Intelligent speed adaptation: the Dutch experiment in an urban area
conference paper
In the last few decades, the growing mobility of people has exceeded the expansion of road capac-ity. Therefore, many initiatives have been taken to improve traffic safety of which Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA), used as 'electronic traffic calming', is one of the latest. The Netherlands is planning to experiment with ISA in an urban area; incorporating studies in mixed traffic (ISA and non-ISA) and in an area exclusively for ISA traffic. The experiment will be realistic in such a way that the technologies for communication and speed limiting in-vehicle, the technologies that might be used in an eventual real implementation of ISA in urban areas. This means that performance, reliability and the possible use on a larger scale will be taken into consider-ation. The evaluation activities in the Dutch experiment are aimed at showing whether expected safety effects, traffic performance and environmental advantages are founded.
TNO Identifier
9245
Article nr.
Paper no. 2107
Source title
Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, October 1998, Seoul, Korea
Collation
6 p.