Successful traffic incident management presupposes a multi-disciplinary approach. To meet appropriately the safety and mobility needs of all affected parties, traffic incidents call for a high level of collaboration and coordination of involved agencies. Effective traffic incident management...

The consequences of traffic accidents are not only limited to road travellers (congestion, delays), but may also affect the area surrounding the incident, for instance, in the case of incidents involving release of chemical substances. A lack of a real-time assessment of the mobility...

Some 2000 years ago, the average annual distance a person would normally travel, was approximately 500 km. The action radius of most people remained rather stable, but it rose gradually after the industrial revolution to some 1820 km (by car, bus, railway or aircraft) in the year 1960. Then, a...