WINTER AND MATHEUS: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIENCES IN FINNISH ROAD AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

This paper presents some features of Finnish road and traffic management and the Matheus project in the Helsinki region. In Finland the traffic situation and the condition of roads are under constant surveillance. There are 250 automatic road weather stations and 210 automatic traffic surveillance stations covering the road network. These stations are developed and manufactured in Finland. The MATHEUS-project (Management of Traffic in Helsinki Urban surroundings) aims to produce a traffic management centre to take care of traffic monitoring, traffic control and traffic information in the Helsinki area. The traffic management centre of the Uusimaa region is being set up in connection with the existing road weather monitoring centre. The tasks and functions of the road weather monitoring centre are to be expanded in such a manner that the centre can also function according to the aims and objective of traffic management.

• Corporate Authors:

  PTRC Education and Research Services Limited

  Glenthorne House, Hammersmith Grove
  London W6OL9,   England 
• Authors:
  • Muurinen, I
  • Kokkinen, M
• Conference:
  • Xth PIARC International Winter Road Congress
  • Location: Lulea, Sweden
  • Date: 1998-3-16 to 1998-3-19
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 827-834
• Serial:
  • Volume: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway traffic control; Snow and ice control; Weather stations; Winter maintenance
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752047
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Technical Report, Volume 1, Volume 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1998 12:00AM