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Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters

A traffic management (TM) strategy is a collection of traffic management measures intended to act upon a given transport situation (traffic problems, special events or transport development states). Such strategies should contain mutually supportive measures; otherwise the desired impact is not obta...

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Main Author: Minhans, Anil
Format: Article
Published: Institute of Town Planners 2010
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37811/
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1636196
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spelling my.utm.378112017-02-11T04:45:30Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37811/ Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters Minhans, Anil TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) A traffic management (TM) strategy is a collection of traffic management measures intended to act upon a given transport situation (traffic problems, special events or transport development states). Such strategies should contain mutually supportive measures; otherwise the desired impact is not obtained and often leads to counter-productive results. This paper presents TM strategies which could be implemented in special cases of disasters. These strategies were developed as a part of a research program undertaken by the author. The required TM measures that form the TM strategies were investigated from disaster-prone or disaster affected regions of India and Germany. These derived TM strategies were developed with consideration of their impact on both areas of application- traffic demand reduction and transport supply augmentation. Institute of Town Planners 2010-04 Article PeerReviewed Minhans, Anil (2010) Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters. Institute of Town Planners, India Journal, 7 (2). pp. 85-97. ISSN 0537-9679 http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1636196
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Minhans, Anil
Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters
description A traffic management (TM) strategy is a collection of traffic management measures intended to act upon a given transport situation (traffic problems, special events or transport development states). Such strategies should contain mutually supportive measures; otherwise the desired impact is not obtained and often leads to counter-productive results. This paper presents TM strategies which could be implemented in special cases of disasters. These strategies were developed as a part of a research program undertaken by the author. The required TM measures that form the TM strategies were investigated from disaster-prone or disaster affected regions of India and Germany. These derived TM strategies were developed with consideration of their impact on both areas of application- traffic demand reduction and transport supply augmentation.
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title Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters
title_short Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters
title_full Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters
title_fullStr Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters
title_full_unstemmed Formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters
title_sort formulation of traffic management strategies in disasters
publisher Institute of Town Planners
publishDate 2010
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37811/
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1636196
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