MOTORWAY EMERGENCY LANE USE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

Author(s)
Dreveton, F. & Dollet, R.
Year
Abstract

This paper details the experimental active traffic management system on the A48 motorway in France. When operational measures alone are not sufficient to cope with congestion, the hard shoulder (emergency lane), widened to 3.5 metres and restructured to allow for traffic use, becomes available for use by emergency service vehicles and authorised scheduled buses. Installations are of a permanent nature (width, colour of road surface, sign and a variety of ITS equipment). Maximum speed on this additional lane, when brought into use for buses, is limited between 20 and 50 km/h, dependingon the speed of the general traffic. For the covering abstract see E134653.

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Publication

Library number
C 41406 (In: C 40997 CD-ROM) /73 / ITRD E136155
Source

In: Proceedings of the 13th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Services, London, United Kingdom, 8-12 October 2006, 6 p.

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