Traffic management

Content: Acknowledgments xvii    Preface  xix    Introduction xxiii Simon COHEN and George YANNIS    Part 1. Data Collection  1    Chapter 1. A Review of Statewide Traffic Data Collection, Processing, Projection and Quality Control 3 Rafiqul TAREFDER and James BROGAN    1.1. Introduction  3    1.2. Current traffic data collection in New Mexico 4    1.3. NMDOT data processing and reporting 9    1.4. Traffic data projection and quality control 10    1.5. Conclusions  17    1.6. Acknowledgments 17    1.7. Bibliography  18    Chapter 2. SYNCRO     An Innovative Public Procurement of an Advanced Data Gathering System for Interurban Roads Based on its Technologies 19 Jean-Christophe MAISONOBE, Jean Daniel DEMOND, Giannicola MARENGO, Dolores ADAMSKI, Diego ALBESANO and Olivier LATOUILLE    2.1. Introduction  19    2.2. Elaboration of the SYNCRO technical vision: the SYNCRO functional program 21    2.3. A system to gather road data and to provide the current operational road management center with data 24    2.4. Impact and potential of the SYNCRO system  26    2.5. An innovative legal framework to implement three phases of the SYNCRO project  27    2.6. Conclusion 30    2.7. Acknowledgments 32    Chapter 3. Tailoring a Reference Model for C-ITS Architectures and Using a DATEX II Profile to Communicate Traffic Signal Information 33 Jorg FREUDENSTEIN and Ian CORNWELL    3.1. Introduction 33    3.2. Architecture of intelligent transport systems 34    3.3. A generic C-ITS architecture 36    3.4. A tailored architecture for the use case    Traffic Light Phase Assistant    39    3.5. A DATEX II profile to communicate traffic light information 41    3.6. Summary  43    3.7. Bibliography 44    Chapter 4. Sensor City Mobility: The City of Assen as a    Living Lab    for Smart Mobility Solutions Using Sensor Data 45 Jan BURGMEIJER, Janiek DE KRUIJFF, Ernst Jan VAN ARK, Gerdien KLUNDER and Diana VONK NOORDEGRAAF    4.1. Introduction 45    4.2. Architecture, sensor network and technologies used 48    4.3. Use cases for mobility 51    4.4. Modeling 54    4.5. Preliminary results and evaluation of the experiment 57    4.6. Acknowledgments 58    4.7. Bibliography 59    Part 2. Traffic Modeling and Simulation  61    Chapter 5. Forecasting Capabilities of a Micro-Simulation Method for Trip Generation  63 Jorge CABRERA DELGADO and Patrick BONNEL    5.1. Introduction  63    5.2. Methodology  65    5.3. Results 72    5.4. Conclusion 75    5.5. Acknowledgments 75    5.6. Bibliography 75    Chapter 6. Modeling and Solving International Journey Planning Problems 79 Konstantinos N. ANDROUTSOPOULOS and Konstantinos G. ZOGRAFOS    6.1. Introduction 79    6.2. Defining international itinerary planning problems 80    6.3. Modeling issues 83    6.4. Previous related work 85    6.5. Algorithmic approach 87    6.6. Concluding remarks 92    6.7. Acknowledgments 92    6.8. Bibliography 92    Chapter 7. Optimized Intermodal Roundtrips in Transport Networks 95 Cecilia VALE and Isabel RIBEIRO    7.1. Introduction  95    7.2. Model description 96    7.3. Computational applications 98    7.4. Conclusions  102    7.5. Bibliography  103    Chapter 8. Modeling Traffic Hindrance Caused by Road Construction as Part of a Multicriteria Assessment Framework 105 Eric VAN BERKUM and Henny TER HUERNE    8.1. Introduction 105    8.2. Framework 106    8.3. Route choice during road works 111    8.4. Example 115    8.5. Conclusion 117    8.6. Acknowledgments 118    8.7. Bibliography  118    Part 3. Traffic Management, Monitoring and Routing 121    Chapter 9. Behavioral Responses to Traffic Congestion     Findings from Paris, Sao Paulo and Mumbai 123 Gaele LESTEVEN    9.1. Introduction 123    9.2. Methodology 127    9.3. Results 130    9.4. Conclusions 134    9.5. Acknowledgments 136    9.6. Bibliography  136    Chapter 10. Empirical Analysis of Lane Changing Behavior at a Freeway Weaving Section 139 Florian MARCZAK, Winnie DAAMEN and Christine BUISSON    10.1. Introduction 139    10.2. Data collection site and technique 142    10.3. Methodology and definitions 143    10.4. Results 145    10.5. Discussion and conclusion 149    10.6. Bibliography 150    Chapter 11. Applying and Testing a New Generation Traffic Management with Multi-objectives 153 Martijn DE KIEVIT and Yusen CHEN    11.1. Introduction 153    11.2. Definitions 155    11.3. Literature review 156    11.4. Methodology 159    11.5. Application cases and results 159    11.6. Concluding remarks 164    11.7. Acknowledgments 164    11.8. Bibliography 165    Chapter 12. ON-TIME: A Framework for Integrated Railway Network Operation Management 167 Thomas ALBRECHT, and Meena DASIGI    12.1. Introduction 167    12.2. Real-time perturbation management 171    12.3. Train speed control 175    12.4. Demonstration and validation approach 178    12.5. Conclusions 180    12.6. Acknowledgments 180    12.7. Bibliography 180    Chapter 13. A Multi-Lane Capacity Model Designed for Variable Speed Limit Applications 183 Aurelien DURET    13.1. Background 183    13.2. MLC model 186    13.3. Meso-LWR model and multi-lane capacity model 192    13.4. Application 194    13.5. Discussion 199    13.6. Acknowledgments 200    13.7. Bibliography 200    Chapter 14. Evaluation Parameters of Re-routing Strategy 203 Vladimir ZYRYANOV and Anastasia FEOFILOVA    14.1. Introduction 203    14.2. Simulation framework 205    14.3. Determination of the dynamic re-routing start based on traffic flow conditions 209    14.4. Conclusion 214    14.5. References 215    Part 4. Travel Information 217    Chapter 15. Pre-Trip Road Information Impact Assessment: A Literature Review 219 Sylvain BELLOCHE, Charlotte PIERREFEU and Caroline SORAND    15.1. Introduction 219    15.2. Pre-trip road information content and broadcasting media 220    15.3. Determining factors for user choice 223    15.4. Pre-trip road information impacts 225    15.5. Conclusions and discussion 231    15.6. Bibliography 232    Chapter 16. Transferability Study on Full-scale Implementation of Real-time Passenger Information 235 Mitja KLEMENCIC, Vlasta RODO  EK, Marko CELAN and Marjan LEP    16.1. Introduction 235    16.2. RTPI testing in Maribor 236    16.3. Benefits of the RTPI system 238    16.4. Cost benefit analysis and RTPI system 240    16.5. Mobility toolbox as transferability tool 246    16.6. Conclusion 248    16.7. Acknowledgments 248    16.8. Bibliography 249    Chapter 17. Excess Commuting and Commuting Economy: Peak and Off-Peak Variation in Travel Efficiency Measures 251 Enda MURPHY    17.1. Introduction . 251    17.2. Excess commuting, commuting economy and off-peak travel 252    17.3. Data and methods 256    17.4. Results 259    17.5. Conclusions and limitations 264    17.6. Bibliography 265    Chapter 18. Deployment of Interoperable Cross-Border Multimodal Traveler Information in Central Europe 267 Gerhard MENZEL, Martin BOHM and Katharina ZWICK    18.1. Introduction 267    18.2. The EDITS concept 269    18.3. Conclusion 274    18.4. Bibliography 275    Part 5. Assessment and Impacts 277    Chapter 19. The Impacts of Cooperative raffic Systems on Safety, Environment and Travel Times: A Literature Survey 279 Isabela MOCANU, Philippe NITSCHE and Kerry MALONE    19.1. Introduction 279    19.2. Description of systems and bundles 281    19.3. Reviewed literature 283    19.4. Methodology 284    19.5. Results 287    19.6. Conclusions and recommendations 289    19.7. Acknowledgments 290    19.8. Bibliography 291    Chapter 20. The Impact of Navigation Support and Traffic Information on Distance-keeping Behavior 293 Aikaterini TOULIOU, Evangelia GAITANIDOU and Evangelos BEKIARIS    20.1. Introduction 293    20.2. Methods 296    20.3. Results 299    20.4. Discussion 302    20.5. Bibliography 304    Chapter 21. Impact Evaluation of Traffic Performance and Road Safety: A Case Study on an Urban Motorway in France 307 Simon COHEN and Zoi CHRISTOFOROU    21.1. Introduction 307    21.2. The site and the its application 308    21.3. Evaluation of the impact on traffic 310    21.4. Road safety implications 313    21.5. Discussion 315    21.6. Conclusions 316    21.7. Bibliography 317    Chapter 22. Assessment of the Main New Travel-times Calculation Technologies on Lyon East Ring Road 319 Eric PURSON, Alexis BACELAR, Eric KLEIN, Bruno LEVILLY and Fabrice RECLUS    22.1. Introduction 319    22.2. The trial site 321    22.3. Assessed technologies 323    22.4. Implemented methodology 324    22.5. Innovative administrative procedure 328    22.6. Conclusion 329    22.7. Acknowledgments 329    22.8. Bibliography 329    Chapter 23. Rail Externalities: Assessing the Social Cost of Rail Congestion 331 Maria PEREZ HERRERO, Julien BRUNEL and Gregoire MARLOT    23.1. Introduction 331    23.2. Related literature 332    23.3. The model and the econometric strategy 335    23.4. The data set 336    23.5. Results 338    23.6. Conclusions 341    23.7. Acknowledgments 342    23.8. Bibliography 342    List of Authors 345    Index 349