Study tour Austria - Switzerland. Report of the tour and main findings
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In The Netherlands traffic management is being considered a serious policy option to deal with
traffic congestion and its negative impact on safety, economy and livability. Building new roads is
often not feasible due to a lack of space and/or environmental or funding issues. Also, pricing the
use of roads is not an option for the next couple of years due to political reasons. That leaves
traffic management as the way to move forward to deal with the still increasing amount of
mobility.
The purpose of traffic management is to inform, induce and, if necessary, direct road users towards
a safer and more efficient use of the existing infrastructure, while safeguarding the quality of the
environment of those living and working in the vicinity of the road network. This can be done using
a number of traffic management measures, varying from a dynamic use of the infrastructure and
signals to control traffic to information about the current traffic situation. All these measures have
been widely implemented in The Netherlands and are used on a daily basis to manage traffic for
recurrent and non-recurrent traffic conditions, such as extreme weather, road works and incidents
traffic congestion and its negative impact on safety, economy and livability. Building new roads is
often not feasible due to a lack of space and/or environmental or funding issues. Also, pricing the
use of roads is not an option for the next couple of years due to political reasons. That leaves
traffic management as the way to move forward to deal with the still increasing amount of
mobility.
The purpose of traffic management is to inform, induce and, if necessary, direct road users towards
a safer and more efficient use of the existing infrastructure, while safeguarding the quality of the
environment of those living and working in the vicinity of the road network. This can be done using
a number of traffic management measures, varying from a dynamic use of the infrastructure and
signals to control traffic to information about the current traffic situation. All these measures have
been widely implemented in The Netherlands and are used on a daily basis to manage traffic for
recurrent and non-recurrent traffic conditions, such as extreme weather, road works and incidents
TNO Identifier
529761
Publisher
TrafficQuest
Collation
40 p.
Place of publication
Delft