Dynamic Travel Time Estimation for Northeast Illinois Expressways

Mohammadian, Abolfazl; Taghipour, Homa; Bahador Parsa, Amir

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Title

Dynamic Travel Time Estimation for Northeast Illinois Expressways

Author(s)

• Mohammadian, Abolfazl
• Taghipour, Homa
• Bahador Parsa, Amir

Issue Date

2020-06

Keyword(s)

• Travel Time
• Dynamic Prediction
• Highways
• Loop Detector
• Probe Vehicle
• Weather Condition
• Machine Learning

Abstract

Having access to accurate travel time is critical for both highway network users and traffic operators. Travel time that is currently reported for most highways is estimated by employing naïve methods that use limited sources of data. This might result in inaccurate travel time prediction and could impose difficulties on travelers. The purpose of this report is to develop an enhanced travel time prediction model using multiple data sources, including loop detectors, probe vehicles, weather condition, geometry, roadway incidents, roadwork, special events, and sun glare. Different models are trained accordingly based on machine learning techniques to predict travel time 5 min, 10 min, and even 60 min ahead. A comparison of techniques showed that 15 min or shorter prediction horizons are more accurate when applying the random forest model, although the prediction accuracy of longer prediction horizons is still acceptable. An algorithm is proposed for dynamic prediction of travel time in which the travel time of each highway corridor is calculated by adding the predicted travel time of each link of the corridor. The proposed dynamic approach is tested and evaluated on highways and showed a significant improvement in the accuracy of predicted travel time in comparison to the snapshot travel time prediction approach. Traffic-related variables, especially occupancy, are found to be effective in short-term travel time prediction using loop-detector data. This suggests that among traffic variables collected by loop detectors, occupancy can capture traffic condition better than other variables. Fusion of several data sources, however, increases prediction accuracy of the models.

Publisher

Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation

Series/Report Name or Number

FHWA-ICT-20-007

ISSN

0197-9191

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/107726

DOI

https://doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/20-012

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

IDOT-R27-177

Copyright and License Information

No restrictions. This document is available through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161.

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