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SUMMARY:Optimal Mainstream Traffic Flow Control of Large Scale Motorway Ne
 tworks
DTSTART:20100311T121500
DTSTAMP:20260509T235629Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Markos Papageorgiou\, Technical University of Crete\nAbs
 tract: The continuously increasing daily traffic congestions on motorway n
 etworks around the world call for innovative control measures that would d
 rastically improve the current traffic conditions. Mainstream traffic flow
  control (MTFC) is proposed as a novel and efficient motorway traffic mana
 gement tool\, and its possible implementation and principal impact on traf
 fic flow efficiency is analysed. Variable speed limits\, suitably operated
  and enforced\, is considered as one (out of several possible) way(s) for 
 MTFC realisation\, either as a stand-alone measure or in combination with 
 ramp metering. A previously developed\, computationally efficient software
  tool for optimal integrated motorway network traffic control including MT
 FC is applied to a large-scale motorway ring-road. It is demonstrated via 
 several investigated control scenarios that traffic flow can be substantia
 lly improved via MTFC with or without integration with coordinated ramp me
 tering actions.
LOCATION:CM 0 12
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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