Abstract
Many previous studies have confirmed the strong relationship between speed compliance and the frequency and severity of traffic accidents. Variable...
Highlights
IntroductionHighway Management Systems are of the highest need
Nowadays, Highway Management Systems are of the highest need
We focus on speed harmonization strategy, since it is an essential part of most highway management systems
Summary
Highway Management Systems are of the highest need Such systems react in the real time to different traffic situations in order to improve the traffic flow characteristics. To achieve this goal, different management strategies, such as speed harmonization through Variable Message Signs. Based on information from various traffic as well as for example weather sensors, such systems impose different speed limits. This measure leads to improvement of safety since vehicles drive with similar speeds ( speed harmonization), but even to improvement of throughput and capacity of the road segment. The latter was proved successful for the highway management system on the Prague city ring [1]
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