A STUDY OF METHODOLOGY TO SELECT A ROUTE FOR INTER-AREA BIKEWAY

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 first in the more developed areas. A number of municipal governments have installed bike lanes connecting short sections but the lanes are not used for everyday-life purpose. In the case of bike-friendly countries, bike culture has been settled with the use of leisure bikes increased. As for Korea, it is possible to build a network of bike lanes for leisure riding and for exploration of ecological culture across Korea based on topography centered on the four major rivers. In this regard, this study selected evaluation indicators for the basic design stage of the selection of routes for inter-area bikeway and suggested a relevant methodology, and applied the methodology for evaluation in a case study. The study considered the characteristics of leisure bikes to select the evaluation indicators and conducted AHP analysis. Through the analysis, the importance of five indicators for selection was estimated and applied, and in comparing the data surveyed, it was assumed that each item follows normal distribution and the normal distribution was standardized to calculate weight. The methodology of evaluating route selection for inter-area bikeway in this study proposed detailed evaluation criteria for the selection of routes for leisure bike lanes, which have yet to be established, and is expected to help policymakers’ decision making