Travel time data collection handbook

Details

• Creators:
  Turner, Shawn M. ; Eisele, William L. ; Benz, Robert J. ; Holdener, Douglas J.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Travel time
  • Data collection
  • Methodology
  • Handbooks
  • Intelligent transportation systems programs
  • Test vehicles
  • Programming (Planning)
  • License plate matching techniques
  • Research planning
  • Summarization of data
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-PL-98-035
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404545
• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This Travel Time Data Collection Handbook provides guidance to transportation ; professionals and practitioners for the collection, reduction, and presentation ; of travel time data. The handbook should be a useful reference for designing ; travel time data collection efforts and systems, performing travel time studies, ; and reducing and presenting travel time data. Initial chapters of the handbook ; describe how to design data collection activities, including the determination of parameters such as study size and scope, data collection technique, and other ; critical study elements. Chapters 3 through 6 include a description of each data ; collection technique, major advantages and disadvantages, cost and equipment ; requirements, and step-by-step instructions. Related experience with the data ; collection techniques is included for examples of applications. Chapter 7 ; provides guidance for reducing travel time data and preparing tabular and ; graphical presentations. The handbooks opens with an interactive Table of ; Contents, allowing the viewer to select the desired chapter.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4491/dot_4491_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 29.63 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:23368a08299db4a9bdf00dddf4fc4eca78721fd3ccb00877eeda3f8476fe6d6e56379c8f96227ddd76c3c3e391040ed7954cecd18105292997b0fab165d1d6ad