COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN YORK - THE MONITORING AND MODELLING

Normal junction improvement schemes are not possible in York because of its ancient city walls. Without an inner ring road, traffic management methods have been further explored. Before and after monitoring surveys for recently introduced short-term measures are described. The five areas of interest were: movement, effects on trade, environment, attitude and the enforcement and compliance with traffic regulations. A temporary bridge closure for structural repairs, provided more restraint and public transport priority than a management package could. It was shown that motorists chose to travel at a different time producing significant changes or delays at congested junctions. No significant changes in the pattern of bus or cycle use was detected. The modeling techniques described made use of the trafficq model and employed the regnum technique to provide a cost-effective means of data collection. The study showed that the number of car shoppers had decreased, but later evidence suggested that this may only have been a settling-in-effect. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Dawson, JAL
• Publication Date: 1979-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 510-515
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Before and after studies; Bicycles; Bridges; Bus priority; Buses; Highway traffic control; Intersections; Mathematical models; Monitoring; Motorcycles; Public transit; Street closure; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic restraint; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic surveys; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9148: Before and after study; 1211: Bicycle; 3455: Bridge; 1272: Bus; 1243: Car; 632: Congestion (traffic); 455: Junction; 6473: Mathematical model; 1221: Motorcycle; 648: Priority (traffic); 744: Public transport; 637: Road closure; 654: Traffic control; 633: Traffic restraint; 676: Traffic survey; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310253
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1982 12:00AM