<DIV class=asset><SPAN class=Standfirst>&nbsp;</SPAN></DIV> <P>Throughout the world, the avoidable social cost of traffic congestion continues to rise each year with increased motorisation, urbanisation and population growth. Traffic congestion is responsible for an increase in travel times, vehicle operating costs and carbon emissions.<BR><BR>In 2007, <SPAN class=glossary-item jQuery1341208257376=&quot;25&quot;>VicRoads</SPAN> commissioned Streams Motorway Management for the M1 Monash Freeway upgrade in Melbourne, Australia. The objective of the trial was to maintain high vehicle throughput rates and thereby reduce travel times for peak hour commuters across 75km of urban motorway.<BR><BR>기사원문보기 : <A href=&quot;http://www.itsinternational.com/sections/cost-benefit-analysis/features/integrating-traffic-systems-improves-management-and-control/&quot;>http://www.itsinternational.com/sections/cost-benefit-analysis/features/integrating-traffic-systems-improves-management-and-control/</A></P>