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An Analysis of Access Travel Behavior to Shopping Facilities and Policy Implications Related to the Types of Shopping Facilities: Case Study in Suwon, Korea (쇼핑시설 유형별 이용자의 통행행태 차이 분석과 정책적 제언: 수원시를 대상으로)

  • Lee, Kyu Jin;Lee, Moon Young;Choi, Keechoo;Park, Sungjin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.187-197
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    • 2014
  • The objective of this study is to analyze the travel behaviors of customers accessing to three different types of shopping facilities - traditional markets(TM), hyper markets(HM), and super supermarkets(SSM) - and also to find out the most desirable location for each type of shopping facilities that encourage sustainable transportation and smart urban growth. It also demonstrates what mode has the highest percentage of modal split and what is the access distance for public transport mode by each shopping facilities (SSM: 84.5% walking and 667m, TM: 20.1% bus and 1.6km, HM : 46.2% private car and 4.2km). Among TM, HM, and SSM, statistically significant differences are found in terms of mode choices and other associated travel behaviors. The research findings are expected to contribute to finding future urban planning and transportation solutions that promote walking and public transit uses for shopping trips and thus help support green transportation and sustainable urban growth.

Development of Transportation Indicators for Green Growth Based on a Questionnaire Survey for Transportation Experts (녹색성장 교통부문 지표개발 교통 전문가 설문조사결과 분석)

  • Kim, Hyeon-Myeong;Jo, Jong-Seok;Choe, Jeong-Min;Gang, Hui-Jeong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.41-59
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    • 2010
  • In this study, the indicators for evaluating the level of green growth in transportation are proposed. The authors reviewed the existing philosophies such as sustainable development and eco-efficiency and explained the differences between the philosophies and green growth. The planning hierarchy and indicator framework are proposed and the idea of indicators is also introduced. In order to decide the weighting value for objectives and targets, a questionnaire survey for transportation experts was conducted. The survey results show that low-carbon/environmentally-friendly development is the most important objective. In addition, the results reveal that transportation experts do not fully understand the concept of green growth and cannot differentiate the concept of green growth from that of sustainable development and eco-efficiency.

Economic Effects Analysis for Passenger Car's Idle Stop and Go Strategy: Focusing on Seoul Metropolitan Area (승용차 공회전제한장치 장착전략의 경제효과분석: 수도권 지역을 대상으로)

  • Lee, Kyu Jin;Jang, Jeong Ah;Choi, Keechoo;Shim, Sang Woo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.421-430
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    • 2014
  • The greenhouse gas emission generated by idling vehicles is a critical issue in the greenhouse gas reduction from the transportation sector. Recently, the mandatory application of the Idle Stop and Go (ISG) for buses, trucks and taxis is in the process of legislation. Focusing on the regulation is about to apply to passenger cars, this study analyzed the quantitative economic effects of the ISG installation by passenger car types in Seoul metropolitan area to support proper policy making. The benefit cost ratio of ISG installation on commercial passenger car of Seoul is the most effective, calculated as 8.55. Accordingly, the amount of 660 liters (per year per vehicle) of fuel and 1,606 kg (per year per vehicle) of $CO_2$ could be reduced. The results of this study might be used as an index for judgment of policy such as determining appropriate subsidy for ISG installation on passenger cars.

Transition to Sustainable Socio-technical System and Backcasting: The case of sustainable transportation, foods, household system transition in the Netherlands (지속가능한 사회기술시스템으로의 전환과 백캐스팅: 네덜란드의 지속가능한 교통.식품.가정 시스템 전환 사례를 중심으로)

  • Seong, Ji Eun;Jung, Byung Kul;Song, Wi Chin
    • Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.81-116
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    • 2012
  • Transition toward sustainablity being in progress in a variety of areas including climate, energy, household, transportation. This study analyzed system transition and backcasting of its management with case of sustainable transportation, foods, household system transition in the Netherlands. Backcasting has become a popular approach for sustainability taking a more reflexive perspective and looking back to the participatory experiments. In the Netherlands, participatory backcasting utilized as s innovative approach for long-term strategy for sustainability, based on stakeholder involvement, construction of normative sustainable futures, stakeholder leaning. In this study, we can be understood that transition management requires the participation and contribution of business, government, research and the public & public interest groups and backcating is tool leading to a sustainable future vision, stakeholder involvement. To create a new path toward sustainablity, it requires integrated consideration of related policy perspectives and participatory backcasting aiming at system innovations for influencing transitions.

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An Empirical Model for Estimating Bus Boarding and Alighting Time (버스 승하차시간 추정 모형 개발)

  • Seong, Myeong Eon;Choi, Keechoo;Shin, Kangwon;Chung, Woohyun;Lee, Kyu Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.152-161
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    • 2014
  • The total boarding and alighting time models have been developed by applying the multiple regression analysis with three variables; numbers of boarding or alighting passengers, non-sitting passengers, and the step-height from the ground. Such variables have influenced to the total boarding time model with the most influential in the numbers of boarding or alighting passengers and the least in the step-height. On the total alighting time model, the numbers of alighting passengers are the most strongest while the step-heights the least. The total boarding and alighting time models can be used in practices for the prediction of current and future bus stops' capacities in TOD-based towns.

Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of the B-Site Substituted SrTiO3 with Vanadium

  • Khan, Tamal Tahsin;Mahmud, Iqbal;Ur, Soon-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.27 no.8
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    • pp.416-421
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    • 2017
  • V-substituted $SrTiO_3$ thermoelectric oxide materials were fabricated by the conventional solid state reaction method. From X-ray diffraction pattern analysis, it can be clearly seen that almost every vanadium atom incorporated into the $SrTiO_3$ provided charge carriers. The electrical conductivity ${\sigma}$, Seebeck coefficient S, and thermal conductivity k were investigated in a high temperature regime above 1000 K. The addition of vanadium significantly reduced the thermal conductivity and enhanced the Seebeck coefficient, as well as the electrical conductivity, thus enhancing the ZT value. A maximum ZT value of 0.084 at 673 K was observed for the sample with 1.0 mole% of vanadium substitution. In this study, the reason for the enhanced thermoelectric properties via vanadium addition was also investigated.

Revolution of nuclear energy efficiency, economic complexity, air transportation and industrial improvement on environmental footprint cost: A novel dynamic simulation approach

  • Ali, Shahid;Jiang, Junfeng;Hassan, Syed Tauseef;Shah, Ashfaq Ahmad
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.10
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    • pp.3682-3694
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    • 2022
  • The expansion of a country's ecological footprint generates resources for economic development. China's import bill and carbon footprint can be reduced by investing in green transportation and energy technologies. A sustainable environment depends on the cessation of climate change; the current study investigates nuclear energy efficiency, economic complexity, air transportation, and industrial improvement for reducing environmental footprint. Using data spanning the years 1983-2016, the dynamic autoregressive distributed lag simulation method has demonstrated the short- and long-term variability in the impact of regressors on the ecological footprint. The study findings revealed that economic complexity in China had been found to have a statistically significant impact on the country's ecological footprint. Moreover, the industrial improvement process is helpful for the ecological footprint in China. In the short term, air travel has a negative impact on the ecological footprint, but this effect diminishes over time. Additionally, energy innovation is negative and substantial both in the short and long run, thus demonstrating its positive role in reducing the ecological footprint. Policy implications can be extracted from a wide range of issues, including economic complexity, industrial improvement, air transportation, energy innovation, and ecological impact to achieve sustainable goals.

Suggestions of the Construction and Management for Sustainable Highways (지속가능도로의 건설과 관리를 위한 방안)

  • Noh, Kwan Sub;Baek, Jong Dae
    • Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.156-161
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    • 2016
  • An R&D project, 'Carbon Neutral Road Technologies Development', sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport was performed and sustainable development is being discussed in relation to global climate change. A draft of the green highway certification system, the green highway design and construction technologies for making low carbon eco-friendly roads, and Green Highway Technology Investment Evaluation System (GTIES) for estimating and managing carbon emissions from roads have been developed from the results of the R&D project. A scheme for expanding the application of these technologies and building sustainable road systems by considering the concept of sustainability was proposed in this research.