KOTI - Korea Transport institute

Urban transportation planning area and traffic impact area were designated for urban transportation management system in 2004. But their investigation and readjustment reflecting the change of social economic, administrative district and traffic conditions has not been conducted until now that 10 years have passed. The urban transportation planning area and traffic impact area are vary important matter that is spatial range of urban transportation demand management policyenforcement.
Thus the readjustment work of these are needed according to current condition change in the last 10 years. Therefor this research investigates effectiveness of established urban transportation planning area and traffic impact area by applying existing designation criteria and consider new designation criteria and methodology for more aggressive deal with urban transportation problem. The following additional criteria is proposed in order to consider population change, foreign case analysis, securing of urban transportation area and securing linkages with transit terminal.
① expanding lower population criteria of urban transportation planning area by 10,000 people, ② standardizing designation unit of traffic impact area to sigungu unit, ③ considering two-way trip between urban transportation planning area and traffic impact area, ④ suggesting additional criteria of traffic impact area including KTX station and airport. Urban transportation planning area and traffic impact area are readjusted by applying new suggested criteria in this research. In designating of urban transportation planning area, existing city urban transportation planning areas are maintained without a great change ofestablished system. The results of this research are undergone a convergence process of relevant local government officials.