M42 active traffic management pilot project - 12 month results

15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and ITS America Annual Meeting 2008

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 4070-4081

  Meekums, R ^a   Sultan, B ^a   Potter, R ^a   Brown, M ^b   Grant, D ^b  

^a MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHWAYS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active traffic management; ITS applications; Motorway operation; Variable speed limits and hard shoulder running

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTS; AVERAGE JOURNEY TIME; HARD SHOULDER; HIGHWAYS AGENCY; ITS APPLICATIONS; MAXIMUM THROUGH-PUT; MOTORWAY OPERATION; PILOT PROJECTS;

ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 84879013315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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