Traffic Management during large events The tidal flow system in Hannover

摘要

The traffic management in the Hannover Region plays an important role during events as the worlds largest exhibition CeBIT, the EXPO 2000 or the FIFA Football World Cup. Instead of large and extremely expensive infrastructure measures for this special occasions, a large variety of management systems and a multi-modal management center guarantees an excellent mobility for all users. One of the cornerstones of these systems is the tidal flow system on the fair expressway, where every morning and evening the incoming and outgoing traffic can use “double capacity ” using also the opposite lanes. In a semi-automatic system with over 1.000 single dynamic parts, hydraulic beacons, automatic barriers and video support a 16 km long area can be switched within 20 minutes – and with only 66 responsible persons acting in the center and on the site.