Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur
Variable message signs (VMS), also known as changeable message signs (CMS) or dynamic message signs (DMS), are traffic control devices to communicate with motorists. A VMS is generally used to inform motorists the roadway, traffic, or weather conditions. It is also used to display travel times and p...
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| author | Othman, Che Puan Arash Moradkhani, Roshandeh |
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| description | Variable message signs (VMS), also known as changeable message signs (CMS) or dynamic message signs (DMS), are traffic control devices to communicate with motorists. A VMS is generally used to inform motorists the roadway, traffic, or weather conditions. It is also used to display travel times and public service announcements. This study attempts to utilize archived traffic data from the MRR1 freeway area in Kuala Lumpur to assess the accuracy with which VMS display travel time estimates, and driver response to display messages of varying lengths and formatting. Results show that usage of Variable Message Signs reduces the average travel times during the duration of the incident until the clearing of the resulting congestion by a significant amount. Under the presence of VMS, there is a significant shift of people from higher travel times in case of incident to lower travel times. The results demonstrate that VMS has no significant impact on gap but occupancy comes down.
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| spelling | utm.eprints-131862011-07-22T02:00:08Z http://eprints.utm.my/13186/ Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur Othman, Che Puan Arash Moradkhani, Roshandeh HE Transportation and Communications TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Variable message signs (VMS), also known as changeable message signs (CMS) or dynamic message signs (DMS), are traffic control devices to communicate with motorists. A VMS is generally used to inform motorists the roadway, traffic, or weather conditions. It is also used to display travel times and public service announcements. This study attempts to utilize archived traffic data from the MRR1 freeway area in Kuala Lumpur to assess the accuracy with which VMS display travel time estimates, and driver response to display messages of varying lengths and formatting. Results show that usage of Variable Message Signs reduces the average travel times during the duration of the incident until the clearing of the resulting congestion by a significant amount. Under the presence of VMS, there is a significant shift of people from higher travel times in case of incident to lower travel times. The results demonstrate that VMS has no significant impact on gap but occupancy comes down. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2009 Book Section PeerReviewed Othman, Che Puan and Arash Moradkhani, Roshandeh (2009) Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur. In: 2009 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2009. Article number 5137309 . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, pp. 223-225. ISBN 978-142444173-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2009.5137309 DOI : 10.1109/ISI.2009.5137309 |
| spellingShingle | HE Transportation and Communications TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Othman, Che Puan Arash Moradkhani, Roshandeh Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur |
| title | Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_full | Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_short | Assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_sort | assessment of impact of variable message signs on traffic surveillance in kuala lumpur |
| topic | HE Transportation and Communications TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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