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Operation Analysis of Downstream Intersections at Urban Freeway Off-ramps  

Jeon, Jae-Hyeon (서울시립대학교 교통공학과)
Kim, Young-Chan (서울시립대학교 교통공학과)
Jeoung, Young-Je (서울시립대학교 교통공학과)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.26, no.4, 2008 , pp. 7-16 More about this Journal
Abstract
Severe congestion is happening at urban freeway off-ramps in Seoul. Major causes of congestion at off-ramps are a shortage of capacity and inefficient signal operations at the downstream intersection at off-ramps. It is necessary to control congestion by improving design or operations in the downstream intersection. In this study, the authors analyzed the case of the Jungdong interchange that was improved for design in the downstream intersection. When a freeway and an arterial road cross, diamond interchanges are usually selected with a single-point urban interchange (SPUI) as an alternative. To compare the effectiveness of a diamond interchange with a SPUI, the authors applied these two configurations to the Jungdong interchange using a simulation. The result of the analysis shows that congestion at off-ramps in diamond interchanges can be reduced by improving signal operations such as the application of "4 phase with overlaps" and that diamond interchanges are more efficient than a SPUI with a frontage road. Efficient operation of the downstream intersection by these findings can minimize congestion of not only the downstream intersection but also the freeway mainline.
Keywords
SPUI; 4 phase with overlaps Urban freeway; Off-ramp downstream intersection; Diamond IC; SPUI; 4 phase with overlaps;
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