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Transportation Data

A special issue of Data (ISSN 2306-5729).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2017) | Viewed by 4971

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Shlomo Bekhor

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Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
Interests: transportation planning; network optimization; demand modeling; behavioral models; intelligent transport systems

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Transportation analysis and travel demand forecasting are heavily dependent on reliable transportation data, which provide inputs to estimate and calibrate the mathematical models that represent decisions people make related to travel. Most models need several data sources from different surveys. Examples are household surveys, intercept surveys, traffic and person counts, land use data, etc.

In recent years, big data provides new ways of gathering novel information about transport infrastructure from passenger and vehicle movements and allows for a shift from passive approaches to active crowd-sourcing with innovative transport solutions.

We would like to invite you to submit articles addressing the process of transportation data collection, acquisition, processing, and management, so that these data will be (re)used by other scholars and add value to the preliminary published results from them. Of particular interest are big data applications in transportation.

Prof. Dr. Shlomo Bekhor
Guest Editor

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Congestion Quantification Using the National Performance Management Research Data Set
by Virginia P. Sisiopiku and Shaghayegh Rostami-Hosuri
Data 2017, 2(4), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/data2040039 - 25 Nov 2017
Cited by 6 | Viewed by 4465
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Monitoring of transportation system performance is a key element of any transportation operation and planning strategy. Estimation of dependable performance measures relies on analysis of large amounts of traffic data, which are often expensive and difficult to gather. National databases can assist in [...] Read more.
Monitoring of transportation system performance is a key element of any transportation operation and planning strategy. Estimation of dependable performance measures relies on analysis of large amounts of traffic data, which are often expensive and difficult to gather. National databases can assist in this regard, but challenges still remain with respect to data management, accuracy, storage, and use for performance monitoring. In an effort to address such challenges, this paper showcases a process that utilizes the National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) for generating performance measures for congestion monitoring applications in the Birmingham region. The capabilities of the relational database management system (RDBMS) are employed to manage the large amounts of NPMRDS data. Powerful visual maps are developed using GIS software and used to illustrate congestion location, extent and severity. Travel time reliability indices are calculated and utilized to quantify congestion, and congestion intensity measures are developed and employed to rank and prioritize congested segments in the study area. The process for managing and using big traffic data described in the Birmingham case study is a great example that can be replicated by small and mid-size Metropolitan Planning Organizations to generate performance-based measures and monitor congestion in their jurisdictions. Full article
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