01031684

Monograph

This Transportation Research Record contains 13 papers on the subject of traffic and urban data. Among the specific topics discussed in these papers are the following: spacing of traffic sensors; travel time variability calculated from loop detector data; automatic vehicle identification data for studying travel time variability; cellular-based data extracting; holiday effects on traffic volumes; NCHRP 1-37A pavement design sensitivity to traffic input; traffic monitoring devices accuracy analysis; truck traffic characterization for mechanistic-empirical design; dual-loop sensitivity problems identification and correction; detection of invalid loop detector data; identification of lane-mapping errors at freeway detector stations; using artificial neural networks for length-based vehicle classification from single-loop outputs; and quartz piezoelectric weigh-in-motion sensors.

English

125p

2006

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

0309099536

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Accuracy; Automatic vehicle identification; Errors; Holidays; Loop detectors; Neural networks; Pavement design; Sensitivity; Sensors; Spacing; Traffic data; Traffic volume; Travel time; Truck traffic; Validity; Vehicle classification; Weigh in motion

Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide

Cellular technology; Data extraction; Dual loop detectors; Quartz-piezoelectric weigh in motion sensors; Single loop detectors; Travel time variability

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 29 2006 10:54AM

• Accuracy Assessment of Traffic Monitoring Devices Vehicle by Vehicle
• Artificial Neural Network Method for Length-Based Vehicle Classification Using Single-Loop Outputs
• Calculation of Travel Time Variability from Loop Detector Data
• Cellular-Based Data-Extracting Method for Trip Distribution
• Characterization of Truck Traffic in California for Mechanistic-Empirical Design
• Detection of Invalid Loop Detector Data in Urban Areas
• Effect of Sensor Spacing on Performance Measure Calculations
• Evaluation of Quartz Piezoelectric Weigh-in-Motion Sensors
• Identification and Correction of Dual-Loop Sensitivity Problems
• Identifying Lane-Mapping Errors at Freeway Detector Stations
• Sensitivity of NCHRP 1-37A Pavement Design to Traffic Input
• Statistical Investigations of Statutory Holiday Effects on Traffic Volumes
• Using Automatic Vehicle Identification Data to Gain Insight into Travel Time Variability and Its Causes