Identifying Spatial and Temporal Congestion Characteristics Using Passive Mobile Phone Data.

Author(s)
Bekhor, S. Hirsh, M. Nimre, S. & Feldman, I.
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Abstract

This paper describes an application of a new system-wide data collection to a large scale project. The problem is to identify and estimate spatio-temporal congestion characteristics and provide this information to assess congestion pricing schemes. The methodology is based on passive data collection obtained from a cellular phone provider. The nature and coverage of the system allows the estimation of travel time and traffic volumes within reasonable accuracy. The paper focuses on the estimation of man-hours lost due to congestion in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. A total of 2,042 men-years is estimated to be lost due to congestion in a single month (March 2007).

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C 44055 (In: C 43862 CD-ROM) /72 / ITRD E839918
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In: Compendium of papers CD-ROM 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board TRB, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008, 17 p.

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