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Abstract In July 2003 a new Road Code was approved by the Italian parliament. Among other changes, the law states that on three-lane motorways the right lane should not be reserved anymore to slow vehicles. The model developed in this paper casts doubts on the wisdom of such a change, suggesting...
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efficiently, it could eliminate three to four fatal traffic accidents per state per year, while simultaneously increasing industry … efficiency that ignore traffic fatalities bias estimates of efficiency and total factor productivity growth.  …
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Increasing traffic congestion in many parts of the world threatens to disrupt the reliable transport performance …
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Estimates the extent to which electronic data interchange (EDI) is currently used in the motor carrier industry and examines motor carrier EDI issues. The analysis is based on data collected from a survey of 266 Class I and II motor carriers. The major findings include: the use of EDI...
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The traffic flow pattern of the material distribution activity within the Canadian Forces was evaluated. The aim was to … validate the current operation of the material traffic system. Sample transportation data were collected, and the traffic flow … historical material traffic data were lacking, the material traffic flow pattern for this one‐time snapshot of the transportation …
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Singapore has managed its traffic so well that it moves even during peak hours. How did the Republic manage it … keeping the traffic moving. Also explores the transferability of the Singapore model.  …
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The decade of the 1980s brought significant change to the traffic management function. Freed from the strictures of … transportation regulation, traffic managers were able to form strategic alliances and effective partnering relationships with … logistics system. According to a national survey of over 200 traffic managers, logistics executives, and carrier executives …
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on the “forecasting gap”: the gap between the anticipated level of traffic and the real volume of traffic in the years …/value – Contextualist analysis of the “traffic forecasting gap” challenges the popular and widespread view that traffic forecasts are …
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on roads. Traffic redirection due to road works and coordination among government agencies in road opening works also did … infrastructure: road cleanliness; and efficiency in traffic redirection arising from road works. Research limitations … dependent on cleanliness of roads and efficiency of traffic diversion when there are road works. The implication is that the …
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. Discusses future traffic forecasts, the present shape of cities, future transport options, the eed for new transport facilities …, traffic control measures, and planning. Suggests that building development should be prepared to pay more for the transport …
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