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Winning the Congestion Battle Moore, Barry S ; Wiseman, Andy

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Bryssel ITS in daily life: 16th world congress and exhibition on intelligent transport systems and services, Stockholm 21-25 September 2009. Paper, 2009Description: 9 sSubject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI P1835:16 [World]Location: Abstract: The United Kingdom's (UK's) road networks have a finite capacity yet road operators are unable to build their way out of congestion to meet demand. This paper reports on work undertaken to map across to transport operations Network enabled Warfare (NeW) being used to better manage battlefield resources, through the networking of data from disparate sources. NeW aims to improve positive outcomes in various battle scenarios. Levering that experience into traffic operations, through Network enabled Traffic Operations (NeTO) targets road capacity utilization. While the congestion war will continue, battles can be won through joined up traffic information and traffic operations.
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The United Kingdom's (UK's) road networks have a finite capacity yet road operators are unable to build their way out of congestion to meet demand. This paper reports on work undertaken to map across to transport operations Network enabled Warfare (NeW) being used to better manage battlefield resources, through the networking of data from disparate sources. NeW aims to improve positive outcomes in various battle scenarios. Levering that experience into traffic operations, through Network enabled Traffic Operations (NeTO) targets road capacity utilization. While the congestion war will continue, battles can be won through joined up traffic information and traffic operations.