CONGESTION MODELING. IN: HANDBOOK OF TRANSPORT MODELLING

Many policies have been adopted to combat congestion, both on the supply side (e.g., building new roads, restriping lanes) and in managing demand (e.g., priority lanes, metering highway entrance ramps, parking restrictions and license plate rules). Attention has been limited in this review to congestion pricing, in part because of its close links with the fundamental diagram of traffic flow and with network equilibrium conditions. Thanks to continuing technological advances and shifts in political attitudes, the perspective at the end of the 21st century seems rather more sanguine. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are another technology that holds promise for alleviating congestion. ITS include: advanced traffic management systems, which optimize traffic signals and freeway ramp controls; advanced vehicle control systems, which allow closely spaced platoons of vehicle to operate at high speeds; and motorist information systems, which provide real-time information and advice to individuals about travel conditions. ITS can help people to avoid heavily congested routes, to reschedule trips, and to choose between travel modes. But toe the extent that ITS do succeed in improving travel conditions, they are likely to stimulate more travel because of latent demand. Congestion pricing may therefore be a complement to, rather that a substitute for, information technology. In any case, congestion and efforts to model and control it will endure for the foreseeable future.

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• Authors:
  • Waters, W G
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 353-373
• Monograph Title: HANDBOOKS IN TRANSPORT VOLUME 1: HANDBOOK OF TRANSPORT MODELLING

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway capacity; Liabilities; Model atmosphere; Networks; Qualitative analysis; Railroad rails; Road pricing; Subways; Time dependence; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Transportation planning; Travelers
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

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• Accession Number: 00804865
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-08-043594-7
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 22 2001 12:00AM