INTEGRATED ATT STRATEGIES FOR URBAN ARTERIALS: DRIVE II PROJECT PRIMAVERA. 1. OVERVIEW

This is the first paper in a series about the European-funded DRIVE II PRIMAVERA project for integrated traffic control on urban arterial corridors. PRIMAVERA aims to: (1) review state-of-the-art Advanced Transport Telematics (ATT) and management techniques for queue handling, public transport priority, and traffic calming; (2) integrate these techniques; (3) simulate integrated ATT strategies on arterial corridors in Leeds, England, and Turin, Italy; (4) conduct and evaluate field trials of the most promising strategies; and (5) provide some recommendations for the selection and implementation of the most appropriate strategies for a range of urban corridor types. The paper discusses: (1) the project partners and field trial sites; (2) strategy development; (3) the evaluation framework; (4) the simulations; (5) the best strategies; (6) the field trials; (7) the end products; and (8) the project's achievements. The field trials at Leeds used the SCOOT and SPOT urban traffic control systems, the TIRIS bus detection system, a variable message system (VMS), and a speed camera. Six types of survey were conducted for the field trials; their results will be discussed in later papers in the series.

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• Authors:
  • Fox, K
  • Montgomery, F
  • MAY, T
• Publication Date: 1995-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 268-71
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Bus priority; Buses; Information processing; Public transit; Simulation; Telecommunications; Traffic control; Traffic restraint; Traffic signal preemption; Transportation corridors; Urban areas
• Identifier Terms: European Commission; European Union
• Geographic Terms: Italy; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 1272: Bus; 1116: Corridor (transp); 8655: Data processing; 8303: EU; 8051: Italy; 648: Priority (traffic); 744: Public transport; 9103: Simulation; 9117: Telecommunication; 654: Traffic control; 633: Traffic restraint; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00711263
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 20 1995 12:00AM