IMPROVING ROAD AND TRAFFIC EFFICIENCY OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD TOURIST ROAD TO SUPPORT TOURISM AND THE EASTERN SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE

Abstract

Developing a standard secondary coastal road network to facilitate convenient, fast and safe travel, with shady scenery on both sides and necessary facilities, which will enable tourists to travel to various places on the eastern seaboard, resulting in the development of the tourism industry and increased income distribution to local people. This study aims to survey the traffic volume on the eastern coastal tourist road from Rayong to Chonburi provinces. Develop a model to analyze the current and future traffic volume for designing road structures and facilities, including installing signs and improving the landscape along the coastal tourist road.

          The study approach was conducted by reviewing the literature related to traffic volume analysis and traffic volume analysis and surveying the traffic volume on the road under study. The results of the traffic volume survey in all five areas, which are expected to have heavy traffic and affect tourism in the future, found that if no improvement is made, the traffic volume on each road will have a level of service (LOS) reduced by 1-2 levels from the original level in the next 10 years. The research found that some sections' road surfaces and traffic lanes are narrow and congested. Because it is an old community, it is complex to expand the route. Therefore, the guidelines for further development of this research should be to organize traffic discipline to attract tourists in the future. The community area should be preserved and landscape architecture should be improved to become a local lifestyle conservation tourism site. There should also be a strategy to encourage the use of coastal tourist roads appropriately and sustainably.