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Benefit of Accident Reduction Considering the Improvement of Travel Time Reliability

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Traffic accidents often cause lane closure, and diminish stability of travel time as well as the level of road services. On the other hand, research on the implementation of ITS services aiming at the reduction of traffic accidents has made considerable progress lately. However there has been little discussion on the benefits obtained by traffic accident reduction from the view point of travel time reliability. Therefore, in this research, relationships between traffic accidents and travel time reliability are examined, and the benefit of traffic accident reduction is calculated based on the scheduling model under travel time uncertainties. The results show the significance of traffic accident reduction for the improvement of travel time reliability.

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The authors wish to thank Prof. Masao Kuwahara and Assoc. Prof. Tetsuo Shimizu of University of Tokyo, Prof. Hirokazu Akahane of Chiba Institute of Technology, Prof. Toshinori Nemoto of Hitotsubashi University and Assoc. Prof. Hiroyuki Oneyama of Tokyo Metropolitan University for valuable advices.

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  1. Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., 1-7-5 Sekido, Tama-shi, Tokyo, Japan

    Takahiro Tsubota

  2. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, 2-5-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    Harumi Kikuchi

  3. Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd., 1-4-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazuhito Uchiumi & Hiroshi Warita

  4. Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Japan

    Fumitaka Kurauchi

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Tsubota, T., Kikuchi, H., Uchiumi, K. et al. Benefit of Accident Reduction Considering the Improvement of Travel Time Reliability. Int. J. ITS Res. 9, 64–70 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13177-011-0027-z

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