Leveraging Probe Data for Improving Incident Management Practice in Rural Areas

This proposed study aims to (1) acquire applicable probe data from applicable providers, and (2) spatially match the probe data to the OTD traffic count locations in the rural areas of Georgia for data fusion, (3) conduct a case study for a high-risk rural area in Georgia to showcase the feasibility of using the pooled data for improved incident management through predictive incident modeling.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $125000
• Contract Numbers:

  GDOT 23-25

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  One Georgia Center
  600 West Peachtree Street, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308
• Project Managers:

  Bilsback, William

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF)

  310 E. Campus Rd.,
  Athens, GA  United States  30602
• Principal Investigators:

  Yang, Jidong

• Start Date: 20231129
• Expected Completion Date: 20241129
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Forecasting; Incident management; Probe vehicles; Risk assessment; Rural areas
• Geographic Terms: Georgia
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01901437
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Georgia Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: GDOT 23-25
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 6 2023 2:33PM