GREEN WAVES SAVE ENERGY

GROENE GOLVEN BESPAREN ENERGIE

Three years ago the ANWB traffic department ran a survey on a number of comparable road sections with and without green waves (reported in Verkeerskunde 12/80). ON one of the then "without" sections a new traffic control system has since been installed. New test runs were made and their results were compared with those of 1980. Co-ordination of 8 traffic signals on a 5,6 km long stretch of road brought journey times down by 14 percent. The number of stops decreased by 40 percent and the average waiting time went down from 138 to 52 seconds. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Michel, F
  • RINSMA, J
• Publication Date: 1983-10

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 474-475
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beltways; Energy conservation; Traffic control; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signals; Traffic surveys; Travel time; Trip length; Waiting time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 9009: Decrease; 212: Energy conservation; 697: Journey time; 597: Linked signals; 8078: Netherlands; 2729: Ring road; 654: Traffic control; 565: Traffic signal; 676: Traffic survey; 9100: Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382432
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM