Case study on Impact of Providing Traffic Information on Driver's Attitude

Abstract

There have been many researches on impact of traffic information on behavioral patters of drivers.
Nevertheless, these researches have merely looked at response of a driver under a hypothetical situation using a questionnaire surveys or computer simulation. Only a few research have made reference to real world data to analyze actual responses of drivers and influence on traffic flows as a result of such responses.
This research, using Miki Junction of Sanyo Expressway as a specimen, studied impact of traffic information at the junction by analyzing fluctuation of traffic volume after diverging point and also using questionnaire surveys (RP survey).