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PTV Group launches global traffic survey

Transport planning software company PTV Group has launched an online survey, 'The Strategy – How Cities Manage Traffic' (link http://vision-traffic.ptvgroup.com/index.php?id=8553), in an effort to discover the strategies used by the world’s cities and local authorities in planning their transport strategy. The survey covers actual requirements and the measures taken to achieve set goals on optimising driving speeds, increasing road capacity and moderating the effects of congestion; changes to mobility pl
February 26, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Transport planning software company 3264 PTV Group has launched an online survey, %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal 'The Strategy &#8211; How Cities Manage Traffic' Visit http://vision-traffic.ptvgroup.com/index.php?id=8553 false http://vision-traffic.ptvgroup.com/index.php?id=8553 false false%>, in an effort to discover the strategies used by the world’s cities and local authorities in planning their transport strategy.

The survey covers actual requirements and the measures taken to achieve set goals on optimising driving speeds, increasing road capacity and moderating the effects of congestion; changes to mobility planning; strategies used to move people away from cars and promote cycle usage and public transport; and plans for improved traffic management or a new traffic infrastructure.

"As providers of transport planning software, it is exciting for us to see where the trends in the transport planning sector are heading," says Paulo Humanes, business development director of PTV Group. "This gives us important impetus for further development of our software."

The survey is available online until 8 March.

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