4km/h$의 미세한 차이가 있었다.