By completion of the course, students will be able to know: 1. Strategies and measures implemented internationally for traffic management, 2. Applications of Intelligent Transport Systems for the collection and analysis of traffic data, to operate and manage of road systems, in the communication of vehicles – infrastructure, in road safety 3. The use of modern technologies to apply techniques and methods in the subjects of congestion management, demand management and incident management 4. Key concepts from traffic flow theory and queue theory.

They will also be able to formulate: • Design and Functional Requirements • Evaluation and Performance Criteria, for the selection of technologies and applications related to traffic management, incident and queue/congestion management, and analysis and prediction.

• The road network. Traffic operation and traffic problems. The role and necessity of ITS.
• Review of Traffic Engineering pprinciples
• Traffic management. Traditional and modern approaches.
• The evolution of ITS. EU Directives 40/2010 and 2023/2661. EU Action Plan
• Common ITS applications in urban and interurban networks
• Autonomous and connected vehicles (CAVs). V2V, V2I, and V2X communications. Cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS). Benefits and concerns
• Freeway operations and ITS. Traffic management strategies and measures.
• ITS for incident management and traffic congestion management. Cost-benefit assessment
• Key ITS applications in the urban network. Traffic lights, travel times, parking management.
• KPIs for efficiency of ITS. Visualizations and end user apps

•               Also included one educational visit as well as 1 or 2 lectures by invited speakers

Typically, there are 2 projects within the semester (40%) and an exam at the end of the semester (60% of the final grade)

Exams include theory and exercises. In addition to the assignments during the semester, the final exams may include a presentation/assignment at the end of the semester

- Suggested bibliography:

1. Active Traffic Management on Road Networks: a macroscopic approach. A.Kurzhanskiy, P.Varaiya . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (2010) 368, pp 4607-4626
2. Active Traffic Management: The Next Step in Congestion Management US DOT FHWA,

2007

1. AECOM Limited (2015) Study on Key Performance Indicators for Intelligent Transport Systems – Final Report
2. CEN/TC 278 Intelligent transport systems, ITS standards for Europe
3. Directive (EU) 2023/2661 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023 amending Directive 2010/40/EU on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (Text with EEA relevance)
4. Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport
5. Economics and Finance for Transportation Infrastructure E.S. Prassas, R.P. Roessa, Springer 2013
6. Freeway Management and Operations Handbook, September 2003 (Updated June

2006) US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

1. Freeway Ramp Metering: An Overview. M. Papageorgiou, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems, Conference Proceedings, 2000
2. Highway Capacity Manual 2022, Transportation Research Board
3. Intelligent Transportation Systems Functional Design for Effective Traffic Management Book Springer 2016
4. ITS and Traffic Management, Chapter 11 Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science Vol. 14, 2007
5. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for streets and highways, 2009

(revised 2012) US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

1. Markos Papageorgiou (2004) Overview of Road Traffic Control Strategies, IFAC Proceedings Volumes Volume 37, Issue 19, October 2004, Pages 29-40
2. Perspectives on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Joseph M. Sussman Springer (2005)
3. Αντωνίου, Κ., Σπυροπούλου, Ι., (2015) «Αρχές κυκλοφοριακής τεχνικής και προσομοίωσης» Ελληνικά Ακαδημαϊκά Ηλεκτρονικά Συγγράμματα και Βοηθήματα.

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