Traffic management - Revision history

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 === Dynamic Route Information Panel (DRIP)===
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 One of the dynamic traffic management measures is providing information by means of variable message signs, in The Netherlands called DRIP (elsewhere in the world known as Variable Message Sign or VMS). The information on a DRIP should enable motorists to make a better route choice, based upon the current traffic situation.

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	==Congestion==		==Congestion==
	One of the main issues for traffic management is '''congestion'''. Proper traffic management can prevent congestion or reduce the consequences of congestion by for example rerouting of the other traffic. Congestion occurs when the traffic demand exceeds the road capacity. Solutions are therefore either reducing the traffic demand or increasing the road capacity.		One of the main issues for traffic management is '''congestion'''. Proper traffic management can prevent congestion or reduce the consequences of congestion by for example rerouting of the other traffic. Congestion occurs when the traffic demand exceeds the road capacity. This can occur when the traffic infrastructure capacity is not sufficient to handle normal (peak) traffic volumes (usually at bottlenecks, such as tunnels, bridges, lanedrops, onramps, weaving sections etc.), when the capacity is reduced by e.g. traffic incidents, road works or weather (e.g. rain, snow) or when the demand is higher than usual, e.g. in case of large events or evacuations. Solutions are therefore either reducing the traffic demand or increasing the road capacity.

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 '''Traffic management''' is the direction, control, and supervision of all functions incident to the procurement and use of freight and passenger transportation services<ref name="ftn10"> (DOD)</ref>. Traffic management measures include for example lane closure or opening (e.g. HOV lanes, peak lanes), intersection control, ramp metering, dynamic speed limits, etc. In relation to security issues, you can think of re-routing, route closure, traffic information provision, reverse laning, etc. Traffic management is normally performed by traffic management centres.
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 One of the main issues for traffic management is '''congestion'''. Proper traffic management can prevent congestion or reduce the consequences of congestion by for example rerouting of the other traffic. Congestion occurs when the traffic demand exceeds the road capacity. Solutions are therefore either reducing the traffic demand or increasing the road capacity.

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 ===Congestion===
 One of the main issues for traffic management is '''congestion'''. Proper traffic management can prevent congestion or reduce the consequences of congestion by for example rerouting of the other traffic. Congestion occurs when the traffic demand exceeds the road capacity. Solutions are therefore either reducing the traffic demand or increasing the road capacity.
 Congestion has negative consequences for safety and security, because accident risk is higher in or near congestion (e.g. approaching the tail of a traffic jam causes a relatively higher accident risk) and travel times to certain locations will be longer. Ambulances will have difficulty to arrive at an emergency location due to the longer travel times and due to the other traffic blocking the access to the incident. This can be handled with [[incident management]]. It is also a security issue, since the police may also be hampered by congestion to reach security relevant locations.

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 ===Congestion===
 One of the main issues for traffic management is '''congestion'''. Proper traffic management can prevent congestion or reduce the consequences of congestion by for example rerouting of the other traffic. Congestion occurs when the traffic demand exceeds the road capacity. Solutions are therefore either reducing the traffic demand or increasing the road capacity.
-Congestion has negative consequences for safety and security, because travel times to certain locations will be longer. This is a safety issue because ambulances will have difficulty to arrive at an emergency location. This can be handled with [[incident management]]. It is also a security issue, since the police may also be hampered by congestion to reach security relevant locations.
+Congestion has negative consequences for safety and security, because accident risk is higher in or near congestion (e.g. approaching the tail of a traffic jam causes a relatively higher accident risk) and travel times to certain locations will be longer. Ambulances will have difficulty to arrive at an emergency location due to the longer travel times and due to the other traffic blocking the access to the incident. This can be handled with [[incident management]]. It is also a security issue, since the police may also be hampered by congestion to reach security relevant locations.
 == Traffic monitoring ==

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+'''Traffic management''' is the direction, control, and supervision of all functions incident to the procurement and use of freight and passenger transportation services<ref name="ftn10"> (DOD)</ref>. Traffic management measures include for example lane closure or opening (e.g. HOV lanes, peak lanes), intersection control, ramp metering, dynamic speed limits, etc. In relation to security issues, you can think of re-routing, route closure, traffic information provision, reverse laning, etc. Traffic management is normally performed by traffic management centres.
-A general definition of '''traffic management''' is the direction, control, and supervision of all functions incident to the procurement and use of freight and passenger transportation services<ref name="ftn10"> (DOD)</ref>. Traffic management measures include for example lane closure or opening (e.g. HOV lanes, peak lanes), intersection control, ramp metering, dynamic speed limits, etc. In relation to security issues, you can think of re-routing, route closure, traffic information provision, reverse laning, etc. Traffic management is normally performed by traffic management centres.
 == Traffic monitoring ==
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