Analysis of Trends in Data on Transit Bus Dwell Times
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14330%2F17%3A00096436" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14330/17:00096436 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3141/2619-07" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3141/2619-07</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2619-07" target="_blank" >10.3141/2619-07</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Analysis of Trends in Data on Transit Bus Dwell Times
Original language description
Transit vehicles create special challenges for urban traffic signal control. Signal timing plans are typically designed for the flow of passenger vehicles, but transit vehicles, with frequent stops and uncertain dwell times, may have very different flow patterns that fail to match these plans. Transit vehicles stopping on urban streets can also restrict or block other traffic on the road. This results in increased overall wait times and delays throughout the system for transit vehicles and other traffic. Transit signal priority (TSP) systems are often used to mitigate some of these issues, primarily addressing delay to the transit vehicles. However, existing TSP strategies give unconditional priority to transit vehicles, exacerbating quality of service for other modes. In networks where transit vehicles have significant effects on traffic congestion, particularly urban areas, using more realistic models of transit behavior in adaptive traffic signal control could reduce delay for all modes. Estimating the arrival time of a transit vehicle at an intersection requires an accurate model of transit stop dwell times. As a first step toward developing a model for predicting bus arrival times, this paper analyzes trends in automatic vehicle location (AVL) data collected over a two-year period, allowing several inferences to be drawn about the statistical nature of dwell times, particularly for use in real-time control and transit signal priority. Based on this trend analysis, we argue that an effective predictive dwell time distribution model must treat independent variables as random or stochastic regressors.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
ISSN
0361-1981
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
2619
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2619
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
64-74
UT code for WoS article
000413464000008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85033780713