Managing urban traffic congestion.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; European Conference of Ministers of Transport.; Transport Research Centre.
Publisher: OECD; ECMT
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789282101285
Subjects: Traffic congestion -- OECD countries; Traffic congestion -- OECD countries -- Prevention; City traffic -- OECD countries
Description: 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 traffic and cutting excess congestion in large urban areas.
Notes: "Transport Research Centre."

At head of title: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294).