PURPOSES : This study is to initiated to estimate the impact of mixed traffic flow on expressway section according to the market penetration rate(MPR) of automated vehicles(AVs) using a enhanced intelligent driver model(EIDM). METHODS : To this end, microscopic traffic simulation and EIDM were used to implement mixed traffic flow on basic expressway section and simulation network was calibrated to understand the change of impact in mixed traffic flow due to the MPR of AVs. Additionally, MOEs of mobility aspects such as average speed and travel time were extracted and analyzed. RESULTS : The result of the impact of mobility MOEs by MPR and level of service indicated that 100% MPR of AVs normally affect positive impact on expressway at all level of service. However, it was analyzed that improvements in the level of service from LOS A to C are minimal until the MPR of AVs reaches 75% or higher. CONCLUSIONS : This research shows that impact of MPR of AVs using EIDM of mixed traffic flow on basic expressway. Increasing MPR of AVs affects positive impact on expressway at all level of services. However, MPR from 25% to 75% of AVs in LOS A to C shows minimal impacts. Therefore, to maximize the effectiveness of AVs, appropriate traffic operation and management strategies are necessary.

PURPOSES : In this study, the factors influencing traffic accidents of commercial vehicles in the transportation industry were examined. The evidence observed in this study showed how it contributes to the establishment of safety management policies. METHODS : Safety management data obtained from the Korean Transportation Safety Authority were integrated. A multi-regression analysis was performed by comparing data for the past three years of traffic accident data. RESULTS : Through multi-regression analysis, items that significantly influenced the safety evaluation index (the number of traffic accidents per vehicle owned and the number of dangerous driving actions per 100 km per person) were analyzed. Items with similar patterns observed for various commercial vehicle industries were also analyzed. Monthly average drop off rate, number of law violations per driver, percentage of drivers above 65 years old, percentage of drivers that have completed the compulsory education, number of vehicles owned, and driving distance per vehicle are the variables that influenced the safety evaluation index. CONCLUSIONS : There is a growing need to establish safety management policies and management measures to enhance the voluntary safety management capabilities of the industry. Safety management should be conducted through the analysis of traffic accident impact factors for commercial vehicles.

선행 차량과의 상대속도에 따른 차두거리 분포에 관한 연구를 위해 연속류 도로 중 국도에 설치된 차량검지기(VDS, Vehicle Detection System)의 교통정보 수집자료를 분석하였다. 수집자료를 차선별, 방향별로 정렬하여 선행 차량과 후행 차량 사이의 속도차이인 상대속도와 검지기 통과시간 및 차량의 속도를 이용하여 차두거리를 산출하였다. 모든 시간대를 대상으로 산출된 상대속도와 차두거리의 분석을 통해 두 변수간의 관계를 분석한 결과 고르게 분포하고 있는 것으로 나타났고 동일차량군 주행에서 차두거리의 중간값은 약 40m이며, 이는 자료구축 및 분석부분에서 언급한 A~D영역을 분류함에 있어 기준이 될 수 있었다. 시간대에 따른 차두거리 분포에 대한 분석을 위해 수집된 모든 자료의 교통량을 통해 첨두교통량을 산정하고 이를 기준으로 첨두시간과 비첨두시간을 분류하여 차두거리 분포의 차이를 분석하였다. 첨두시간은 비첨두시간에 비해 상대적으로 앞 차량과의 속도 차이가 적고 차두거리가 좁은 것으로 나타났기 때문에 선행차량과 같은 주행 패턴으로 추종한다고 할 수 있고 비첨두시간는 차두거리가 상대적으로 넓은 것으로 나타났다. 이는 운전자의 행태를 나타낼 수도 있는 것으로 차두거리가 좁을수록 공격적인 운전을 하며 본인의 총 통행시간을 줄이고자 하는 욕구가 크다고 미루어 짐작할 수 있겠다. 하지만 여가통행과 비첨두시간의 경우는 첨두시간에 비해 차두거리가 넓은 것으로 미루어보아 시간적 압박이 적어 상대적으로 여유로운 운전행태를 보인다고 할 수 있겠다.

The trend of heaviness causes the increase in the number of overloaded vehicles on a bridge, which is a difficulty in the decision of design live load. However, there is no established system to control the overloaded vehicles. In this paper, a management system to control the total number of heavy vehicles on a bridge using BWIM. The traffic management system uses the control methods based on approaching time intervals.

For the smooth flow of traffic vehicles and its effective management, it is necessary to have an exact information on traffic condition, i.e., the volume of traffic, velocity, occupancy and classification of vehicles. In particular, for classification of vehicles, there has been only image processing method using camera, where the method can obtain much information but rather expensive. In this paper, an algorithm for the measurement of velocity and total length of vehicles has been proposed to develop a general traffic management system, which is necessary to discriminate the class of vehicles. In order to realize the proposed algorithm, we have developed an ultrasonic spatial filtering method, which has better performance than that of using the traditional vehicle detector. To have this system to be constructed, we have introduced three sets of ultrasonic devices where each has one transmitter and two receivers which are arranged to obtain the spatial difference of objects. The velocity of vehicles can be measured by analyzing the occurrence time of pulses and their time differences. The total length of vehicles can be given by multiplying velocity with time interval of pulses sequence. To confirm the effectiveness of this measuring system, the experiment by the spatial filtering method using the ultrasonic sensors has been carried out. As the results, it is found that the proposed method can be used as one of measurement tools in the general traffic management system.