NON-RECURRENT CONGESTION : HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM? : ARE TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS THE SOLUTIONS?

This paper examines the issue of incident delay from the perspective of " effective capacity." When evaluated from this view, strategies aimed at alleviating peak-period, incident-caused congestion (such as Incident Management (IM) and Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS)) have only a marginal long-term effect on the average delay of congested highways. The conclusion is that neither ATIS nor IM can be relied on as the solution to peak-period congestion. It is also unrealistic to consider either ATIS or IM as an effective alternative to the conventional strategy of adding lanes and building highways.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: March 1993
• Authors:
  • Hall, Randolph W
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 89-103
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0968-090X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced driver information systems; Incident management; Route guidance; Traffic congestion
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00773324
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM