PURPOSES : This study aims to examine the differences between the existing traffic demand forecasting method and the traffic demand forecasting method considering future regional development plans and new road construction and expansion plans using a four-step traffic demand forecast for a more objective and sophisticated national highway maintenance. This study ultimately aims to present future pavement deterioration and budget forecasting planning based on the examination. METHODS: This study used the latest data offered by the Korea Transport Data Base (KTDB) as the basic data for demand forecast. The analysis scope was set using the Daejeon Metropolitan City’s O/D and network data. This study used a traffic demand program called TransCad, and performed a traffic assignment by vehicle type through the application of a user equilibrium-based multi-class assignment technique. This study forecasted future traffic demand by verifying whether or not a realistic traffic pattern was expressed similarly by undertaking a calibration process. This study performed a life cycle cost analysis based on traffic using the forecasted future demand or existing past pattern, or by assuming the constant traffic demand. The maintenance criteria were decided according to equivalent single axle loads (ESAL). The maintenance period in the concerned section was calculated in this study. This study also computed the maintenance costs using a construction method by applying the maintenance criteria considering the ESAL. The road user costs were calculated by using the user cost calculation logic applied to the Korean Pavement Management System, which is the existing study outcome. RESULTS : This study ascertained that the increase and decrease of traffic occurred in the concerned section according to the future development plans. Furthermore, there were differences from demand forecasting that did not consider the development plans. Realistic and accurate demand forecasting supported an optimized decision making that efficiently assigns maintenance costs, and can be used as very important basic information for maintenance decision making. CONCLUSIONS : Therefore, decision making for a more efficient and sophisticated road management than the method assuming future traffic can be expected to be the same as the existing pattern or steady traffic demand. The reflection of a reliable forecasting of the future traffic demand to life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) can be a very vital factor because many studies are generally performed without considering the future traffic demand or with an analysis through setting a scenario upon LCCA within a pavement management system.

본 연구의 목적은 일반국도에서 계획 시에 예측한 교통량과 실제 개통 이후의 교통량을 비교하여 수요예측의 정확도를 파악하는 것이다. 이를 위해 1980년대와 1990년대에 계획된 총 10개 일반국도 구간을 선정하였다. 예측교통량과 실측교통량의 비교를 위해 계획 시의 보고서를 수집하였으며, 상시교통량 조사지점이 있는 구간을 중심으로 선정하였다. 비교를 위한 지표는 오차율을 이용하였으며, 고속국도 등 네트워크 연계성이 있는 구간과 사회경제지표에 의한 구간으로 구분하여 비교 분석하였다. 분석결과, 네트워크 연계성이 있는 구간은 고속국도의 개통에 의한 영향정도에 대한 정확성이 높을수록 오차율이 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 개통시기에 따른 정확도는 개통 이후에 점차적으로 오차율이 낮아지는 것으로 나타나 긍정적인 것으로 판단되었다. 구간별 단위길이에 따른 정확도는 단위길이가 길수록 오차율이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 개통 후 3년 시점을 기준으로 오차율을 고속국도와 비교한 결과 일반국도가 다소 안정적인 패턴을 보이고 있으나 개통연도에 따른 오차율의 변화는 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다.