Access to destinations : arterial data acquisition and network-wide travel time estimation (phase II).
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Access to destinations : arterial data acquisition and network-wide travel time estimation (phase II).

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  • Alternative Title:
    Arterial data acquisition and network-wide travel time estimation : phase II
  • Creators:
  • Corporate Creators:
    University of Minnesota. Dept. of Civil Engineering
  • Corporate Contributors:
    Minnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Research Services Section
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    MN/RC 2010-12
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    Minnesota
  • Edition:
    Final report.
  • Abstract:
    The objectives of this project were to (a) produce historic estimates of travel times on Twin-Cities arterials

    for 1995 and 2005, and (b) develop an initial architecture and database that could, in the future, produce timely

    estimates of arterial traffic volumes and travel times. Our Phase I field study indicated that on arterial links where

    both the demand traffic volume and the signal timing are known, model-based estimates of travel time that are on

    average within 10% of measured values can be obtained. Phase II of this project then focused on applying this

    approach to the entire Twin Cities arterial system. The Phase II effort divided into three main subtasks: (1)

    updating estimates of demand traffic volume obtained from a transportation planning model to make them

    consistent with available volume measurements, (2) collecting information on traffic signal locations in the Twin

    Cities and compiling this into a geographic database, and (3) combining the updated traffic volumes and signal

    information to produce link-by-link peak-period travel time estimates. The traffic volume update took as inputs the

    predicted volumes generated by a traffic assignment model and measured average annual daily traffic from

    automatic traffic recorders, and gave as output updated estimates of the traffic volumes for links lacking automatic

    traffic recorders. A request to state, county and municipal agencies in the seven-county metro area produced

    Information on approximately 2,900 traffic signals. Estimated arterial travel times for the morning and afternoon

    peak periods for 1995 and 2005 were then computed and sent to other components of the Access to Destinations

    effort.

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