Developments

Start master thesis project of Wouter Schakel on the improvement of the EVAQ model to study evacuation scenarios.

Christiaan Hoogmoed defended his MSc thesis with the title “Verkeersinformatie vanuit de NDW” on February 12th, 2009.

Arnold van Veluwen defended his MSc thesis with the title “The influence of dynamic route guidance systems of traffic management” on January 21st, 2009.

Start master thesis project of Xiaoyu Qian on the effects of dynamic traffic management on the macroscopic fundamental diagram for large networks.

Yinyi Ma defended her MSc thesis with the title “Allocating Departure Time Slot to Optimize Dynamic Network Capacity” on December 9th, 2008.

Start of the PhD thesis project of Olga Huibregtse on the planning and management for exceptional circumstances.

Rudi Kraaijeveld defended his MSc thesis on Identification of vulnerable road sections on October 29th, 2008.

On October 22nd, 2008 Jop Vlaar defended his thesis on the effects of the use of alternative routes for truck traffic in a part of the network around the harbour of Rotterdam. His thesis was entitled “Alternative Routes A15 Maasvlakte-Vaanplein“

During the 10th TRAIL Congress, ITS Edulab organised its own session on its activities. After the welcome Henk Taale presented ITS Edulab, its organisation and what have been done so far. Then some ITS Edulab students talked about their project and their experiences with ITS Edulab. Finally, Serge Hoogendoorn lifted the veil about the future of ITS Edulab.

The presentations of the students are listed below:

Christiaan Hoogmoed: National data warehouse and its impacts on operational traffic management

Arnold van Veluwen: In car navigation impacts of network conditions and management

Femke van Wageningen-Kessels: Fast-lane on-line

Koen Adams: Impacts of incidents on safety and efficiency

Yufei Yuan: Coordinated ramp-metering

Start master thesis project of Suerd Polderdijk on the evaluation of network wide traffic management.