A Constraint-Based Bicycle Origin-Destination Estimation Procedure
Cycling is an active, green transportation mode that improves environmental sustainability and the livability of urban communities. Promoting cycling also has significant public health benefits. Despite the increasing importance of cycling as a transportation mode, it is often ignored in traditional transportation planning procedures. Origin-destination (O-D) matrix estimation methods have focused on estimating O-D matrices from link traffic counts for motorized vehicles, which are regularly collected by transportation agencies for traffic monitoring purposes. However, traffic monitoring of non-motorized traffic is not as comprehensive as motorized traffic monitoring in the United States. Hence, O-D matrix estimation methods developed for motorized traffic cannot be directly used to estimate bicycle O-D trip matrices. This project proposes a bicycle O-D estimation procedure that is flexible and can be adjusted to different levels of data availability and quality. Bicycle data that are useful for bicycle O-D estimation are first explored. A constraint-based bicycle O-D estimation procedure that utilizes bicycle data from multiple sources is then proposed. A case study is also conducted to demonstrate the proposed methodology. The results demonstrate that in practice, the proposed bicycle O-D estimation procedure is a promising tool.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $120000
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT13-G-UTC60 TRC-16-10
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI United States 49009-5316 1903 W. Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI United States 49008-5241 -
Project Managers:
Dunn, Denise
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Performing Organizations:
Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI United States 49009-5316Utah State University Transportation Center
Utah State University
Logan, UT United States 84322-4110 -
Principal Investigators:
Song, Ziqi
Christensen, Keith
- Start Date: 20160901
- Expected Completion Date: 20181231
- Actual Completion Date: 20190430
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
- Subprogram: Research
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bicycle travel; Case studies; Cost effectiveness; Cyclists; Data collection; Estimating; Origin and destination; Sustainable transportation; Traffic models
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01610402
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities
- Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC60 TRC-16-10
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Sep 9 2016 11:28AM