What is AROUND?
AROUND - Improving Capacity And Emission Models of Roundabouts (PTDC/SEN-TRA/122114/2010) is a transportation systems project, financed by FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal) and by European Union (COMPETE program).
FrameworkDuring the last three decades, roundabouts have gained increased popular and political acceptance and are now used worldwide. Roundabouts are known by their high performance levels in safety, traffic capacity and in atmospheric emissions, especially when compared with other at-grade intersections
AROUND focuses on the demand for sound analytic and simulation roundabout models. To reach this objective, the work comprises five main parts:
Institutions and their rolesUniversity of Coimbra (Department of Civil Engineering) - Principal contractor
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Total financing: 120 000€