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    Manage real-time traffic and travel demand by building on the experience of recent projects in European and American cities to manage the demand for automobile and truck travel. This strategy influences travelers before they get into cars (promoting non-motorized modes and alternative destinations of travel) and provides improved options for drivers who choose to use the road system (faster routes and more reliable travel times).

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Provide dynamic real-time pretrip traveler information systems to clearly encourage more efficient travel, suggesting routes and times of the day that are less congested and offer more reliable travel times. Pretrip information can also influence the mode selected (e.g., public transport or carpooling) or even the destination of travel (such as working from home or shoping closer to home).