• DocumentCode
    1973132
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    10-12 Nov. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439645
  • Filename
    5439645