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Can We Control Traffic InstIllIng a proactIve traffIc management culture Prof. dr. ir. Serge Hoogendoorn Prof. Robert L. Bertini Can We Control Traffic InstIllIng a proactIve traffIc management culture prof. dr. ir. serge Hoogendoorn prof. robert l. Bertini Contents FOREWORD 4 THE LOVE PARADE 6 HURRICANE KATRINA 8 WHY BEGIN WITH THE LOVE PARADE AND KATRINA 9 EFFICIENT SELF-ORGANIZATION 10 WHEN SELF-ORGANIZATION IS NOT EFFECTIVE 12 WHAT KIND OF HELPFUL INTERVENTION DO WE NEED 19 MUCH MORE IS POSSIBLE 24 BACK TO THE LOVE PARADE AND KATRINA 26 3 Can We Control Traffic Foreword In January, 2011, prof. Hoogendoorn food for thought. people tend to fear and delivered the annual Dies natalis address to dislike things they do not know. Perhaps mark the 169th anniversary of the founding the skepticism towards traffic management of the Delft university of technology tu is based on people’s lack of familiarity with Delft . an anniversary like this is a formal the underlying scientific principles. This is occasion, and the speaker needs to grab certainly something that can’t be ruled out. the attention of a room full of tu Delft staff, students and associates for thirty Between 2009 and 2011, Prof. Bertini minutes. after some agonizing, he decided had the opportunity to serve as the to offer a general introduction to traffic Deputy administrator of the research management. His specialization, traffic flow and Innovative technology administration theory, has its most practical application rIta at the u.s. Department of in traffic management. Moreover, there transportation in Washington, D.c. among is often a limited understanding of what other things, rIta oversees the Intelligent traffic management actually involves, transportation systems Its Joint program sadly also among citizens, administrators, Office, which has been responsible for policymakers and decision-makers. moving Its technologies into deployment People ask whether traffic management for the pas