TELEMATICS AND TRAFFIC FLOW CONDUCTTION. A STUDY INTO QUANTITATIVE SAFETY CRITERIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF TRAFFIC FLOW CONDUCTION

TELEMATICA EN VERKEERSSTROOMGELEIDING. EEN ONDERZOEK NAAR KWANTITATIEVE VEILIGHEIDSCRITERIA TEN BEHOEVE VAN VERKEERSSTROOMGELEIDING

The increasing traffic demand on Dutch motorways calls for more rigourous control than is currently available. Controlling criteria are needed in order to develop control systems that can cope with these conditions and can meanwhile maintain an acceptable safety level. Criteria are needed that provide more detailed information about traffic conditions than the current 'classical' parameters. This study produced the development of a first attempt at such a criterion. It is based upon a simple theory concerning traffic behaviour. The criterion can easily be calculated from data of standard monitoring equipment. The report contains the basic theoretical considerations and examples of application of the criterion to measurement data taken from both motorways and rural roads.

Language

  • Dutch

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: 42 p.
  • Serial:
    • Issue Number: R-94-78

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00715831
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Jan 31 1996 12:00AM