1 / 8

Lec 9, Ch4, pp.115-121: Travel time and delay studies

Lec 9, Ch4, pp.115-121: Travel time and delay studies. Know how travel time and delay study results can be applied Know definition of terms related to travel time and delay studies Know what types of travel time studies are available

enye
Download Presentation

Lec 9, Ch4, pp.115-121: Travel time and delay studies

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Lec 9, Ch4, pp.115-121: Travel time and delay studies • Know how travel time and delay study results can be applied • Know definition of terms related to travel time and delay studies • Know what types of travel time studies are available • Understand how the moving-vehicle technique is conducted and its data reduced

  2. What we cover in class today… • What are travel time and delay studies • How are they used? • Definition of terms • Methods requiring a test vehicle • Methods not requiring a test vehicle • Learn how to reduce data collected by the Moving-Vehicle technique

  3. Travel time and delay studies * Determines the amount of time required to travel from one point to another on a given route. Often, information may also be collected on the locations, durations, and causes of delays • Indicate the level of service • Identify problem locations

  4. Applications of travel time and delay data Many uses… Efficiency check Collection of rating data Problem location identification Model calibration Evaluation of performance before and after improvement Collect data for economic analysis (user costs) See page 116

  5. Definition of terms

  6. Methods Methods requiring a test vehicle: West X Y Y X East

  7. Methods (cont) Methods not requiring a test vehicle: License-plate method NG for a grid network – too many routes Use of ETC for freeways

  8. Moving-vehicle technique West X Y Y X East Volumes Average travel times (Review Example 4-6)

More Related