PURPOSES : This study is to evaluate environmental improvement effects of underground road project, as a case study of ‘Seobu’underground expressway project in Korea. METHODS : The environmental improvement effects of underground road construction were classified into tree sector in this study – air quality, noise, and thermal environment. To evaluate these effects, this study collected and divided environment dataset into before, during, and after ‘Seobu’underground expressway construction, and compared the change of values with entire city. In addition, the quantification method of environmental improvement effects was suggested based on the literature review. RESULTS : The result of this study indicates that there exist significant improvement effects of urban environment after the construction of ‘Seobu’underground expressway. Specifically, the concentration of particulate matters (PM10) and daytime/nighttime noise, and land surface temperature (LST) were improved along the expressway. In addition, the overall environmental benefit of ‘Seobu’ underground expressway was estimated to 1.15 billion won per year. CONCLUSIONS : To promote systematic and consistent underground road project, it is required to establish legislative system for evalauting and supporting urban improvement effects.

The urban expressway is widely used to avoid traffic jams in highly-populated urban areas. However, vehicle exhaust can be easily transported to the neighboring area including residential buildings. In this study, we investigated the transport and penetration of vehicle exhaust into the nearby high-story residential building. Black carbon (BC) and lung deposited surface area (LDSA) concentrations were monitored every 1 min using an aethalometer (AE51, Magee) and a nanoparticle aerosol monitor (AeroTrak 9000, TSI), respectively. For comparison, the measurement was carried out in both the living room and balcony of the apartment from January 18 to January 25, 2016. The CO2 concentration indicated the presence of residents in the living room and transport of vehicle exhaust from the roadway in the balcony. Its diurnal variation showed a significant difference between weekdays and the weekend, implying the different time activity of residents and traffic volume. BC and LDSA concentrations were 1.4±1.5 μg/m3 and 53.9±45.0 μm2/cm3 indoors, and 1.9±1.0 μg/m3, 76.2±34.5 μm2/cm3 outdoors, respectively. The indoor to outdoor concentration ratios range from 0.6 to 0.8, indicating the significant influence of outdoor vehicle exhaust. The highest concentrations of BC and LDSA were observed in the morning rush hours, except for those indoors during the weekend. In particular, the outdoor effect is significant during the morning rush hours. Indoor air quality management is urgently needed for residents living near the urban expressway.

교통의 흐름에 있어서의 트럭 및 콘테이너 차량 등 대형차량의 혼입은 차체의 크기에 기인한 넓은 공간의 점유 및 승용차에 비해 상대적으로 떨어지는 차량운행 능력 등의 특성 때문에 도로의 용량을 감소시키는 중요한 요인이 된다. 도로의 교통용량산정 시 이러한 대형차량의 혼입에 의한 용량의 감소를 나타내는 척도로서의 승용차 환산계수의 개념은 1965년 도로용량편람에서 처음으로 도입되었으며, 이후 구미의 많은 학자들에 의해 연구되었다. 본 연구에서는 차량배열 형태에 따른 차두시간의 분석을 통해 환산계수의 도출을 시도하였다. 분석을 위한 교통자료의 수집은 통행차량 차종의 대부분이 승용차와 대형차로 구성되어 있으며 비교적 관측이 용이한 부산시 도시고속도로의 평지구간에서 첨두시간과 비 첨두시간으로 나누어 실시되었다. 본 연구에서의 환산계수 산정방법은 차두시간의 분석을 통한 미시적 접근방법인바, 동방법의 정확성 및 효율적 검증을 위해서는 거시적 접근 방법에 의한 산정방법과의 비교분석이 요구된다.