• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.106-118
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• 2014

The objective of this study is to develop a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of in-vehicle pedestrian warning systems. Driving Simulator-based experiments were conducted to collect data to represent driver's responsive behavior. The braking frequency, lane change duration, and collision speed were used as measure of effectiveness (MOE) to evaluate the effectiveness. Collision speed data obtained from the simulation experiments were further used to predict pedestrian injury severity. Results demonstrated the effectiveness of warning information systems by reducing the pedestrian injury severity. It is expected that the proposed evaluation methodology and outcomes will be useful in developing various vehicular technologies and relevant policies to enhance pedestrian safety.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.24 no.3 s.89
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• pp.95-102
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• 2006

This study develops a methodology on how to assess the traffic safety benefit of advanced vehicular technology for Protecting pedestrian in pedestrian-vehicle collision. Safety benefit is defined here as the reduction of Pedestrian fatality by employing advanced vehicular technology. As an application of the proposed methodology the safety benefit of active hood lift system (AHLS) is assessed. Both actual accident data analysis and simulation experiment are conducted to establish statistical models that are used for estimating the reduction of pedestrian fatality It is believed that the developed methodology and outcomes would be greatly useful in developing various advanced vehicular technologies and establishing more effective traffic safety policies.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.138-150
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• 2020

Pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users. According to one analysis of traffic accidents over a five year period, pedestrians accounted for about 40% of all road traffic deaths in South Korea. Although some policy and engineering approaches have been taken to reduce and prevent traffic accidents, the annual accident change rate is -0.7%, which is insufficient. This study verifies the effectiveness of presenting visual messages to pedestrians and the effect from adding auditory messages to the visual messages. The experiment was conducted on crosswalks adjacent to an intersection, and safety behaviors were recorded for a total of 898 pedestrians and considered sufficient. As a result of the study, overall pedestrian safety behavior improved when both visual and auditory messages were presented, rather than just visual messages. Therefore, the results indicate it is more effective to provide a mixed visual/auditory form of messages, rather than providing single stimulus messages.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.07a
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• pp.431-432
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• 2022

최근 전체 교통사고 보행 사상자 중 우회전 차량에 의한 보행 사상자의 비율이 2018년 9.6%, 2019년 10%, 2020년 10.4%로 증가세에 있다. 현재는 이러한 상황을 해결하기 위해 국토교통부에서는 2022년부터 보행자 보호 의무 위반 운전자에게 최대 10%의 보험료 할증을 부과하고, 경찰청은 '교차로서 일단정지'를 골자로 하는 도로교통법 개정안을 공포하고 2022년 7월 12일부터 시행한다고 밝혔다. 본 논문은 이러한 상황에서 운전자나 보행자 모두가 안심할 수 있도록 하는 '보행자 안전을 위한 횡단보도의 구현' 기술을 제안한다. 법체계가 아닌 바리케이드와 초음파 거리센서, 압력센서 등을 활용한 물리적인 시스템으로 운전자들의 혼란을 해소하고 보행자들이 안심하고 건널 수 있는 횡단보도를 구현하여 최근 증가하고 있는 우회전 보행자 사고를 예방 할 것이다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.91-100
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• 2008

Pedestrians are exposed to accidents as a result of the lack of understanding the meaning of a flashing green signal. This study was to designed to relate changes of pedestrians' crossing characteristics as a functions of flashing green signal timings. A field survey was conducted to collect pedestrian preference and safety and it was examined by signal operation experiment. Two versions of new pedestrian signal timings were compared to the existing pedestrian signal timings. The results indicated that the number of pedestrians who starts to cross during flashing green signals was significantly decreased when flashing green signals started at 1/2 or 2/3 point of crossing. However, the number of pedestrians who remain in the crossing during red signals was significantly increased when flashing green signals started at 2/3 point of crossing. This study concludes that starting flashing green signals at 1/2 point of crossing is the safest. Also, implication and directions for its practical relevance were discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.11
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• pp.213-223
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• 2021

It is very important to build a safe walking environment for children because children are more likely to be exposed to traffic accidents than adults due to their behavioral and physical characteristics. Therefore, this study analyzed the characteristics of road and transportation safety facilities that affect pedestrian traffic accidents around school zones using spatial poisson regression. The pedestrian-vehicle crash data in Seoul 2016-2018 was provided by the Traffic Accident Analysis System(TAAS). The main analysis results are as follow; First, the more intersections and the higher percentage of neighborhood roads in the school zone, the higher the risk of pedestrian traffic accidents. Second, the pedestrian push button was found to reduce the occurrence of pedestrian traffic accidents. Third, except for the pedestrian push button, none of the transportation safety facilities considered in this study were effective in reducing the risk of pedestrian traffic accidents. On the other hand, if not only the improvement of physical facilities but also non-physical factors such traffic safety education are supported, the effect for reducing traffic pedestrian traffic accidents in the school zone is expected to be further maximized.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.81-86
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• 2012

본 연구는 야간 차량과 보행자 안전을 보장하기 위해 설치된 가로등과 도시경관과 환경 측면 중요한 구성요소인 가로수와의 관계를 조명 시뮬레이션 기법을 통하여 상호간의 상충요인에 대하여 분석한다. 특히 최근 야간에 건강을 위한 걷기 운동자가 증가하고 있어 이들에 대한 야간 보행 안전에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 야간 걷기 운동자들의 보행 공간이 주로 주거지역에서 이루어짐으로 가로등의 역할이 상업지역에 비해 크다. 본 연구는 가로수의 유형과 성장이 보행로의 야간 조명에 미치는 영향을 시뮬레이션 기법을 통하여 분석하고 이를 개선하기 위하여 추가적 조명을 설치할 경우 고려하여야 할 사항에 대하여 제시하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.42-51
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• 1998

안전한고 쾌적한 보행환경을 조성하여 보행 교통을 활성화시킨다면, 자동차의 사용이 줄게 되고 자동차의 유해한 배출가스로 인한 공기 오염 및 소음 등을 낮출 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 도심부의 미관 증대, 역사적 구역의 보존, 물리적인 도시 이미지 향상 등의 효과로 도심기능의 활성화에 기여할 수 있을 것이다. 이와 같은 보행통행의 중요성을 인식하여 안전하고 효율성 있는 보행동선을 조성할 필요가 있다. 그러나 상당수의 종합병원과 같은 공공성을 띤 건물들은 대부분의 보행자가 보행동선을 이용하여 건물에 접근하는데도 불구하고 차량을 중심으로 동선이 운영되고 있는 실정이다. 차량위주의 동선 체계는 보행 통행자로 하여금 차량통행으로의 전환을 유도할 가능성이 있어 이에 대한 대책이 필요하다. 본 연구는 분석대상으로 차량과 보행자에게 동등하게 접근의 용이성을 제공해야 하는 광주시의 4대 종합병원을 대상으로 보행자 집단에게 가해지는 저항이 구체적으로 얼마나 심각하며, 그 원인은 어떠한 물리적 조건에 의하여 발생하는지 알아 보았다. 보행저항을 파악하기 위한 지표로는 차량과 보행자의 충돌점의 수, 최단거리 선호도, 보행로 미확보율 등을 설정하여 분석하였다. 이러한 분석의 결과 나타난 문제점들을 해결하기 위한 방안도 함께 모색하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.107-115
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• 2009

Traffic islands were introduced for drivers and pedestrians to use the road in a safe and orderly way and were also a specified zone between traffic lanes to divide conflicting traffic flows and to provide pedestrian refuge. However, existing research and relevant standards described its purpose and effects only but not a safety standard to decide whether the traffic island warranted. This study was to introduce a parameter which had a high relationship with accidents by analyzing road and traffic conditions and traffic accident data at urban intersections. Based on the relationship between the parameter and the traffic accidents at the intersection, a pedestrian accident probability model was made by using a logit model. In addition, the study reviewed a pedestrian accident probability corresponding to traffic volume and size of the intersection during design of the intersection and then suggested the effectiveness of the traffic island in terms of traffic safety. In conclusion, when a large-scale intersection has significant traffic volumes, a high probability of traffic island-induced pedestrian accidents appears, while in the case of small volumes, the probability is low. Targeted design and operations of a traffic islands is necessary, because its introduction itself does not enhance pedestrian safety in all cases at all intersections. This study can be a useful reference for further development to set up a scheme of the traffic islands in terms of traffic safety.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.88-95
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose a new arm swing walking pattern-based walking safety system for safe walking of elderly pedestrians. The proposed system is a walking safety system for elderly pedestrians using haptic-based devices such as smart bands and smart watches, and arm swing-based walking patterns to solve the problem that it is difficult to recognize the fall situation of pedestrians with the existing walking patterns of lower limb movements. Use. The arm swing-based walking pattern recognizes the number of steps and the fall situation of pedestrians through the swing of the arm using the acceleration sensor of the device, and creates a database of the location of the fall situation to warn elderly pedestrians when walking near the expected fall location. It delivers a message to provide pedestrian safety to the elderly. This system is expected to improve the safe walking rights and environment of the elderly.