Traffic Management

Simon Cohen is senior researcher at IFSTTAR and Professor at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech in France. He is director of the French Abertis chair in transport infrastructure management. Much of his career has been in the field of transportation research. His work focuses mainly on the area of advanced traffic management and intelligent transport systems (ITS) for road networks.George Yannis is Professor in traffic safety and management and head of the department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering at National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece. He has contributed extensively in several research projects and scientific committees of the European Commission and other international organizations (UN/ECE, OECD, WHO, CEDR, ERF, ETSC), having published more than 350 scientific papers (110 in scientific journals) widely cited worldwide.Bernard Jacob (Set Co-ordinator): Chair of the Programme Committee of TRA2014, is deputy scientific director for transport, infrastructures and safety with IFSTTAR. His research works are in bridge and road safety, traffic loads on bridges, heavy vehicles and weigh-in-motion. He is Professor at Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat in France, and the President of the International Society for WIM (ISWIM).

• Acknowledgments xviiPreface  xixIntroduction xxiiiSimon COHEN and George YANNISPart 1. Data Collection  1Chapter 1. A Review of Statewide Traffic Data Collection, Processing, Projection and Quality Control 3Rafiqul TAREFDER and James BROGAN1.1. Introduction  31.2. Current traffic data collection in New Mexico 41.3. NMDOT data processing and reporting 91.4. Traffic data projection and quality control 101.5. Conclusions  171.6. Acknowledgments 171.7. Bibliography  18Chapter 2. SYNCRO – An Innovative Public Procurement of an Advanced Data Gathering System for Interurban Roads Based on its Technologies 19Jean-Christophe MAISONOBE, Jean Daniel DEMOND, Giannicola MARENGO, Dolores ADAMSKI, Diego ALBESANO and Olivier LATOUILLE2.1. Introduction  192.2. Elaboration of the SYNCRO technical vision: the SYNCRO functional program 212.3. A system to gather road data and to provide the current operational road management center with data 242.4. Impact and potential of the SYNCRO system  262.5. An innovative legal framework to implement three phases of the SYNCRO project  272.6. Conclusion 302.7. Acknowledgments 32Chapter 3. Tailoring a Reference Model for C-ITS Architectures and Using a DATEX II Profile to Communicate Traffic Signal Information 33Jörg FREUDENSTEIN and Ian CORNWELL3.1. Introduction 333.2. Architecture of intelligent transport systems 343.3. A generic C-ITS architecture 363.4. A tailored architecture for the use case “Traffic Light Phase Assistant” 393.5. A DATEX II profile to communicate traffic light information 413.6. Summary  433.7. Bibliography 44Chapter 4. Sensor City Mobility: The City of Assen as a “Living Lab” for Smart Mobility Solutions Using Sensor Data 45Jan BURGMEIJER, Janiek DE KRUIJFF, Ernst Jan VAN ARK, Gerdien KLUNDER and Diana VONK NOORDEGRAAF4.1. Introduction 454.2. Architecture, sensor network and technologies used 484.3. Use cases for mobility 514.4. Modeling 544.5. Preliminary results and evaluation of the experiment 574.6. Acknowledgments 584.7. Bibliography 59Part 2. Traffic Modeling and Simulation  61Chapter 5. Forecasting Capabilities of a Micro-Simulation Method for Trip Generation  63Jorge CABRERA DELGADO and Patrick BONNEL5.1. Introduction  635.2. Methodology  655.3. Results 725.4. Conclusion 755.5. Acknowledgments 755.6. Bibliography 75Chapter 6. Modeling and Solving International Journey Planning Problems 79Konstantinos N. ANDROUTSOPOULOS and Konstantinos G. ZOGRAFOS6.1. Introduction 796.2. Defining international itinerary planning problems 806.3. Modeling issues 836.4. Previous related work 856.5. Algorithmic approach 876.6. Concluding remarks 926.7. Acknowledgments 926.8. Bibliography 92Chapter 7. Optimized Intermodal Roundtrips in Transport Networks 95Cecília VALE and Isabel RIBEIRO7.1. Introduction  957.2. Model description 967.3. Computational applications 987.4. Conclusions  1027.5. Bibliography  103Chapter 8. Modeling Traffic Hindrance Caused by Road Construction as Part of a Multicriteria Assessment Framework 105Eric VAN BERKUM and Henny TER HUERNE8.1. Introduction 1058.2. Framework 1068.3. Route choice during road works 1118.4. Example 1158.5. Conclusion 1178.6. Acknowledgments 1188.7. Bibliography  118Part 3. Traffic Management, Monitoring and Routing 121Chapter 9. Behavioral Responses to Traffic Congestion – Findings from Paris, São Paulo and Mumbai 123Gaele LESTEVEN9.1. Introduction 1239.2. Methodology 1279.3. Results 1309.4. Conclusions 1349.5. Acknowledgments 1369.6. Bibliography  136Chapter 10. Empirical Analysis of Lane Changing Behavior at a Freeway Weaving Section 139Florian MARCZAK, Winnie DAAMEN and Christine BUISSON10.1. Introduction 13910.2. Data collection site and technique 14210.3. Methodology and definitions 14310.4. Results 14510.5. Discussion and conclusion 14910.6. Bibliography 150Chapter 11. Applying and Testing a New Generation Traffic Management with Multi-objectives 153Martijn DE KIEVIT and Yusen CHEN11.1. Introduction 15311.2. Definitions 15511.3. Literature review 15611.4. Methodology 15911.5. Application cases and results 15911.6. Concluding remarks 16411.7. Acknowledgments 16411.8. Bibliography 165Chapter 12. ON-TIME: A Framework for Integrated Railway Network Operation Management 167Thomas ALBRECHT, and Meena DASIGI12.1. Introduction 16712.2. Real-time perturbation management 17112.3. Train speed control 17512.4. Demonstration and validation approach 17812.5. Conclusions 18012.6. Acknowledgments 18012.7. Bibliography 180Chapter 13. A Multi-Lane Capacity Model Designed for Variable Speed Limit Applications 183Aurélien DURET13.1. Background 18313.2. MLC model 18613.3. Meso-LWR model and multi-lane capacity model 19213.4. Application 19413.5. Discussion 19913.6. Acknowledgments 20013.7. Bibliography 200Chapter 14. Evaluation Parameters of Re-routing Strategy 203Vladimir ZYRYANOV and Anastasia FEOFILOVA14.1. Introduction 20314.2. Simulation framework 20514.3. Determination of the dynamic re-routing start based on traffic flow conditions 20914.4. Conclusion 21414.5. References 215Part 4. Travel Information 217Chapter 15. Pre-Trip Road Information Impact Assessment: A Literature Review 219Sylvain BELLOCHE, Charlotte PIERREFEU and Caroline SORAND15.1. Introduction 21915.2. Pre-trip road information content and broadcasting media 22015.3. Determining factors for user choice 22315.4. Pre-trip road information impacts 22515.5. Conclusions and discussion 23115.6. Bibliography 232Chapter 16. Transferability Study on Full-scale Implementation of Real-time Passenger Information 235Mitja KLEMENCIC, Vlasta RODOšEK, Marko CELAN and Marjan LEP16.1. Introduction 23516.2. RTPI testing in Maribor 23616.3. Benefits of the RTPI system 23816.4. Cost benefit analysis and RTPI system 24016.5. Mobility toolbox as transferability tool 24616.6. Conclusion 24816.7. Acknowledgments 24816.8. Bibliography 249Chapter 17. Excess Commuting and Commuting Economy: Peak and Off-Peak Variation in Travel Efficiency Measures 251Enda MURPHY17.1. Introduction . 25117.2. Excess commuting, commuting economy and off-peak travel 25217.3. Data and methods 25617.4. Results 25917.5. Conclusions and limitations 26417.6. Bibliography 265Chapter 18. Deployment of Interoperable Cross-Border Multimodal Traveler Information in Central Europe 267Gerhard MENZEL, Martin BÖHM and Katharina ZWICK18.1. Introduction 26718.2. The EDITS concept 26918.3. Conclusion 27418.4. Bibliography 275Part 5. Assessment and Impacts 277Chapter 19. The Impacts of Cooperative raffic Systems on Safety, Environment and Travel Times: A Literature Survey 279Isabela MOCANU, Philippe NITSCHE and Kerry MALONE19.1. Introduction 27919.2. Description of systems and bundles 28119.3. Reviewed literature 28319.4. Methodology 28419.5. Results 28719.6. Conclusions and recommendations 28919.7. Acknowledgments 29019.8. Bibliography 291Chapter 20. The Impact of Navigation Support and Traffic Information on Distance-keeping Behavior 293Aikaterini TOULIOU, Evangelia GAITANIDOU and Evangelos BEKIARIS20.1. Introduction 29320.2. Methods 29620.3. Results 29920.4. Discussion 30220.5. Bibliography 304Chapter 21. Impact Evaluation of Traffic Performance and Road Safety: A Case Study on an Urban Motorway in France 307Simon COHEN and Zoi CHRISTOFOROU21.1. Introduction 30721.2. The site and the its application 30821.3. Evaluation of the impact on traffic 31021.4. Road safety implications 31321.5. Discussion 31521.6. Conclusions 31621.7. Bibliography 317Chapter 22. Assessment of the Main New Travel-times Calculation Technologies on Lyon East Ring Road 319Eric PURSON, Alexis BACELAR, Eric KLEIN, Bruno LEVILLY and Fabrice RECLUS22.1. Introduction 31922.2. The trial site 32122.3. Assessed technologies 32322.4. Implemented methodology 32422.5. Innovative administrative procedure 32822.6. Conclusion 32922.7. Acknowledgments 32922.8. Bibliography 329Chapter 23. Rail Externalities: Assessing the Social Cost of Rail Congestion 331María PÉREZ HERRERO, Julien BRUNEL and Gregoire MARLOT23.1. Introduction 33123.2. Related literature 33223.3. The model and the econometric strategy 33523.4. The data set 33623.5. Results 33823.6. Conclusions 34123.7. Acknowledgments 34223.8. Bibliography 342List of Authors 345Index 349