KOTI - Korea Transport institute

In order to achieve the TransRoad vision, which is a new road that transcends existing roads, the government's goal of using the autonomous third level in 2020 is to automate, become driverless, provide service and road network-based maintenance, and operation and maintenance of road systems. A new integrated road traffic system is required.
However, the function and role of the future road traffic system has not been established in the road traffic system related laws (Road Act, National Transport System Efficiency Act), and the grounds for administrative, financial and institutional support of the government are insufficient.
Therefore, this study aims to diagnose the problems and limitations of the current road traffic system legislation through legislative evaluation in terms of road traffic automation, commercialization of autonomous vehicles, and future road traffic system construction. Based on this, we sought the necessity of legislation for future road traffic systems and suggested legislative direction.
First of all, I examined the policies related to future road traffic systems. Policy support for infrastructure technology development and technological development of autonomous navigation system was being implemented. Road infrastructure policy has been shifting from new construction to efficient use of existing roads, and existing ITS technology has evolved into C-ITS, while digital information-based traffic operation and management technology is required. It is necessary to reorganize the functions, roles of roads, and transportation infrastructure in the integrated system of cars, road traffic, and smart cities.
Based on this, we diagnosed the problems and limitations of the Road Act and the National Transport System Efficiency Act which are the current road traffic system related laws, through legislative evaluation, which is one of the legislative evaluation methods. The Road Act and the National Transport System Efficiency Act have been revised in accordance with the purpose of the enactment, and although they act as independent laws, they can be used to reflect the digital infrastructure and future road traffic system institutions as needed.
Finally, based on this, the necessity of legislation for the construction of a future road traffic system was examined and the necessity and direction of the revisions were suggested. Legislation is necessary to present the direction of a new road traffic policy as future road traffic, to establish the basis of future road traffic policy and to secure the means to have this policy realized.
As a result of the legislative evaluation of the Road Act and the National Transport System Efficiency Act, the legislation is related to the future road traffic system, although they play a role in accordance with their respective legislative purposes in the evolution of existing road networks. It is necessary to create a legal environment that can reflect the new road traffic policy for infrastructure development.
The future direction of the legislation can be divided into a partial revision of the existing law: Road Act and the National Transport System Efficiency Act. The proposed legislative alternatives and major issues need to be utilized in the future when pursuing future road traffic system legislation.