Abstract

Alternative generation and evaluation in the transportation planning process are generally considered the two most important areas of research. It is, however, unfortunate that most of Korean transportation network systems are evolved without thorough investigation of alternatives and that underplanned systems as well as over-planned systems ar blamed for the current transportation problems. This paper investigates the practical use of formal methodology of alternative generation and evaluation. The maximum possible alternative network approach and the computer oriented network evaluation method developed by KIST and applied for Pusan subway study are summarized to demonstrate their practical usefulness. The practical problems centering around the quantification of evaluation criteria ar also summarized for further studies.

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