This report addresses key issues concerning managing urban traffic congestion, including defining congestion, measuring … congestion, assessing its impacts, formulating a strategic vision for guiding management policies, and using technology and other … operational options to ameliorate congestion. It offers policy-oriented, research-based recommendations for effectively managing …

The problems caused by road congestion are frequently reported in the media and finding a solution to congestion ranks … traffic jams. The figures quoted in these studies are alarming and paint an apocalyptic picture of road congestion. However …, besides the everyday congestion faced by motorists, differences of opinion are now starting to appear with regard to the scale …