Traffic Management for Land Transport: Research to Increase the Capacity, Efficiency, Sustainability and Safety of Road, Rail and Urban Transport Networks

This brochure addresses the role of traffic management for land transport, which can be defined as making more effective use of existing infrastructure, for road and rail transport. It considers the need for traffic management from efficiency, environmental and safety standpoints, the role of data and information systems, new technologies, the evidence on their performance and limitations, and the implications for future policy.