Northbound M6 near Willenhall
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Northbound M6 near Willenhall
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 21 Dec 2012
A heavily congested section of the M6 motorway, the hard shoulder has been opened as a running lane. This is an example of the Active Traffic Management (ATM) system used on certain motorways where gantry signs are computer-controlled to set a variable speed limit, open the hard shoulder as a running lane and limit the volume of traffic entering at junctions, with the aim of improving the flow of traffic (see http://www.cbrd.co.uk/indepth/atm/ for more detailed information about the Active Traffic Management system)
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Image Location
Latitude
52.594285
Longitude
-2.015457