Integrated network management

Exploring the requirements for the coordination of strategic and tactical control of the UK's regional and local highway networks, this paper looks at the organisational and systems related requirements for information and data flow. The delivery of time-critical operational information can not only increase the performance of wholesale regional networks, assisting authorities in achieving performance and improvement targets, but also contribute to the climate change agenda by reducing transport related emissions which typically contribute considerably to issues in Air Quality Management Areas. The advent of ever increasing systems deployment at local and regional level, brings both a requirement and an opportunity for closer coordination and integration.