Title :
Inter-urban traffic management on highways - Simulation of traffic control measures effects
Author :
Timnea, Radu Serban ; Stan, Valentin Alexandra ; Gheorghiu, Razvan Andrei
Author_Institution :
Electron. Dept., “Politeh.” Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
This paper presents considerations regarding the benefits obtained by implementing traffic control measures on an inter-urban road network. The considerations are based on the results obtained by simulating traffic scenarios on a model road network. These scenarios involve: heavy traffic, over-capacity of the network; medium traffic, under-capacity of the network, but involving an incident. The results obtained are compared with a normal traffic scenario, under the road network capacity and in the absence of any incident. The traffic control measures analysed regarding their results are: ramp metering, variable speed limit, driver information through variable message signs.
Keywords :
road traffic control; driver information; heavy traffic; highways; interurban road network capacity; interurban traffic management; medium traffic; network over-capacity; network under-capacity; normal traffic scenario; ramp metering; traffic control measure effects; traffic scenario simulation; variable message signs; variable speed limit; Delays; Jamming; Junctions; Roads; Traffic control; Vehicles; incident management; inter-urban traffic; ramp metering; simulation; traffic management; traffic parameters; variable speed limit;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2014 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5478-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECAI.2014.7090186
