ABSTRACT

For DTMS to be effective, the generated strategies should be proactive (i.e. based on predicted traffic conditions) as opposed to reactive, in order to avoid many undesirable effects such as overreaction, which reflects the situation where many drivers react to a known current traffic condition in a similar fashion resulting in simply transferring the congestion to another location. DynaMIT (Dynamic Network Assignment for the Management of Information to Travelers) is a real time dynamic traffic assignment system that provides traffic predictions and travel guidance.