THE IDENTIFICATION OF RECURRENT URBAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION

With traffic congestion problems increasing in towns and cities it is suggested that the identification of recurrent congestion has a role to play in the area of traffic management. A method for identifying recurrent congestion has been devised using data from the SCOOT (Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique) system. This paper first considers the definition of congestion then describes the method for identifying recurrent congestion. The performance of the method in a small area of central Leicester is then assessed and some of the congestion features found are described. For the covering abstract see IRRD 880251.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Electrical Engineers

  Savoy Place
  London WC2R 0BL, NY  England  10016-5997
• Authors:
  • EVANS, R G
  • BELL, M C
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROAD TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL, 23-25 APRIL 1996. CONFERENCE PUBLICATION NO. 422
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 183-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Conferences; Continuous structures; Measurement; Traffic congestion; Traffic control
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 632: Congestion (traffic); 9006: Continuous; 6136: Measurement; 311: Town centre; 654: Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00725376
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 26 1996 12:00AM