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https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119853576

This study uses driving behavior and speed variation data from navigation software to propose a traffic order index (TOI) for evaluating the order of traffic on urban roads. Based on the significance analysis of driving behaviors and speed variation under different road types and congestion levels, the TOI calculation method is proposed by using the order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method. Through a case study of an urban area in Beijing, the distribution of TOI under different road types and congestion levels is described, and the hourly and daily TOI heat maps are generated to show changes in TOI for urban roads during different periods. The relationships between TOI, congestion index (CI) and crash data were explored. A nonlinear relationship of TOI and CI was discovered, and roads with more crashes or longer crash durations were associated with a lower level of traffic order. The TOI could help traffic management departments better understand the order of traffic on roads, reveal causes of the poor level of traffic order in some roads, and more reasonably dispatch traffic police to handle traffic crashes.

The Standing Committee on Transportation Issues in Major Cities (ABE30) peer-reviewed this paper (19-04919). © National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2019.

English

pp 466-478

2019-7

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

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Behavior; Case studies; Crash data; Driving; Traffic congestion; Urban highways

Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS)

Congestion index; Speed variation; Traffic order index

Beijing (China)

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 7 2019 3:05PM