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M42 Jct 3a - Jct 7 Active Traffic Management
How is the pilot being assessed?
Extensive monitoring of the Active Traffic Management scheme is being carried out by Monitoring Consultants. The monitoring is carried out before and after the introduction of Active Traffic Management, with the primary aim of the work being to evaluate the impact of Active Traffic Management as a range of measures and especially of using the hard shoulder as an extra running lane.
This work ranges from traffic data analysis, through environmental concerns to safety related issues. It also includes some research looking at public attitudes towards Active Traffic Management and it's features. Monitoring and data collection has been ongoing since March 2002 and will continue for the duration of the pilot until 2008. Assessments will be made once a sufficient amount of data from the after monitoring period has been collected.
Using this information a business case can be developed to inform decisions on whether Active Traffic Management should be used elsewhere on the English strategic road network.
