Abstract:
The COSMOS project has developed and demonstrated new procedures for
reducing and
preventing traffic congestion in urban areas. As an example the MOTION
Demonstrator in
Piraeus and results of the field trials are presented. The implemented
systems for intelligent
urban traffic control and for route guidance do provide a significant
benefit to the
improvement of traffic conditions in the demonstration site of Piraeus:
Travel times for the
road users are improved and congestion is reduced. As an effect of
the optimal urban traffic
control the traffic related emissions and fuel consumption are decreasing.
The results can be
transfered to other cities all over the world to solve traffic problems
in urban areas.
Author:
Günter Kruse
Key words (English):
MOTION, Congestion Management, COSMOS, traffic congestion, incidents,
urban traffic
control, signal control, route guidance
Key words (Danish):
MOTION, køhåndtering, COSMOS, trafikkø, trafiksammenbrud,
trafikstyring, signalstyring,
variabel vejvisning
Session:
Trafikledelse og trafikinformatik
Year:
1999