• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.3-10
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• 2013

Two-lane roads that occupy more than a half of rural highways in Korea have operational problems such as traffic congestion problems due to relatively high traffic volume and safety problems due to overtaking risks in two-lane highways. To solve these problems, a 2+1 road pattern that enables to improve traffic safety and operational efficiency of two-lane highways has been applied in Europe. In this study, in-depth applicability of 2+1 roads to Korean rural highways was investigated based on review results of the successful experience of European 2+1 roads. Then, given the Korean two-lane highway conditions, the service traffic volumes for Korean 2+1 roads was estimated. The analysis results showed that 17,000 veh./day might be the maximum traffic volumes for Korean 2+1 roads.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.5-30
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• 1994

다이아몬드형 인터체인지는 고속도로와 노면가로가 교차할 경우 방향별 교통류를 처리하는데 보편적으로 사용하는 인터체인지이다. 인터체인지에 교통량의 부하가 과도해지 면 인터체인지내부의 교차로에서 발생한 대기차량이 종종 고속도로본선으로 역류하여 본선 의 교통소통에 문제를 야기하며 특히 고속도로의 안전에도 큰 위험요소가 된다. 본 논문은 과포화상태의 다이아몬드형 인터체인지의 교통신호제어를 다루며, 신호시간계획을 산출하는 동적 최적화모형(dynamic optimization model)을 제시한다. 최적화 모형은 지체도최소화를 목적함수로 하며, 함수계측법의 형태가 된다. 본 모형의 핵심은 신호제어에 따라 발생하는 대기차량길이를 모형화하여 대기차량길이가 정해진 상한치를 초과하지 않도록 하는 신호시 간계획을 산출하는데 있다. 제시된 동적모형은 다이아몬드형 인터체인지의 신호시간을 위하 여 널리 사용되는 PASSER III와 최적해를 상호 비교한다. TRAF-NETSIM을 통한 시뮬레이 션의 결과에 따르면 동적 모형이 우수한 결과를 보이며, 대기차량의 길이를 효과적으로 제 어하는 것으로 판명된다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.637-643
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• 2014

Recently there have been an increasing amount of bicycle accidents along with the increased usage of bicycles. Bicycle accidents occur frequently by perpendicular collision at the inner intersection. Bicycle traffic is especially concentrated in residential areas and around schools which results in the vulnerability of cyclists. This paper is to inform the potential risks of collisions between bicycles and cars turning right at the intersections using simulation analysis which focuses on the pavement edge of intersection geometric designs factor and checks on the drivers behavior. The result of the analysis shows that as the curve radius of pavement edge at the intersection becomes larger and the more attention drivers are paying to the rear by turning their heads to the right, the potential risk of collisions between bicycles and cars turning right will decrease.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.93-93
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• 2011

연육 연도교에 주로 건설되는 초장대교량은 시설물 특성상 이용객들의 대피공간이 제약받고 태풍, 해일 등 자연재해에 노출이 많기 때문에 다른 공공시설물보다 재난에 취약한 구조물이다. 최근 공공시설물의 건설동향이 구조물의 장대화로 되어감에 따라 재난 발생시 예상 위험이 점점 더 커져가고 있다. 본 연구는 이전 연구를 통해서 구축된 재난관리 시나리오를 토대로 재난관리 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 초장대교량의 재난은 자연재해와 인적재해로 구분할 수 있다. 여러 가지 재해 중 본 연구에서 제시한 재난관리 알고리즘은 자연재해의 경우 안개, 강설, 결빙, 강풍, 지진, 해일 및 풍수해이며 인적재해의 경우 화재, 교통사고, 구조물파괴 및 테러이다. 이 재난관리 알고리즘은 재난관리 전산 프로그램 구축의 기초로 사용될 것이다. 본 연구는 국내외 재난관리 관련 사례조사를 토대로 재난 수준별 평가방법을 수립하였다. 안개, 강설, 결빙, 강풍, 지진, 해일 및 풍수해와 같은 자연재난은 심각한 재난 발생전에 교통통제가 가능한 형태로 분류될 수 있으며 사례조사를 통해 교통통제 관리기준을 설정하였다. 화재, 교통사고, 구조물 파괴 및 테러와 같은 인적재난은 상황 발생시부터 비상대응을 취해야할 재난의 형태로 분류될 수 있으며 사고발생 시나리오를 통해 대응 단계별 평가방법을 설정하였다. 또한 재난 수준별 평가방법을 토대로 재난관리 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 자연재해와 같이 사고 발생 전에 교통통제가 가능한 재해는 교통통제 모듈로 구분하여 재난관리 알고리즘을 설정하였다. 인적재해와 같이 사고 발생 즉시 비상대응을 실시해야할 재해는 비상대응 모듈로 구분하여 재난관리 알고리즘을 설정하였다. 교통통제 모듈과 비상대응 모듈은 원칙적으로 국가재난관리등급에 따라 관심, 주의, 경계, 심각의 4단계로 구분하였다. 교통통제 모듈과 비상대응 모듈은 AAD에 의해 관리자, 외부기관 및 이용자 각각의 세부 행동지침 및 요령을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.111-121
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• 2008

Using variable speed limits (VSL) is a key strategy for preventing traffic accidents and alleviating traffic congestion. This study proposes an algorithm to operate VSLs on freeways for traffic safety. The proposed algorithm consists of two components based on accident likelihood estimation and analysis of safe stopping distance under various environmental conditions. A binary logistic regression technique is used for estimating accident likelihood. It is expected that the proposed algorithm would be successfully applied in practice in support of an integrated traffic and environmental condition monitoring system. Technical issues associated with the field implementation are also discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.290-291
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• 2018

최근 해상교통량이 증가하고 연안 항해에 대한 관제 필요성이 요구되면서 선박 교통 관제구역이 점차 확대되는 추세이다. 이러한 관제구역의 확대는 관제사의 업무 부하를 초래하며, 이로 인해 교통 혼잡 시간대와 같이 교통량이 급증하는 경우 관제사가 위험 상황을 인지하지 못하는 상황도 발생하게 된다. 이러한 배경에서 본 논문에서는 관제 업무의 지원을 위해 이상 거동 선박을 자동으로 식별하는 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 제안하는 방법은 기계학습 기술을 기반으로 관제구역 내의 통항 패턴을 모델링하고, 이를 통해 이상 거동 선박을 식별하는 방법으로, 대상 항만의 누적된 AIS 데이터를 이용하여 모델을 학습하며, 실제 항적 및 시뮬레이션 데이터를 이용한 실험을 통해 선박교통관제시스템에의 활용 가능성을 고찰한다.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 2008

Seoul metropolitan government has introduced Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems in some major urban corridors on July 1st, 2004, and has reported that it was successful on the ground that bus speed has been increased in the corridors with BRT system and that it has also resulted in the increase of bus patrons. However, there comes a negative claim that BRT has increased the number of fatalities in the same corridors. This study first aims at developing safety evaluation indicators of pedestrian crossings, then compares values of those indicators from pedestrian crossings with and without BRT systems. The safety evaluation indicators of pedestrian crossing are developed as: the number (or ratio) of conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles, the number (or ratio) of vehicles violating pedestrian signals, the number (or ratio) of pedestrians remaining crossings at red signals, and the number (ratio) of pedestrians walking beyond crossing areas. When we compare values of these indicators for both pedestrian crossings with and without BRT system, it has turned out that crossings with BRT systems has more number of conflicts than the crossings without BRT systems, but it cannot be said that the ratio of conflicts will be different between two crossing types. It means that the number of conflict will increase as the number of pedestrians and vehicles in the crossings. When we note that BRT system intrinsically attract more number of pedestrians who get-in or get-off bus stops, we cannot said that BRT system will be safer for pedestrians.

• Korean Journal of Hazardous Materials
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.68-76
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• 2018

This study aims to provide a methodological framework to estimate the travel demand of hazardous materials transporting vehicles by link and analyze daily traffic patterns on an expressway to develop safety roadway management strategies. Traffic volume of hazardous material vehicles is counted through the on-site investigation at twenty-five tollgates on the expressway, and their demands by a link are predicted through origin-destination flows estimation. The result shows that the number of the domestic hazardous materials vehicles is approximately 51,207 vehicles per day and it indicates that hazardous materials transport vehicles account for 1.5% of total daily traffic on the internal expressway and 6.2% of total cargo traffic volumes. This study roughly estimated how many hazardous materials vehicles pass through the expressway segment. Thus it is expected to be utilized for establishing a systematic highway management strategy in the future by calculating the traffic volume of the hazardous material vehicles traveling on the interstate expressway.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.655-666
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• 2021

Purpose: This study is to develop a method for measuring dynamic speeding risks using vehicle trajectory big data and to demonstrate the feasibility of the devised speeding index. Method: The speed behaviors of vehicles were analysed in microscopic space and time using individual vehicle trajectories, and then the boundary condition of speeding (i.e., boundary speed) was determined from the standpoint of crash risk. A novel index for measuring the risk exposure of speeding was developed in microscopic space and time with the boundary speed. Result: A validation study was conducted with vehicle-GPS trajectory big data and ground-truth vehicle crash data. As a result of the analysis, it turned out that the index of speeding-risk exposure has a strong explanatory power (R²=0.7) for motorway traffic accidents. This directly indicates that speeding behaviors should be analysed at a microscopic spatiotemporal dimension. Conclusion: The spatial and temporal evolution of vehicle velocity is very variable. It is, hence, expected that the method presented in this study could be efficaciously employed to analyse the causal factors of traffic accidents and the crash risk exposure in microscopic space using mobility trajectory data.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.71-82
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• 2016

Information System for rear-end collision avoidance is a unit service of C-ITS pilot project. Road environment that the number of vehicles at the same driving high-speed has a possibility that the communication delay or failure caused by heavy load of vehicle to vehicle communication. In this study, effects of the road network about a communication failure rate of information system for rear-end collision avoidance was analyzed quantitatively with micro traffic simulation. The simulation was carried out in situation that crash of two vehicles are occurred at merging area with speed limit 80km/h and information of collision is prvoided to the rear vehicle. From simulation results, it can confirm the trend of the increasing 14% of potential conflict according to 10% increasing of the communication failure rate. C-ITS service has a goal of increasing safety. The coommunication failure rate increases due to heavy load of vehicle causes a fatal result in road safety administrator position. For the success of C-ITS project, a communication system developers side should perform the effort to reduce the communication failure rate.