Travel Time Estimation Using Bluetooth: [Tech Summary]

Details

• Creators:
  Wilmot, Chester G. ; Zeringue, Kirk M.
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Intermodal Transportation for Economic Competitiveness (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bluetooth technology
  • Data collection
  • Genetic algorithms
  • Neural networks
  • Transportation modes
  • Travel behavior
  • Media access control readers
  • Data and Information Technology
  • Highways
  • Operations and Traffic Management
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SIO No. 30001396
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Summary Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Intermodal Transportation for Economic Competitiveness (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  Travel time estimates are useful measures of congestion in an urban area. The current practice involves using probe vehicles or video cameras to measure travel time, but this is a labor-intensive and expensive means of obtaining the information. A potentially more efficient and less expensive way of measuring travel time is to use Bluetooth technology to track vehicle movement in a network. The kind of information this study wanted to obtain from the measurement of travel time was (1) overall congestion in an urban area, (2) the trend in overall congestion in an urban area, (3) individual locations where congestion is high, (i.e., identification of “hotspots”), and (4) the level of congestion at hotspots.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  LTRC Project No. 13-2SS
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40116/dot_40116_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 73.97 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3381810997452c847b8bcad370dd1850f0e92ea40cf912288b1d6f342a2b28d6