PURPOSES: The purpose of this paper is to estimate expected effects on traffic operational and economic aspects of 2+1 roads application in Korea. METHODS : Micro simulation study using VISSIM 5.0 was used to analyze the operation efficiency of 2+1 roads compared to two-lane highways and four-lane highways. Some scenarios for various traffic volumes were set up in order to analyze the effect of 2+1 roads under various traffic situations. Also imaginary road networks were set up for each type of roads. The MOEs to measure the operation efficiency were selected with average travel speed and delay. For analyzing economic effect of 2+1 roads, construction cost of a specific imaginary 2+1 road was compared to construction cost of a four-lane highway with same conditions. RESULTS: The results of study show that a 2+1 road is more effective with 19 percents higher average travel speed and 39 percents lower average delay than a two-lane highway. In the economic analysis, construction costs to construct a 2+1 road are saved as approximately 26.4~40.7 percents when compared to construction of four-lane highway. CONCLUSIONS: It can be concluded that 2+1 roads can improve the traffic operational level of service for two-lane highways and 2+1 roads can be applied as an effective design alternative for higher-volume two-lane highways in Korea.

PURPOSES : Two-lane highways have one lane in each direction, and lane changing and passing maneuvers take place in the opposing lane depending on the availability of passing sight distance. 2001 Korea Highway Capacity Manual (KHCM) is classified into two classes of two-lane highways (Type I, II), and average travel speed and time-delayed rate are used as measures of effectiveness (MOEs). However, since existing two-lane highways have both uninterrupted and interrupted traffic flow-system elements, a variety of free-flow speeds exhibits in two-lane highways. In addition, it is necessary to check if the linear-relationship between volumes and time-delayed rate is appropriate. Then, this study is to reestablish the relationship between average travel speed, time-delayed rate, and flow. METHODS : TWOPAS model was selected to conduct this study, and the free-flow speeds of passenger cars and the percentage of following vehicles observed in two-lane highways were applied to the model as the input. The revised relationships were developed from the computer simulation. RESULTS : In the revised average travel speed vs. flow relationship, the free-flow speed of 90km/h and 70km/h were added. It shows that the relationship between time delayed-rate and flow appeared to be appropriate with the log-function form and that there was no difference in time-delayed rate between the free flow speeds. In addition to revise the relationships, the speed prediction model and the time-delayed rate prediction model were also developed. CONCLUSIONS : The revised relationships between average travel speed, time-delayed rate, and flow would be useful in estimating the Level of Service(LOS) of a two-lane highway.

국도와 지방도의 2차로도로에서 정면충돌사고, 교행시 측면접촉 고정물체 충돌 사고 비율이 매우 높게 나타나고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 2차로도로의 횡단면과 평면선형에 대한 문제점과 개선점을 찾아내 2차로도로의 교통소통과 안전성을 개선하는 방향을 찾고자 하였다. 이를 위해 평면곡선 구간에 대한 안전성 평가지표를 선정하여, 선형개량, 확폭, 편경사의 효과를 평가하고, 사례연구를 통해 이를 검증하고 경제성을 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 2차로도로 평면선형구간의 안전성 평가지표로 "직선부 평균주행속도-곡선부 평균주행속도 차이(≥10km/h)"를 선정하였으며, 선형이 취약한 구간의 안전성 향상을 위해서는 선형개량이 가장 큰 효과를 거둘 수 있으며, 그 후에 편경사 개선과 확폭이 병행되어야 운영적 측면과 안전성 측면에서 큰 효과를 거둘 수 있음을 밝혀냈다. 또한 본 연구는 선형개량이 막연히 시설 및 간단한 개선보다 얼마나 좋은지를 정량적으로 제시하였다는 점에서 그 의의를 찾을 수 있다.