• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.22-33
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• 2013

Currently average daily traffic using Hi-pass has increased over 3 times that of 2008 and more than half of highway traffic now uses High-pass. At this juncture, reassessment on the overall operation of Hi-pass is required to improve the safety aspect of toll booths and the flow of traffic. Although existing Hi-pass operation manual presents the methods of alignment, they do not reflect actual forms of vehicles and do not properly take the safety of toll booth and flow of the traffic into consideration. In order to compensate these problems, this study classifies highway tollbooths into two categories of mainline type and interchange type, and establishes the standard of lane alignment by traffic conflict analysis based on the types divided according to geometric structure or environment around the tollbooths. In addition, traffic flows around the tollbooths were reflected with the stage to arrange Hi-pass lanes according to the volume of traffic on the lanes for Hi-pass.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.59-69
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• 2001

본 연구는 지속적인 교통량의 증가로 인해 발생되고 있는 고속도로의 혼잡을 해결하기 위해 한국도로공사에서 도입, 시범사업을 실시하고 있는 자동요금징수시스템의 효과를 분석하고자 한다. 이를 위해 하이패스라고 하는 자동요금징수시스템의 시범운영이 실시되고 있는 서울외곽순환고속도로의 판교, 청계, 성남 톨게이트를 대상으로 정량적 측면과 정성적 측면에 대해 시범사업 시행 전.후의 상황에 대해 비교.분석하였다. 시행 전.후를 비교해 본 결과, 정량적 측면에서 각 톨게이트 별 시간대별로 다른 결과를 보이긴 하지만 이용율이 비교적 높은 오전 첨두시에는 3개 톨게이트 모두 효과가 있는 것으로 나타나, 일정수준 이상의 이용율이 있는 경우는 효과가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 정성적 측면의 이용자 만족도 조사에서는 하이패스 이용자의 84%가 만족하는 것으로 나타났으며 비이용자 선호도 조사에서는 응답자의 91%가 하이패스 이용의사가 있는 것으로 조사되어 효과가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 결론적으로 7,000대의 단말기 과소 보급으로 아직까지는 평균 3.9%의 저조한 이용율을 보여 시범사업의 전반적인 사업효과가 제대로 나타나지 알고 있지만, 비교적 하이패스의 이용율이 높은 오전첨두에는 효과가 있는 것으로 나타난 점을 보아 2000년 12월부터 시행되고 있는 단말기의 추가 보급이 완료되는 시점에는 그 효과가 분명하게 나타날 것으로 예상된다. 따라서. 이용자의 만족도와 비 이용자의 선호도가 매우 높은 상황에서 현재의 시범운영상에서 발생된 문제점을 개선하여 하이패스를 확대.보급한다면 고속도로의 혼잡을 해결할 수 있는 좋은 방안이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.22-32
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• 2013

Since the percentage of vehicles equipped with Hi-pass, an electronic toll collecting device, has increased rapidly, it is very crucial to determine the optimal location of Hi-pass lanes at a toll plaza in terms of traffic control and operation. In this study, the appropriateness of existing Hi-pass lanes of a toll plaza is evaluated considering its physical geometry and traffic characteristics. A new evaluating criterion called "traffic dispersion rate" is developed in order to measure the level of traffic spreading across the toll booth lanes at a toll plaza. Logistic regression models are constructed to estimate the relationship between the traffic dispersion rate and its affecting variables. The model estimation results show that several variables including Hi-pass lane traffic volume, length of toll plaza, entering/exiting taper lengths, and locations of Hi-pass lanes. The results also suggest that traffic dispersion rate can be increased by adjusting the location of Hi-pass lanes. The study enables us to quantify traffic dispersion rate which can be used to optimize the location and operation of Hi-pass lanes at toll plazas.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.71-80
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• 2012

This research suggested a real-time traffic signal control algorithm using individual vehicle travel times on an isolated signal intersection. To collect IDs and passing times from individual vehicles, space-based surveillance systems such as DSRC were adopted. This research developed models to estimate arrival flow rates, delays, and the change rate in delay, by using individual vehicle's travel time data. This real-time signal control algorithm could determine optimal traffic signal timings that minimize intersection delay, based on a linear programming. A micro simulation analysis using CORSIM and RUN TIME EXTENSION verified saturated intersection conditions, and determined the optimal traffic signal timings that minimize intersection delay. In addition, the performance of algorithm varying according to market penetration was examined. In spite of limited results from a specific scenario, this algorithm turned out to be effective as long as the probe rate exceeds 40 percent. Recently, space-based traffic surveillance systems are being installed by various projects, such as Hi-pass, Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) and Urban Transportation Information System (UTIS) in Korea. This research has an important significance in that the propose algorithm is a new methodology that accepts the space-based traffic surveillance system in real-time signal operations.