Effects of Variable Speed Limits at Rural Intersections Towliat, Mohsen ; Svensson, Helena ; Lind, Gunnar
Utgivningsinformation: Bryssel ITS in daily life: 16th world congress and exhibition on intelligent transport systems and services, Stockholm 21-25 September 2009. Paper, 2009Beskrivning: 8 sÄmnen: Bibl.nr: VTI P1835:16 [World]Location: Abstrakt: The principal aims of this paper are to study car driver's different behavior and experiences, to study safety effects to and calculate socio-economic effects of variable speed limits when introducing variable speed limits at rural intersections. Variable speed limits were implemented at six rural intersections in Sweden to increase traffic safety and improve observance of speed limits. Evaluation shows very positive effects on car drivers' speed behavior and socio-economic benefits. Due to the expensive technical system with automatic detection the result from the socio-economic analysis however shows a negative benefit/cost ratio at many of the sites. A parallel study has therefore been carried out to find ways to reduce both investment and operating costs.| Omslagsbild | Exemplartyp | Aktuellt bibliotek | Hembibliotek | Avdelning | Hyllplacering | Hyllsignatur | Specificerade material | Volyminfo | URL | Ex.nummer | Status | Kommentarer | Förfallodatum | Streckkod | Exemplarreservationer | Köplats för exemplarreservation | Kurslistor | |
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The principal aims of this paper are to study car driver's different behavior and experiences, to study safety effects to and calculate socio-economic effects of variable speed limits when introducing variable speed limits at rural intersections. Variable speed limits were implemented at six rural intersections in Sweden to increase traffic safety and improve observance of speed limits. Evaluation shows very positive effects on car drivers' speed behavior and socio-economic benefits. Due to the expensive technical system with automatic detection the result from the socio-economic analysis however shows a negative benefit/cost ratio at many of the sites. A parallel study has therefore been carried out to find ways to reduce both investment and operating costs.