Variable message signs: are they effective TDM measures?

Saleh, Wafaa; Walker, Craig; Pai, Chih Wei

Abstract

This chapter investigates impacts of Variable Message Signs (VMS) on accidents rates and severities on Scottish trunk roads. A before and after analysis of accidents at 14 selected VMS sites in central and north-east Scotland is presented.

• Publication Date: 2009
• Deposit Date: Apr 27, 2017
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
• Pages: 135-150
• Book Title: Travel Demand Management and Road User Pricing: Success, Failure and Feasibility
• Chapter Number: 8
• ISBN: 9780754673033
• Keywords: VMS, severe weather, signs, Scotland.
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/834382