• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.5-26
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• 1991

Concepts of passenger car equivalent(PCE) based on various philosophies is reviewed. The headway method is redefined in two ways namely a macroscopic headway method and a microscopic headway method of which the concepts are confused in literature. As definition of the microscopic headway method is from intuitive approach so theoretical basis for this method is explained in connection with the macroscopic headway method. In addition new classification and evaluation of complicated existing theories was conducted to make the reader understand more easily.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.181-192
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• 2003

Increased vehicles on the restricted road, the conventional traffic light to losses the function of optimal cycle. The conventional traffic light dose not consider passenger car unit ,offset, and length of traffic intersection. As a result, 30~45% of conventional traffic cycle does not match the present traffic cycle. In this paper, we study the disard vantage of conventional traffic light and improve the vehicle average waiting time in the traffic intersection and vehicle average speed using fuzzy logic. Moreover, it will be able to forecast the optimal traffic information, road under construction and dangerous road using internet.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.25-36
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• 1998

고속도로의 Tollgate는 상습 정체지역으로 개선방안이 시급히 요구되어진다. 이에 본 연구는 요금징수소 정체 해결의 기본자료로서 중요한 역할을 수행할 요금징수소의 평균 서비스시간 산정, 설계교통량 결정 및 서비스수준 결정 규정을 제시하였다. 연구방법으로는 공간적인 연구범위인 경주 Tollgate의 교통류 특성을 비데오 카메라로 촬영하여 이를 서비 스시간 측정기를 사용하여 포화서비스시간을 분석하였다. 이를 통하여 포화교통류율을 산정 하였고, 또한 중차량 포화서비스시간을 산정하여 중차량 보정 및 승용차 환산계수를 제시하 였다. 설문지 조사를 통한 운전자의 서비스수준 결정인자와 방법에 대해 조사하고 SPSS를 사용하여 분석하였다. 그리고 설계교통량 결정을 위해서 대기행렬대수 및 대기행렬 지속시 간을 매개변수로 하여 경제성 분석을 실시하였으며, 이를 통하여 게이트 수 결정 방법을 제 시하였다.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.195-202
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to estimate the capacity of two-lane freeway work zone blocking one lane using traffic flow models of each vehicle-type. Firstly, three traffic flow models of three different vehicle-types were developed using the data collected from each at the beginning and the ending point of the work zone. For each model, the maximum flow rate of three vehicle-types were calculated respectively. Maximum flow rate at the work zone was recalculated using passenger car equivalent value and percentage of vehicle-type. Secondly, traffic flow model using passenger car equivalent volume data was developed using the data collected from each at the beginning and the ending point of the work zone. Maximum flow rate for the work zone was calculated along. Two values of maximum flow rates through the work zone were compared and evaluated as the capacity of the work zone. This study found that the maximum flow rate of the work zone at the beginning point was less than that at the ending point because of impedance such as lane changing behaviors before entering the work zone. The capacity of two-lane freeway work zone blocking one lane was estimated 1,800pcphpl.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.61-73
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• 1996

The objective of this paper is to estimate the PCE(Passenger Car Equivalents) of various vehicle types on expressway work zones. Headway samples of 5,359 vehicles were collected in 6 work zones in the Kyungbu Expressway between September and November of 1995. Average headways of 8 vehicle types based on the vehicle classification method of the Department of Construction and Transportation were calculated. A statistical test of effects of the types of the preceding vehicles were performed for the average headways between a vehicle type preceded by other vehicle types. The results show that the effects of the type of preceding vehicles are significant (exceeded 5% and 10% significance levels) and the PCEs of heavy vehicles on expressway work zones are higher than that of basic expressway section. Therefore, different adjustment factors should be applied for heavy vehicles in estimating saturation flow rates of expressway work zones. The study also derives an equation to determine PCEs of these vehicle types.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.89-98
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• 2001

The objective of this Paper is to derive an adjustment factor for the presence of heavy vehicles when estimating capacity at unsignalized intersections (and/or at modern roundabouts). According to the 1997 and 2000 Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), potential capacity in such cases is estimated by simply adjusting base critical gap and base follow-up time. However, the procedure suggested in the HCM may lead to some errors in the adjustment, hence resulting in poor evaluation and design for the intersections, because it determines the value of adjusting factors by only the number of lanes on main streets regardless of the types of heavy vehicles. This paper shows a simple formula for making the adjustment. This formula is much like the HCM formula used for heavy vehicles in estimating highway capacity by the adoption of passenger car units (PCU). In contrast to the traditional approaches seen in the HCM, the PCU value of this case is explicitly expressed by the flow rate in the major streams and the gap difference in critical gaps chosen by passenger cars and particular heavy vehicles. Computational results of the adjustment factor are graphically illustrated.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.99-112
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• 1998

국가경제의 기반시설인 지역간 고속도로와는 달리 도시고속도로는 도시내 교통을 담당하는 교통시설로서 대부분의 도시에서 건설중이거나 운용 중에 있다. 연속류 도로라는 시설측면을 지역간 고속도로와 비슷하나 이용주체, 차량구성비, 정시성, 제한속도 등 그 성격에는 다소 차이가 있을 것으로 판단된다. 이런 이유에서 현재 도시고속도로의 계획이나 운영에 대한 지침이 지역간 고속도로의 계획 및 운영에 대한 지침과 동일시 되고 있다는 점은 불합리한 것으로 판단된다. 그러므로, 본 연구에서는 도시고속도로의 계획과 운영에 대한 지침을 마련하기 위해 현재 운영중인 대구신천대로를 대상으로 교통류특성 등 기초적 연구를 수행하였다. 연구결과를 간략하게 나타내면 다음과 같다. . 교통류 모형분석에서 기존의 Greenshield 모형이 설명력 90%이상을 나타냈다. . 승용차환산계수 분석에서 중형차량이 1.16, 대형차량이 1.47로 분석되었다. . 용량분석에서 최대관측교통량은 4,684pcphpl, 차두시간분석은 2,432pcphpl, 교통류 모형에서는 2,422pcphpl로 분석되어, 대구신천대로의 서비스용량은 2,300pcphpl에 가까운 것으로 판단되며, 차로폭, 측방여유폭에 따른 보정으로 이상적 조건에서의 용량은 약 2,400pcphpl로 분석되었다. 이 결과는 도시고속도로가 지역간 고속도로의 기본교통용량 2,200pcphpl보다 약 200대 정도 높을 것으로 추정된다.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.97-105
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• 2015

PURPOSES : The Toll Collection System (TCS) operated by the Korea Expressway Corporation provides accurate traffic counts between tollgates within the expressway network under the closed-type toll collection system. However, although origin-destination (OD) matrices for a travel demand model can be constructed using these traffic counts, these matrices cannot be directly applied because it is technically difficult to determine appropriate passenger car equivalent (PCE) values for the vehicle types used in TCS. Therefore, this study was initiated to systematically determine the appropriate PCE values of TCS vehicle types for the travel demand model. METHODS : To search for the appropriate PCE values of TCS vehicle types, a traffic demand model based on TCS-based OD matrices and the expressway network was developed. Using the traffic demand model and a genetic algorithm, the appropriate PCE values were optimized through an approach that minimizes errors between actual link counts and estimated link volumes. RESULTS : As a result of the optimization, the optimal PCE values of TCS vehicle types 1 and 5 were determined to be 1 and 3.7, respectively. Those of TCS vehicle types 2 through 4 are found in the manual for the preliminary feasibility study. CONCLUSIONS : Based on the given vehicle delay functions and network properties (i.e., speeds and capacities), the travel demand model with the optimized PCE values produced a MAPE value of 37.7%, RMSE value of 17124.14, and correlation coefficient of 0.9506. Conclusively, the optimized PCE values were revealed to produce estimates of expressway link volumes sufficiently close to actual link counts.