Cities and traffic have developed hand-in-hand since
the earliest large human settlements. The same forces
that draw inhabitants to congregate in large urban
areas also lead to sometimes intolerable levels of
traffic congestion on urban streets and thoroughfares.
Effective urban governance requires a careful
balancing between the benefits of agglomeration and
the disadvantages of excessive congestion. Road
traffic congestion poses a challenge for all large and
growing urban areas. The full report on which this
summary is based aims to provide policymakers and
technical staff with the strategic vision, conceptual
frameworks and guidance on some of the practical
tools necessary to manage congestion in such a way
as to reduce its overall impact on individuals,
families, communities and societies. Urban traffic
congestion is a significant and growing problem in
many parts of the world. Moreover, as congestion
continues to increase, the conventional approach of
"building more roads" doesn't always work for a
variety of political, financial, and environmental
reasons. In fact, building new roads can actually
compound congestion, in some cases, by inducing
greater demands for vehicle travel that quickly eat
away the additional capacity? Against this backdrop
of serious existing and growing congestion traffic
control techniques and information systems are
needed that can substantially increase capacity and
improve traffic flow efficiency. Application of ITS
technologies in areas such as road user information
and navigation systems, improved traffic control
systems and vehicle guidance and control systems
has significant potential for relieving traffic
congestions. Traffic congestion and the cost of
providing mobility are compelling issues to planners,
decision makers and members of both the business
community and the general public transportation and
the degree of efficiency with which it is
accomplished, affects us all. Therefore we are
constantly in search of solutions to our transportation
problems that will give us not only increased
mobility, but also greater economic productivity and
a cleaner environment.
While new road construction can temporarily relieve
congestion in the longer term it simply encourages
further growth in car traffic through increased travel
and a switch away from public transport. Beside this,
suitable corridors in our cities for major roadwork’s
is becoming more and more difficult, and many of
the recent major projects involve turrets to minimize
environmental disruption and community opposition,
thereby raising costs. In the past decade, a new wave
of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) has emerged
around the world to provide additional tools to help
solve our transport problems. Intelligent Transport
Systems can produce major benefits in reducing
congestion, accident and environmental impacts, and
can make significant improvements to the efficiency
of commercial and public transport fleets, and to
inter-modal integration. ITS can also reduce the need
for expensive new transport infrastructure by
maximizing the efficiency of our existing facilities.
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