DISPERSION OF TRAFFIC FLOW USING TRAVEL-TIME INFORMATION ON ROUTES CONNECTING TWO CITIES

In two or more routes (highways) connecting two urban areas, if traffic demand for any of the routes is extremely high, dispersing traffic flow on the more congested route(s) according to the traffic capacity of each route is important for effective road utilization. With a view to dispersing traffic flow, the authors have developed a system which provides drivers with travel-time information on three major routes, each connecting Osaka and Kyoto. The system uses changeable-message signs installed at the point of origin (the diversing point) to each of the three routes so as to display travel time between diverging point and destination. This travel-time data-provision system was put into use on May 29, 1994. Travel time was measured daily from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for a period of about 11 weeks (about seven weeks before the start of the system operation and about four weeks after the system operation).

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Tanak, R
  • Maeoka, A
  • Taga, H
  • Seki, F
  • Sugimoto, M
• Conference:
  • Intelligent Transportation: Serving the User Through Deployment. Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting of ITS America.
  • Location: Washington, D.C.
  • Date: 1995-3-15 to 1995-3-17
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 413-418

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities; Dispersion (Statistics); Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Travel time; Variable message signs
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00682645
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM