• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.99-107
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• 2016

PURPOSES : This study was initiated to estimate expressway traffic congestion costs by using Vehicle Detection System (VDS) data. METHODS : The overall methodology for estimating expressway traffic congestion costs is based on the methodology used in a study conducted by a study team from the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI). However, this study uses VDS data, including conzone speeds and volumes, instead of the volume delay function for estimating travel times. RESULTS : The expressway traffic congestion costs estimated in this study are generally lower than those observed in KOTI's method. The expressway lines that ranked highest for traffic congestion costs are the Seoul Ring Expressway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and the Youngdong Expressway. Those lines account for 64.54% of the entire expressway traffic congestion costs. In addition, this study estimates the daily traffic congestion costs. The traffic congestion cost on Saturdays is the highest. CONCLUSIONS : This study can be thought of as a new trial to estimate expressway traffic congestion costs by using actual traffic data collected from an entire expressway system in order to overcome the limitations of associated studies. In the future, the methodology for estimating traffic congestion cost is expected to be improved by utilizing associated big-data gathered from other ITS facilities and car navigation systems.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2012

PURPOSES: Because expressway ramps are very complex segments where diverse roadway design elements dynamically change within relatively short length, drivers on ramps are required to drive their cars carefully for safety. Especially, ramps on expressways are designed to guarantee driving at high speed so that the risk and severity of traffic accidents on expressway ramps may be higher and more deadly than other facilities on expressways. Safe deceleration maneuvers are required on off-ramps, whereas safe acceleration maneuvers are necessary on onramps. This difference in required maneuvers may contribute to dissimilar patterns and severity of traffic accidents by ramp types. Therefore, this study was aimed at developing prediction models of the severity of traffic accidents on expressway on- and off-ramps separately in order to consider dissimilar patterns and severity of traffic accidents according to types of ramps. METHODS: Four-year-long traffic accident data between 2007 and 2010 were utilized to distinguish contributing design elements in conjunction with AADT and ramp length. The prediction models were built using the negative binomial regression model consisting of the severity of traffic accident as a dependent variable and contributing design elements as in independent variables. RESULTS: The developed regression models were evaluated using the traffic accident data of the ramps which was not used in building the models by comparing actual and estimated severity of traffic accidents. Conclusively, the average prediction error rates of on-ramps and offramps were 30.5% and 30.8% respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The prediction models for the severity of traffic accidents on expressway on- and off-ramps will be useful in enhancing the safety on expressway ramps as well as developing design guidelines for expressway ramps.

• 한국위험물학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.68-76
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• 2018

This study aims to provide a methodological framework to estimate the travel demand of hazardous materials transporting vehicles by link and analyze daily traffic patterns on an expressway to develop safety roadway management strategies. Traffic volume of hazardous material vehicles is counted through the on-site investigation at twenty-five tollgates on the expressway, and their demands by a link are predicted through origin-destination flows estimation. The result shows that the number of the domestic hazardous materials vehicles is approximately 51,207 vehicles per day and it indicates that hazardous materials transport vehicles account for 1.5% of total daily traffic on the internal expressway and 6.2% of total cargo traffic volumes. This study roughly estimated how many hazardous materials vehicles pass through the expressway segment. Thus it is expected to be utilized for establishing a systematic highway management strategy in the future by calculating the traffic volume of the hazardous material vehicles traveling on the interstate expressway.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2015

PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to analyze the service life of expressway pavement based on both traffic volumes and use of deicing chemicals. METHODS : A database was built using expressway rehabilitation history information from over the last decade. In order to estimate the service life of expressway pavement, various analysis methods were considered, and a decision was made to perform analysis using a method based on an accumulated rehabilitation ratio. The service life of expressway pavement was then analyzed by classifying the scale of traffic volume and extent of de-icing chemicals used. RESULTS : The service life of PMA and SMA ranged from 7.8 to 10.6 years and from 9.9 to 12.0 years, respectively. The service life of JCP ranged from 16.0 to 22.2 years, and the service life of CRCP was 33.5 years on average. Results of assessing service life according to traffic volumes and de-icing chemicals showed that the lower the traffic volumes were, the greater the service life of PMA and JCP, and the less that de-icing chemicals were applied, the greater the service life of JCP. CONCLUSIONS : The dependence of expressway pavement service life on traffic volumes and de-icing chemicals makes it possible to apply LCCA for regional maintenance plans and cost-effective selection of expressway pavement type.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2016

Objective: Objective of this study is to provide characteristics of injury frequency and severity by driving condition in large truck-related traffic collisions. Background: Traffic accidents involving large trucks draw a lot of attention in accident prevention and management policies since they bring about severe human and financial damages. Method: In order to identify the major risk factors of accidents by driving condition, 255 recognized traffic accidents by large truck drivers were analyzed in terms of time of the day, road type, and shape of the road. Results: The driving conditions in the results are represented by the following form of combination, "Road Type (Non-expressway or Express) - Shape of Roads (Straight, Curved, Downhill, or Intersection) - Time of Accidents (Day or Night)". In the analysis of injury frequency, Non-expressway-Straight-Day condition was the most frequent one. Meanwhile, Expressway-Curved-Day, Non-expressway-Curved-Night and Non-expressway-Intersection-Night were evaluated as high level in view of injury severity. Also, Expressway-Straight-Night is the driving condition that is the highest in risk among the conditions that have to be managed as grade "High". Non-expressway-Straight-Night, Non-expressway-Downhill-Day, and Non-expressway-Curved-Day are also categorized as grade "High". Conclusion and Application: Safety managers in the fields require basic information on accident prevention that can be easily understood. The research findings will serve as a practical guideline for establishing preventive measures for traffic accidents.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.3-21
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• 1985

Since the expressway was first opened in 1968 there has been continued demand for constructing new lines of expressway, and thus it amounts to 1,420.5km in total length as of 1984. As the expressway becomes to take up more important role in our country facing motorization traffic accidents have become more of social issues, although its accident rates are relatively low compared to those on general highways in Korea, which is among the highest in the world. The purpose of the study is to investigate the correlation between the traffic accident rates on the expressway and their geometric characteristics based upon 1982 data. In order to extract the correlationship among them on as much disaggregate basis, the study has carried out the analysis on the primary data aggregated on the 100 meter intervals. One of the important findings was, among others, the design criteria of the expressway should be reconsidered with respect to the radius of the curve, superelevation, climbing lane, composed gradients, interchange facilities, tunnels and so on.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2014

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.7-17
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• 1999

우리나라 고속도로 총 연장 1,899km 가운데 74개 영업소 구간 1.046km가 폐쇄시 요금체계방식에 의해 매일 영업소간 O-D가 산출되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 O-D는 통행의 기·종점인 교통죤간의 O-D가 아니고 영업소간 O-D인 관계로 그 자료의 정확성에도 불구하고 고속도고 교통분석이나 교통수요예측 등에 거의 활용되지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이런 상황에서 정확한 영업소간 O-D를 이용하여 교통죤간 O-D를 추정할 수 있다면 고속도로 교통운영분석을 효율적으로 수행할 수 있을뿐만 아니라 기존의 4단계 교통수요예측에 의해 추정되는 것보다 정확한 고속도로 O-D를 얻을 수 있고 국도 등을 포함한 전국 지역간 O-D추정도 가능한 것으로 사료된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 영업소간 O-D를 이용하여 교통죤간 O-D를 추정하는 모형을 구축하고자 수행되었다. 본 모형에 의해 산정된 교통죤간 O-D 배정결과 고속도로 폐쇄식구간 전구간에 걸쳐 실제 교통량과 17.9%의 오차가 발생되는 것으로 분석되어 본 모형을 이용할 경우 기존 방법들보다 더 정확한 고속도로 이용차량에 대한 교통죤간 O-D 산정이 가능하리라 생각된다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.12-26
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• 2014

이 연구에서는 교통사고 영향요인 중 야간의 시인성 저하가 교통사고 발생에 미치는 영향을 진단하였다. 연구를 위해 경기지역의 경부선, 서해안선, 영동선, 서울외곽순환고속도로의 기본구간을 58개의 소구간으로 분할하였고, 2009년에서 2012년 상반기까지 소구간에서 발생한 교통사고 410건을 이용하여 야간의 어두움으로 인한 시인성 저하가 교통사고에 미치는 영향을 진단하였다. 실험방법은 준실험설계를 준용하여 시인성 외 교통사고에 영향을 주는 변인을 통제하고 음이항 회귀분석을 활용하였다. 조사 결과, 맑음 기상조건에서의 LOS A 상태 등 특정조건에서 주간과 야간의 시인성 차이가 교통사고 발생에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 진단되었다. 그리고 진단 결과를 이용하여 교통사고의 유형과 원인에 대하여 다양한 분석을 시도하였다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2011

본선 교통류 제어 방안 중 가변속도제어 모형을 제시하고 서울 내부순환로를 중심으로 효과를 검증하였다. 차량 검지기로부터 수집된 데이터 보정 및 평활화 수행후 패턴분석을 통해 도시고속도로의 평일 상태를 4가지로 분류하고 중심 값을 산출하였다. 그리고 분석단위의 상태를 판단하기 위한 상태변수로 전이교통량, 평균밀도, 평균속도를 설정하였으며 제시된 모형과 시나리오에 근거하여 검증한 결과 안전성 및 효율성을 향상시킬 수 있었다. 또한 유입교통량에 따라 가변속도제어의 감속 정도와 유효 적용시간을 산출하였다.