INTELLIGENT CAR-POOLING. A NEW TRAVEL DEMAND CONCEPT

In spite of the fact that Sweden is a sparsely-populated area, there is congestion in major cities during the rush hour. These problems cause delays, air pollution and accidents. The car occupancy is low especially during the morning rush hour, which means high fuel consumption per personkilometer. The possibilities of satisfying an increasing demand for new transport capacity by new roads and parking grounds are today limited, since there is lack of space and lack of money. Measures are therefore discussed in order to use the total transport system resources more "efficiently". The Swedish National Road Administration (SNRA) and the Local Road Authorities are now searching for new Travel Demand Management (TDM) Strategies to handle traffic problems. Therefore SNRA has commissioned the consulting firm Kjessler&Mannerstrale AB (KM) and the Ericsson Microwave Systems AB to work out a new transport concept, here named Intelligent Car-pooling, which could be attractive to travellers. The first step of the project will be completed in December 1997. (A) For the covering abstract, see IRRD 490001.

• Corporate Authors:

  ERTICO

  326 Avenue Louis
  Brussels,   Belgium  B-1050

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  VERTIS

  TORANOMOM 34 MORI BUILDING 1-25-5
  TORANOMON, MINATOKU, TOKYO 105  Japan 
• Authors:
  • LILLIENBERG, S
  • Lundgren, K
  • LANG, K E
• Conference:
  • MOBILITY FOR EVERYONE. 4TH WORLD CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, 21-24 OCTOBER 1997, BERLIN. (PAPER NO. 2113)
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car pooling (Railroads); Carpools; Conferences; Traffic congestion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 1119: Car pooling; 8525: Conference; 632: Congestion (traffic); 9009: Decrease; 8109: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00753115
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 28 1998 12:00AM