MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS OF "KEEP IT AT EIGHT". STUDY INTO THE EFFECTS OF ADAPTED DEPARTURE TIMES ON TRAFFIC FLOWS IN THE URBAN DISTRICT

MODELMATIGE ANALYSE "HOUDT HEM OP ACHT". VERKENNING EFFECTEN VAN VERTREKTIJDSTIPAANPASSING OP DE VERKEERSAFWIKKELING IN HET STADSGEWEST

The Haaglanden urban district drew up an accessibility plan known as "Keep it at Eight" with which to vary the departure times of motorists by influencing their behaviour. This study was commissioned by the Haaglanden urban district. The aim was to study the quantitative effects of various forms of adapted departure times on traffic flows along the main arteries in this urban district. Two possible forms of the "Keep it at Eight" measure were studied. According to the "directed approach", employees of a number of large companies in the urban district would be asked not to reset their clocks and watches in accordance with the daylight-saving times. According to the "provision of information approach", complete and relevant information would be provided on expected delays during various periods during and specifically before and after peak hours. In both approaches a distinction is made between the extent to which behaviour can be influenced in a positive, realistic manner or in a restrained manner. Four scenarios were drawn up and were analyzed using the DYNDART traffic model version 1.0. The results of the model scenarios show that by adapting the departure times of even a small number of motorists, a considerable contribution can be made to improving traffic flows in the Haaglanden urban district.

• Corporate Authors:

  TNO INFRASTRUCTUUR, TRANSPORT EN REGIONALE ONTWIKKELING INRO

  PO BOX 6041
  DELFT,   Netherlands  2600 JA
• Authors:
  • Westerman, M
  • BLIEMER, M
• Publication Date: 1996-11

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: III+62P
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: INRO-VVG 1996-24

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Behavior; Drivers; Mathematical models; Origin and destination; Peak periods; Queuing; Regions; Simulation; Traffic assignment; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Travel time; Trip length; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 9010: Delay; 1772: Driver; 697: Journey time; 621: Journey to work; 2748: Main road; 6473: Mathematical model; 9048: Modification; 8078: Netherlands; 687: Origin destination traffic; 612: Peak hour; 6594: Queue; 378: Region; 9103: Simulation; 679: Traffic assignment; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738162
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 30 1997 12:00AM