GRTA/GDOT Real-Time Tracking and Choice Data
The primary goals of this project are: (1) to demonstrate the capabilities of smart phone systems to provide more reliable freeway and arterial travel time data than currently provided by VDS spot speed measurements, and (2) to facilitate the monitoring and analysis of real-time high occupancy toll (HOT) corridor and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) Express Bus performance data. Georgia Tech researchers will first integrate the existing Commute Warrior and Commute Viewer systems with the Flash-based data interface developed for the high occupancy vehicle (HOV)-to-HOT monitoring project so that second-by-second travel data collected in the project can be reviewed by researchers. The team will then recruit 80 regular HOT corridor users, including express bus riders, HOT lane users, and drivers who regularly use the general purpose lanes. The team will deploy the Commute Warrior application on the Android Smart Phones of the volunteers to collect second-by-second vehicle activity data as the volunteers use the HOT corridor and major arterials. The team will compare monitored second-by-second corridor traverse travel times with travel time estimates derived from VDS spot speed data. The team will assess the potential benefits of more widespread deployment of the Commute Warrior App throughout the region. The team will also conduct focus groups with participants to gather information regarding the potential impacts of real-time data on their use of HOT lane and express bus services.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $52320
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT12GUTC12
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Sponsor Organizations:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, GA United States 30332Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avneue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Performing Organizations:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, GA United States 30332 -
Principal Investigators:
Watkins, Kari
Guensler, Randall
- Start Date: 20130201
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20140731
- Source Data: RiP Project 41760
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Commuters; Data collection; Express buses; General purpose lanes; High occupancy toll lanes; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Real time information
- Identifier Terms: Georgia Regional Transportation Agency
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01641025
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management
- Contract Numbers: DTRT12GUTC12
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jul 14 2017 1:00AM