• Title/Summary/Keyword: Traffic Calming Devices

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Environmental Effects of Traffic Calming Devices on Residential Area using SUMO

  • Sugimachi, Nobuyuki;Yoo, Jaesoo;Hayashida, Yukuo
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2020
  • Recently, the number of traffic accidents on trunk roads tends to decrease due to the performance improvement of passenger vehicles. In the commuter rush hour of morning and evening, vehicles via residential road increases without going along trunk roads. Therefore, there are many traffic accidents of pedestrians (or bicycles) and vehicles on residential roads. In order to safeguard residents against traffic accidents, traffic calming devices (TCD), such as chicane, speed hump, and school zone, etc. have been introduced. Investigating these effects repeatedly is not easy since many times and efforts are required, such as observed at the place actually. In this paper, the effects of TCDs in residential areas, such as noise, speed, and emission of a vehicle, using Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) are examined. As a result, it is found that it is possible to reduce the speed of the vehicle by TCD, and the level of noise at the location behind TCD becomes higher than the level of noise at the location of TCD implemented.

A Exploratory Study on an Introduction of a Walking Safety Measure for Walking Right - Centering around Walking Safety Measures of Advanced Countries - (보행권 확보를 위한 보행안전대책의 도입방안에 관한 기초적 연구 - 선진국 보행안전대책을 중심으로 -)

  • Jang, Seok Yong;Jung, Hun Young;Woo, Seong Seok
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.30 no.1D
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    • pp.17-25
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    • 2010
  • In Korea, the importance of walking has not been stood out in relief because of the rapid increase of a car on a drastic economic growth in the past half a century. Walking has failed to be recognized as a traffic measure or one of basic human rights. Therefore this study brings up problems of weakened walking right from increase of cars and examines reinforcing policies for walking right of advanced countries. And this study presents institutional devices for introducing walking safety measures of advanced countries reflecting pedestrian satisfaction and opinions about walking right. The results of this study are, First, pedestrians' walking liberty is guaranteed, Second, how to repair walking environment is searched and practical measures are analyzed to find out what is applicable to Korea, can reduce pedestrian accidents and is wanted by pedestrians using GAP analysis and Structural Equation. Third, basic data for upcoming selection of policies are presented by analyzing pedestrian satisfaction assuming that selected measures are operated.