Relations intensity / speed (congestion) at the entrances to Barcelona
- Carreteras Magazine No. 188 - March / April 2013
Enric HOMEDES VILAS
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
Projects Director
Research Department of Transportation (SET)
Òscar LLATJE IRON
Industrial Engineer. Coordinator of Mobility and Road Safety
Office of Road Safety Plan Catalan Traffic Service
Lluís RAMON CALLAO
Mathematical
Technical road safety and mobility.
Office of Road Safety Plan Traffic Service ServeiCatalà
MUÑOZ Ferran RECASENS
Technical Computer Systems
Research Department of Transportation (SET)
ABSTRACT
In the article the impact of the economic crisis on traffic speeds and intensities at the entrances to large urban centers is analyzed, describing the case of Barcelona, which has a tracking system traffic speeds in your blood network. The recessive economic situation from 2008 has involved a reduction in traffic intensities of 9,2%, and a parallel decrease in the levels of recurrent congestion, resulting in increases in the rates of circulatory flow at rush hour reaching in some sections above 75% of those registered in 2007 on weekdays values.
KEYWORDS
Traffic Congestion, Speed, Arterial, Barcelona, Urban traffic, Urban transport.
