Traffic flow theory and modelling

When do traffi c jams emerge? Can we predict, given certain demand levels, when queuing will occur, how long the queues will be, how they will propagate in space and time and how long it will take for the congestion to resolve? Why does an overloaded traffic network underperform? This chapter gives a basic introduction to traffic flow theory...

Traffic safety

The number of road crashes, fatalities and injuries is considered unacceptably high in many countries. This can be derived, for example, from the fact that the European Commission (EC, 2010) announced the ambition of halving the overall number of road deaths in the European Union by 2020, starting from 2010. At this stage a European target for...