Dynamic traffic management: positive at all levels

Dynamisch verkeersmanagement : positief op alle niveaus

If we progressively reduce the speed limit on our highways, in certain saturated and/or accident sensitive zones (to 90, 70, 50 or even 30 km/h), this will have a positive effect on flow, road safety and the environment. This is evidenced by a large-scale study of the BIVV. During peak hours, file length would decrease by 30%, traffic deaths would fall by 6% and dust emissions would decrease by 7%. The average speed of the vehicles would increase from 44 to 57 km/h. The impact would therefore be positive across the whole line. The BIVV points out that the speed reduction must be accompanied by enhanced controls and sensitization of drivers in order to highlight the collective benefit of the measures

• Authors:
  • Leblud, J
  • Lequeux, Q.
  • Slootmans, F
  • BROECKAERT, M
  • Maes, J
  • Trotta, Manlio
• Publication Date: 2017-6

Language

• English
• Dutch

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp. 20-24
• Serial:
  • Verkeersspecialist
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 237
  • Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Belgium
  • Serial URL: http://www.wolterskluwer.be/sites/verkeersspecialist

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Data files; Fatalities; Freeways; Speed limits
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Geographic Terms: Belgium
• ITRD Terms: 2452: Air pollution; 8008: Belgium; 9009: Decrease; 1602: Fatality; 8624: File; 2752: Motorway; 624: Speed limit
• Subject Areas: I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01639985
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Belgian Road Research Centre (BRRC)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jun 29 2017 9:12AM