UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE TRANSPORT OPERATIONS RESEARCH GROUP PROGRESS REPORT 1979

A summary of progress on the following projects is given: strathclyde centrally-integrated traffic control (citrac) feasibility study; traffic control, routeing and assignment, plan-change algorithms for area-wide traffic signals; on-line measure of delay in a computer-controlled road traffic system; practical methods of improving bus services; impact of the new metro on the Tyneside conurbation; public transport policies in rural areas; commodity flow studies; response within the freight market to changes in the pattern of supply; major factors influencing modal-choice decisions in the freight market; the Channel Tunnel: potential for bulk freight traffic; comparison of retail distribution strategies; costs and constraints in delivering goods to urban retail premises; urban goods movement in a planning framework; the monitoring of hazardous goods movements by road; measures of driver behaviour related to driving safety; the safety of small roundabouts in Newcastle upon tyne; urban safety demonstration project; identification of countermeasures. Details of symposia, short courses and other activities of the department, and of references to papers published are also given. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • SILCOCK, D T
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 195-198
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Public transit; Traffic safety; Traffic signal controllers; Transportation policy; Underwater construction
• ITRD Terms: 8579: Activity report; 741: Goods traffic; 744: Public transport; 654: Traffic control; 655: Traffic engineering; 1155: Transport; 8119: United Kingdom; 111: University
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00319582
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1981 12:00AM