Also, the speed limit on these bypasses is 60 km/h, so they are halving the bandwidth and create massive congestions during peak hours. Probably the reason they stopped using them recently and just close the highway for few hours at night instead.
Also, the speed limit on these bypasses is 60 km/h, so they are halving the bandwidth and create massive congestions during peak hours. Probably the reason they stopped using them recently and just close the highway for few hours at night instead.
So reducing the speed limit down to 60/h actually increases the capacity of the road, and reduces the likelihood of rolling traffic jams occurring or persisting.
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Road-capacity-change-wit...
reading the abstract, it looks like the study in question is for city blocks? I'm not sure how applicable it is to highways.
Having not yet read the paper, I am curious if this was factoring in just typical average speed or if lower speeds are also going to have fewer/less severe accidents (accidents having an outsized impact on my road delays).
https://www.astra.admin.ch/astra/de/home/themen/nationalstra...
Currently in use 6 April - 17 August 2024 on the A1 in Solothurn, apparently.