Title :
The importance of alternative routes for the robustness of a road network
Author :
Snelder, Maaike ; Immers, Ben ; Van Zuylen, Henk
Author_Institution :
Transp. & Planning, Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
Abstract :
In this paper the importance of alternative routes for the robustness of a road network is examined. A case study for the area of Rotterdam in the Netherlands showed that if nobody is informed about an incident on the motorways and/or nobody has the opportunity to change their routes, delays of more than one hour can easily occur. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that it is beneficial to have at least 1 route alternative, but that multiple route alternatives are not strictly.
Keywords :
road traffic; transportation; Netherlands; Rotterdam; alternative routes; motorways incident; multiple route; road network robustness; Cities and towns; Computer aided software engineering; Computer networks; Delay; Power system faults; Resilience; Roads; Robustness; Technology planning; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future (INFRA), 2008 First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rotterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6887-4
DOI :
10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439645
