| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K12700/01 |
| Title: |
MODELLING THE EFFECTS ON TRAFFIC OF AREA-WIDE TRAFFIC- CALMING |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hills, Professor H |
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| Department: |
Civil Engineering and Geosciences |
| Organisation: |
Newcastle University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1994 |
Ends: |
31 December 1996 |
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49,222
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| Transport Ops & Management |
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At present, insufficient is known about the effects on traffic assignment, both local and network-wide, of the introduction of traffic-calming. This research will attempt to quantify both the actual and perceived traffic-calming effects on vehicle-users' route-choice behaviour. These effects will then be used to adapt and enhance the generalised cost model in CONTRAM 5, to model traffic-assignment more accurately at the local level, where area-wide traffic-calming measures are introduced.The enhanced CONTRAM 5 assignment model will be used to test a range of alternative management strategies, to improve traffic circulation within urban areas, based on modified forms of urban road hierarchy. At a time when public attitudes towards vehicular traffic in environmentally-sensitive areas are hardening, it is important to find ways of evaluating the effects of traffic-calming measures in a consistent and quantifiable way. A manual will be drafted to advise traffic engineers as to how best this might be done.
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http://www.ncl.ac.uk |