Uncovering the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Regional and Local Driver Sources in a Freeway Network
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data
2.1. Geographic Information Data of the Freeway Network
2.2. Freeway Travel Demand Data
3. Methodology
3.1. Inferring the Vehicle Path and Estimating the Traffic Flow
3.2. Identifying the Congestion Driver Sources of the Hunan Freeway Network
3.3. Identifying the Major Driver Sources of Local Freeway Sections
4. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Congestion Driver Sources
4.1. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Extra Travel Times
4.2. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Congestion Driver Sources
5. Major Driver Sources of Local Freeway Sections
5.1. Major Driver Sources of a Freeway Section with a Traffic Accident
5.2. Major Driver Sources of a Freeway Section under Maintenance Work
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Road Classification | Designed Speed/(km·h−1) | Basic Capacity/[pcu·(h·ln)−1] |
---|---|---|
Freeway | 120 | 2200 |
100 | 2100 | |
80 | 2000 |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pearson | 0.944 | 0.953 | 0.947 | 0.953 | 0.950 | 0.951 | 0.906 |
Spearman | 0.977 | 0.976 | 0.988 | 0.992 | 0.971 | 0.988 | 0.947 |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pearson | 0.175 | 0.356 | 0.208 | 0.232 | 0.339 | 0.365 | 0.570 |
Spearman | 0.262 | 0.302 | 0.148 | 0.331 | 0.433 | 0.305 | 0.601 |
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Wang, P.; Wang, B.; Ke, R.; Yang, H.; Li, S.; Dai, J. Uncovering the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Regional and Local Driver Sources in a Freeway Network. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3344. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083344
Wang P, Wang B, Ke R, Yang H, Li S, Dai J. Uncovering the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Regional and Local Driver Sources in a Freeway Network. Sustainability. 2024; 16(8):3344. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083344
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Pu, Bin Wang, Rihong Ke, Hu Yang, Shengnan Li, and Jianjun Dai. 2024. "Uncovering the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Regional and Local Driver Sources in a Freeway Network" Sustainability 16, no. 8: 3344. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083344