Waterway Travel Times Estimation and Analysis via AIS Data and Video Recorded Data

The US Marine Transportation System (MTS) is a crucial part of the nation’s freight network. Both MTS stakeholders and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) benefit from waterway performance measures that are quantifiable, easy to understand, and easy to compute with readily available data. Waterway travel times, estimated from data collected directly from vessels, is such a performance measure. This work provides an example of analyzing multiple sources of available data to estimate vessel travel times and quantify the impacts of travel time variables. These include Automatic Identification System Data, river gauge data, and video recorded data. This work also supports current efforts by the USACE in building up River Information Services, including a Marine Transportation System Travel Time Atlas.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AW020 Standing Committee on Inland Water Transportation.
• Authors:
  • DiJoseph, Patricia K
  • Mitchell, Kenneth Ned
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
• Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Detection and identification systems; Estimating; Performance measurement; Stream gages; Travel time; Video; Water transportation
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Marine Transportation System
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01656964
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 18-02050
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 22 2018 10:55AM