Supply management measures for alleviating urban traffic congestion

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dc.contributor.authorRaman, Malaen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:32:36Zen
dc.date.adate2010-03-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:32:36Zen
dc.date.issued1994en
dc.date.rdate2010-03-30en
dc.date.sdate2010-03-30en
dc.description.abstractWith an overview of the various supply measures and a review of their effectiveness, we will briefly summarize the issue of congestion reduction and some implementation obstacles which have to be considered during the application of these strategies. The actual reduction of congestion and vehicle delay can draw upon a wide array of strategies and measures designed for different aspects of the problem. These measures can be classified into five basic categories: supply management using TSM, additional capacity provided by new construction, highway reconstruction, demand management using both TSM and TDM, and, finally, advanced technologies. It is important to recognize the following: No single strategy can effectively reduce all aspects of congestion; A balanced approach of supply strategies (protecting and expanding capacity) and demand strategies (reducing the need to travel and modifying the time of travel) must be used to effectively reduce congestion; TSM supply measures (low-cost improvements, freeway and incident management, lane widening, signal improvements, ramp metering) are very cost-effective and efficient in relieving recurring and non-recurring congestion; and Advanced Technologies such as [VHS will be effective tools in alleviating congestion in the future.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 130 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03302010-020519en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020519/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41862en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1994.R363.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 32842115en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1994.R363en
dc.subject.lcshTraffic congestionen
dc.subject.lcshTraffic engineeringen
dc.titleSupply management measures for alleviating urban traffic congestionen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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