1. Incorporating Environmental Factors into Trip Planning
- Author
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Al-Ogaili, Farah F.
- Subjects
- Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Transportation, Transportation Planning, Statistics, Weather Condition, Weather Impact, Traffic Parameters, Fuzzy Mathematical Approach, Probabilistic Approach, Short Path, Arrival Time, Probability Model, Fuzzy Model, Trip Planning, Environmental Factor, departure time, route choice, transportation network
- Abstract
Weather conditions affect road traffic in many ways such as traffic demand, traffic safety, and traffic flow. The influence of the weather events might cause extra cost and time if they are not considered during travel plan. The efficiency of the travel activities under different road conditions can be improved in terms of safety, mobility, and travel time saving. The aim of this study is to improve travel planning performance measures under different weather conditions. Vehicle speed data from weigh in motion traffic recorder (WIM) along with weather data have been used to obtain the vehicle speed reduction during adverse weather events. Also, vehicle speed during the events were compared with the normal vehicle speed under regular weather condition for different locations in the State of Ohio, and time durations. Results showed that heavy snow associated with low visibility have the most impacts on driver speed behavior. Then, the vehicle speed performance during the events was used to calculate the expected time throughout each event. Using probability approach on two different networks show significant results in terms of departure times and route choices. Fuzzy mathematical model was conducted to determine if there are significant differences in the satisfaction levels compared to probability approach when the snow storm hits all the links in the network. Thus, the results showed that there is not remarkable difference between the fuzzy and probability. This methodology can be used to demonstrate a predictive tool to assess departure time and route choice under snow storm events. These approaches may help decision makers to obtain the optimal path before and during adverse weather events. This concept is presented in the context of the transportation network planning performance.
- Published
- 2017