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http://dx.doi.org/10.12815/kits.2019.18.3.34

A Study on the Feasibility of the Improvement of Traffic Congestion : Focusing on Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Chuncheong Province  

Kwon, Hyun Joong (Korea National University of Transportation, Division of Civil, Environmental & Urban-Transportation Engineering)
Oh, Ju Taek (Korea National University of Transportation, Division of Civil, Environmental & Urban-Transportation Engineering)
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The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems / v.18, no.3, 2019 , pp. 34-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
Based on the analysis of congestion conditions in small cities with a population of less than 500,000 in Chungcheong Province, this study conducted a feasibility study on the scope of congestion improvement projects. Further, traffic congestion management standards were further established by analyzing LOS as well as the speed of traffic presented by congestion criteria in the existing Project. According to the analysis according to the congestion management standard LOS suggested in this study, Asan city has the most major number of highways where LOS E occurs for more than 3 hours, followed by Sejong City and Gongju City. In addition, when comparing the ratio of the busy main roads according to the frequency of LOS E by city size, it was analyzed that the ratio and extension of the busy highways relative to the overall extension of the large Chungcheong area are similar to the ratio in small cities in the Chungcheong region. Therefore, traffic congestion occurred in small cities and the feasibility of the improvement project was revealed.
Keywords
Traffic congestion roads; Level of Service; Average speed of traffic; Congestion management standards;
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