Title: Traffic management R&D program 2005-2007. Projects and results
Abstract:Implementation of the traffic management R&D program 2005-2007 occurred at a time when climate change, urban congestion, and application of the fourstep model emerged as themes of discussion that stee...Implementation of the traffic management R&D program 2005-2007 occurred at a time when climate change, urban congestion, and application of the fourstep model emerged as themes of discussion that steer the direction of traffic infrastructure planning. These three basic themes have had a clearly positive impact on the growing expectations directed toward traffic management, or more broadly, an intelligent traffic system. The starting point of the traffic management R&D program was to promote and develop projects and project entities that make it possible to respond to the expectations directed at traffic management. Development measures were aimed at the various focal areas of traffic management included in the program, namely management of traffic disturbances, up-to-date gathering and distribution of road weather and traffic information, dynamic traffic control, providing information to traffic, and traffic management impact assessments. Within the program there was close cooperation with the EU's Viking program and the Ministry of Transport and Communication's AINO program, which enabled the R&D program to carry out very large projects, also. The program specified the objectives of each of the above-mentioned focal areas and further, of project entities and individual projects. Breaking down the objectives from the traffic system level to the project level without losing sight of the overall goal is a challenging task. For the most part this has been successful. Regardless of the partially fragmented general picture, the program has succeeded in creating entities that also serve traffic system-level objectives. The scope, nature, and focus of the implemented projects varied considerably. The program implemented basic and applied research, official and commercial services, regional and national services, projects related to gathering and applying information, and combinations of these. There was also definite progress in regional OLLI- and ASKEL-type information services, gathering and utilization of condition information, development and productization of dynamic driver services, and Cold Spots and LIKU project type basic research. The program provided new information on the impact of traffic management methods and thereby also the possibilities they offer in solving the many problems brought by increasing traffic volume. Even more information will be needed in the future, and there especially appears to be a growing need for solutions with which to control traffic demand and manage mobility. A particular future challenge will be broader application and traffic system-level implementation of the four-step model. This report may be found at http://alk.tiehallinto.fi/julkaisut/pdf2/3201084-v-liha_raportti.pdfRead More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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