A STUDY OF METHODOLOGY TO ANALYZE DEMAND FOR BIKEWAY ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY

The Korean government started to pay attention to the bicycle as a green transportation means to solve urban traffic problems caused by its automobile-centered road traffic policy and is establishing a plan for installing bike lanes in urban areas and more developed areas around national highway. However, there has been lack of analysis of the effects and feasibility of bikeway on national highway. In particular, demand forecast should be conducted to evaluate investment. In this regard, this study established a demand forecast methodology for bikeway on national road and applied it to the site. In this study, the previous studies were reviewed, and the conventional 4-step method applicable to forecasting of demand for bikeway in the areas around national road and sketch planning method that can help forecast new demand for bikeway were both adopted. The methodology reviewed in this study is expected to help establish final investment priority and plan according to economic analysis with cost estimation based on demand forecast and field surve