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7.5 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT a practice, which is already prevalent in the field.
Information transmitted to the vehicle The blue sky agenda for traffic management is
about the circumstances pertaining to other as follows:
components of the transport network, (a) Seamless real-time travel and traffic
particularly the route on which the vehicle is information, including multi-modal journey
moving, will enable the driver to assess options, planning and information system.
during driving. It is also possible that some
vehicle sensor systems might be used to assess (b) Freight information systems combining
some aspects of the road condition itself. A lot operators freight-flow and public traffic flow
of primary accidents are caused by downstream requirements contributing to the optimum
traffic disturbances leading even to “secondary use of road capacity and the reduction of
accidents” at the end of the congestion queue negative impact on the environment.
generated by the primary accident. The number (c) E-Call leading to a reduction in fatalities.
of primary and secondary accidents could be
considerably reduced by making the vehicles (d) Electronic Toll Collection as a key
react more intelligently to these disturbances instrument for internalization of costs.
by warning the drivers about the dangerous (e) Integration of several core applications for
situations or even reacting automatically to open in-vehicle telemetric platform.
avoid or reduce the impact of an impending (f) System to forecast about traffic jams and
collision.
send it to drivers who are travelling in that
direction.
Reducing headways between vehicles without
jeopardizing traffic safety has the potential to (g) Development and implementation of
increase traffic capacity. Therefore, a dedicated congestion reduction devices.
ITS tool would be welcome in order to secure

REFERENCES

1. Report on a smarter transportation system for the 21st century from
Frost and Sullivan.
2. http://www.toyota-global.com/innovation/environmental_technology/
ultimate_eco_car/, Accessed on May 21, 2011.
3. A vision for 2030 and beyond, Final report of the Biofuels Research
Advisory Counci, UK.

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