Abstract:

To improve rationality and correctness of adaptability evaluation result of freeways and regional socioeconomy, we comprehensively construct evaluation index system for freeway adaptability from economy, society and traffic. We further evaluate socioeconomic adaptability of Ningwu Freeway at economic zone on the west side of the strait with the improved urban gravity model. Evaluation results show that the evaluation index system can generally reveal the impact of freeway construction on regional economy, society and traffic. The evaluation theory and method have some reference for freeway postevaluation.

Key words: adaptability, improved urban gravity model, freeway, evaluation, socio-economy