Abstract
Here, we examine the effects of traffic information provision on driver behaviour. While many previous studies have evaluated the effect of traffic information provision using hypothetical traffic conditions, here we evaluate measures using actual observed link traffic volume. A dynamic path-flow estimation model was used to obtain time-dependent path traffic volumes, and the estimates were contrasted with provided real travel time information. The results show that travel time information provision has a big effect on route-choice behaviour. Furthermore, parameters of a logit model were estimated, and the validity of the model was investigated. The effect of travel time information on driver behaviour was found to be statistically significant.
