A CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT (THINKING HIGHWAYS ARTICLE – VOL. 10 NO. 2, JUL 2015)

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In the last few decades several initiatives have had a profound impact on the way road traffic and road safety are managed. Continuous development of data collection, processing and communications technologies have made available to users and traffic managers the mechanisms to increase their awareness of the traffic environment.

This increased awareness of the traffic and its environment conditions is an effective tool towards improving traffic safety and efficiency, but only if the parties involved actively share their information.

The full article, authored by Mr. Jorge Alfonso and Prof. José Manuel Menéndez (both from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) ), is available here.

Article featured in Thinking Highways – Vol. 10 No. 2, July 2015 (Europe And Rest Of The World Edition)

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