Locating and Costing Congestion for School Buses and Public Transportation (Phase 2)

Details

• Creators:
  Monast, Kai
• Corporate Creators:
  North Carolina State University. Center for Transportation and the Environment
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE) ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bus routes
  • School buses
  • Traffic congestion
  • Capital costs
  • Public transit
  • Spatial analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  STRIDE Project L6
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North Carolina;United States
• Edition:
  Final Report 5/1/2021 to 11/8/2022
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)
• Abstract:
  The research team integrated three large datasets to create a practitioner tool to allow transportation planners and engineers to model the relationship between traffic flow and congestion data (via RITIS) with public transportation (GTFS) and school travel data (Edulog). The tool allowed for the spatial identification of congestion impacts affecting public transportation and school buses, along with estimates of the costs incurred by these modes resulting from congestion. By combining these three datasets, the research team determined when and where publicly funded transportation vehicles are operating and estimated the delay experienced by each vehicle. Bottlenecks, slow segments, and clogged times were identified, which could be used to develop solutions to spatially or temporally avoid congestion delays. Delay costs were then calculated to allow planning agencies, municipalities, and other entities to quantify the problem when evaluating solutions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747104
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72869/dot_72869_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.41 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
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