Development of an approach to the environmental and economic assessment of the effectiveness of changing the traffic management regime

Abstract

The paper investigates the main approaches, applied in the process of assessment of efficiency of changing the traffic management regime. The main parameters, which make the evaluation of effectiveness possible, have been figured out and set, the research has been performed to identify and define these parameters within a framework of the specific object of study, i.e. a controlled intersection in the urban, regional centre. The particular approach, allowing to assess eco-economic efficiency of the alteration of the control and management mode in accordance with such parameters as the saturation level, delay of the vehicles (traffic delays), fuel consumption, amount of harmful toxic emissions, has been successfully developed, the natural and model experiments have been carried out, the prospects and recommendations for an application of this approach have been formulated.