Commissioned by the Netherlands Transport Research Centre (AVV), a study was carried out into the effects of overtaking prohibitions. The main purpose is to determine quantitatively and qualitatively the effects of the application of overtaking prohibitions on regional main roads (100 km/h speed limit) and 80 km/h 'distributors' with two by one lanes on: the quality of traffic performance, the capacity and traffic flow; and on the subjective and objective road safety. This report describes phase 1 of the study, and consists of the following parts: a literature exploration into the traffic aspects of overtaking prohibitions; a selection of roads to be used in the practical research decribed in phase 2 of the study, including a global research design; and a selection of the most appropriate simulation model to be used in phase 3. It is recommended to use the 'Dynamic Route Assignment Combining User Learning and microsimulAtion' (DRACULA) model. For abstracts of the phases 2 and 3 see C 23351 en C 23352 respectively.
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