2013.4 - 2014.3 Yearbook of NILIM

Research Summary


Road Department
Reference Number Y130303
Title Study on road traffic congestion diagnosis and on plan and evaluation of congestion mitigation measures
Start-End Date 2011.4-2014.3
Division Traffic Engineering Division, Road Department
Author Head, Susumu Takamiya
Researcher, Hiroyoshi Hashimoto
Guest Research Engineer, Takahiko Yamazaki
Summary In this research, some methods were developed to identify traffic congestion locations using constant observation data. Work conducted in FY2011-2013 included a study on methods for identifying major traffic congestion locations where travel speed reductions occur and a study on methods for identifying bottleneck intersections.