A model for assessing the effects of dynamic travel time information via variable message signs |
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Authors: | William H K Lam K S Chan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong |
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Abstract: | In view of the serious traffic congestion during peak hours in most metropolitan areas around the world and recent improvement
of information technology, there is a growing aspiration to alleviate road congestion by applications of electronic information
and communication technology. Providing drivers with dynamic travel time information such as estimated journey times on major
routes should help drivers to select better routes and guide them to utilise existing expressway network. This can be regarded
as one possible strategy for effective traffic management. This paper aims to investigate the effects and benefits of providing
dynamic travel time information to drivers via variable message signs at the expressway network. In order to assess the effects
of the dynamic driver information system with making use of the variable message signs, a time-dependent traffic assignment
model is proposed. A numerical example is used to illustrate the effects of the dynamic travel time information via variable
message signs.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | dynamic driver information traffic assignment variable message signs |
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