Network-wide Traffic Management with Integrated Anticipatory Control

Traffic management is an important pillar of the Dutch traffic and transport policy. Until now the application of traffic management is local and reactive. There is a need to apply traffic management more proactive and on network level. In The Netherlands the Traffic Management Trial Amsterdam is an important project to show the benefits of integrated, network-wide traffic management. The results of an ex-ante simulation study are promising. The local set of measures already has a considerable effect on delays and for the evening peak coordination improves the situation with another 7%. These simulation results are supported by the assessment results in real-life for the local situation. These results show a good resemblance with the simulation results, which gives us confidence about the results for the coordination. To come to an integrated and network-wide approach, a methodological approach to integrated traffic management is needed. How can traffic management measures be operated to reduce congestion on a network level, taking network conditions related to throughput, safety, air pollution, noise, etc. into account? A framework for integrated and anticipatory traffic management is developed and demonstrated with good results. It can be used as a next step towards real network traffic management