<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Vilnius, the capital and the largest city of Lithuania, is faced with serious traffic problems. The main streets of the city are overcrowded with traffic. Therefore, the effective ways to ease the congestion should be sought. The paper considers the problem of high traffic intensity and congestion at the intersection of two busy Vilnius streets. Research is based on the analysis of the data stored at the Vilnius Traffic Management Centre and the information obtained in the experimental investigation of traffic flows. All the collected data have been used in the traffic simulation program, to make some effective measures helping to increase traffic capacity of the considered intersection.</p></abstract>

Vilnius, the capital and the largest city of Lithuania, is faced with serious traffic problems. The main streets of the city are overcrowded with traffic. Therefore, the effective ways to ease the congestion should be sought. The paper considers the problem of high traffic intensity and congestion at the intersection of two busy Vilnius streets. Research is based on the analysis of the data stored at the Vilnius Traffic Management Centre and the information obtained in the experimental investigation of traffic flows. All the collected data have been used in the traffic simulation program, to make some effective measures helping to increase traffic capacity of the considered intersection.

Traffic Management Facilities Used at Intersection of Ukmergės and Geležinio Vilko Streets in Vilnius

Department of Automobile Transport, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University J. Basanavičiaus g.28 LT-03224 Vilnius, Lithuania

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

Vilnius, the capital and the largest city of Lithuania, is faced with serious traffic problems. The main streets of the city are overcrowded with traffic....

Traffic Management Facilities Used at Intersection of Ukmergės and Geležinio Vilko Streets in Vilnius

Publié en ligne: 21 juin 2013

Pages: 187 - 195

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2013-0015

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