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.

• Record URL:
  https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u883/2019/TRCLC_RR_16-10_0.pdf
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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $120000
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC60 TRC-16-10

• 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

  Western Michigan University

  1903 W. Michigan Avenue
  Kalamazoo, MI  United States  49008-5241
• Project Managers:

  Dunn, Denise

• Performing Organizations:

  Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities

  Western Michigan University
  Kalamazoo, MI  United States  49009-5316

  Utah 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