EVALUATION OF TRAVEL TIME ESTIMATION METHODOLOGIES

This report investigates several different travel time estimation methodologies in order to evaluate their advantages, limitations accuracy, ease of measurement, and applicability for a variety of different uses. The first section of the report describes four existing methods that are currently used to collect travel time data: floating car, license plate matching, cellular telephone reporting and detector systems. The second section identifies emerging technologies: automatic vehicle identification and global positioning.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1993 Published By: Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, Tex.
• Authors:
  • Hamm, Robert A
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. D-1 - D-32
• Serial:
  • Graduate student papers on advanced surface transportation systems

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle identification; Global Positioning System; Traffic estimation; Travel time

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00785454
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM