Impact on Road Safety and Operation of Rerouting Traffic in Rural Travel Time Information System
The Travel Time Information System (TTIS) is an Intelligent Traffic Control System installed in Poland. As is common, travel time is the only factor in the decision about rerouting traffic, while a route recommendation may consider multiple criteria, including road safety. The aim of the paper is to...
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| author | Mariusz Kiec Carmelo D’Agostino Sylwia Pazdan |
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| description | The Travel Time Information System (TTIS) is an Intelligent Traffic Control System installed in Poland. As is common, travel time is the only factor in the decision about rerouting traffic, while a route recommendation may consider multiple criteria, including road safety. The aim of the paper is to analyze the safety level of the entire road network when traffic is rerouted on paths with different road categories, intersection types, road environments, and densities of access points. Furthermore, a comparison between traffic operation and road safety performance was carried out, considering travel time and delay, and we predicted the number of crashes for each possible route. The results of the present study allow for maximizing safety or traffic operation characteristics, providing an effective tool in the management of the rural road system. The paper provides a methodology that can be transferred to other TTISs for real-time management of the road network. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b6a9a459a7f4e58ba8025ca00beff212023-11-20T07:58:11ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-07-012015414510.3390/s20154145Impact on Road Safety and Operation of Rerouting Traffic in Rural Travel Time Information SystemMariusz Kiec0Carmelo D’Agostino1Sylwia Pazdan2Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, PolandTransport & Roads Division, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, John Ericssons väg 1, Box 118, 221 00 Lund, SwedenFaculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, PolandThe Travel Time Information System (TTIS) is an Intelligent Traffic Control System installed in Poland. As is common, travel time is the only factor in the decision about rerouting traffic, while a route recommendation may consider multiple criteria, including road safety. The aim of the paper is to analyze the safety level of the entire road network when traffic is rerouted on paths with different road categories, intersection types, road environments, and densities of access points. Furthermore, a comparison between traffic operation and road safety performance was carried out, considering travel time and delay, and we predicted the number of crashes for each possible route. The results of the present study allow for maximizing safety or traffic operation characteristics, providing an effective tool in the management of the rural road system. The paper provides a methodology that can be transferred to other TTISs for real-time management of the road network.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/15/4145ITSroad safetytravel time information systemsafety performance function |
| spellingShingle | Mariusz Kiec Carmelo D’Agostino Sylwia Pazdan Impact on Road Safety and Operation of Rerouting Traffic in Rural Travel Time Information System Sensors ITS road safety travel time information system safety performance function |
| title | Impact on Road Safety and Operation of Rerouting Traffic in Rural Travel Time Information System |
| title_full | Impact on Road Safety and Operation of Rerouting Traffic in Rural Travel Time Information System |
| title_fullStr | Impact on Road Safety and Operation of Rerouting Traffic in Rural Travel Time Information System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact on Road Safety and Operation of Rerouting Traffic in Rural Travel Time Information System |
| title_short | Impact on Road Safety and Operation of Rerouting Traffic in Rural Travel Time Information System |
| title_sort | impact on road safety and operation of rerouting traffic in rural travel time information system |
| topic | ITS road safety travel time information system safety performance function |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/15/4145 |
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