FUEL CONSUMPTION ANALYSES FOR URBAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

This article describes the background and major features of the Australian Road Research Board's "Guide To Fuel Consumption Analyses." The article also considers its relevance to urban traffic management decision, and summarizes the technical audit of studies relating to energy consumption in traffic and transport systems on which the guide is based. The forms of four interrelated fuel consumption models of the guide are described and their likely transferability to various situations is indicated. Each traffic and fuel consumption model is appropriate to a particular scale of traffic system. This link is shown for several selected traffic models. The importance of accurate fuel consumption estimates for the case of priority control at a particular intersection is discussed.