The introduction of modern information and communication technology has greatly enhanced the potential of infrastructure managers to offer up-to-date and often real-time information on general traffic conditions and specific conditions such as accidents, fog and traffic jams. It is assumed that the provision of this information will improve the use of scarce capacity on transport networks. Research investigating whether positive benefits arise from the provision of this information is described in this book. Such research involves the construction and estimation of various network equilibrium models in which traffic information plays a crucial role. The first part of this book presents new contributions to the analysis of network impacts of driver information, mainly from a theoretical perspective. The second part is devoted to simulation models for driver information systems. Empirical models of behavioural change are considered in part three and design aspects of driver information systems in part four. It is shown that there have been significant improvements in traditional spatial interaction and transport choice models. The dependence of model results on human behavioural aspects is noted.
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