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Predicting future journey times

Road congestion is the curse of modern logistics. It causes unpredictability in journey times and results in more vehicles needing to be used to meet deadlines and stay within drivers' hours requirements. But congestion is expected to get much worse in the future, although there is the prospect of some improvement from the measures in the Government's Ten Year Plan for Transport. Fleet operators and logistics managers need to allow for changed journey times when planning future schedules and vehicle numbers.

FTA is helping by commissioning research to predict future journey times on the motorway and trunk road network. These new estimates will take account of predicted traffic growth and promised road capacity improvements and will enable better informed decisions regarding future road conditions.

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Last updated: Wed Jul 21 14:21:31 2004