Development of an adaptive origin-destination estimation methodology considering traffic operational characteristics

Xiaobo Liu, Lianyu Chu, Mei Chen

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Abstract

Origin-destination (OD) trip matrices can provide traffic patterns that are crucial for transportation planning and traffic operational analysis. This paper applies an operational based platform for conducting capacity constrained OD estimation. It is tested on a 13-mile freeway section of state highway in California with an exclusive HOV lane, truck restricted lane, and mixed SOV/HOV/truck lane. Based on seed matrices created by TransCAD ODME, the observed traffic datasets including automatic traffic recorder (ATR) on highways, turning counts at on- or off-ramps are fed into Paramics estimator for OD estimation. A hybrid approach is taken to iteratively train the OD matrices with multiple vehicle classes. Later, the estimated OD tables are checked in the simulation model to evaluate their accuracy. The close match between the simulated flow and the observed traffic attests to the superior performance of this proposed method for OD estimation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICTE 2011 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Transportation Engineering
Pages364-369
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event3rd International Conference on Transportation Engineering, ICTE 2011 - Chengdu, China
Duration: Jul 23 2011Jul 25 2011

Publication series

NameICTE 2011 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Transportation Engineering

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Transportation Engineering, ICTE 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period7/23/117/25/11

Keywords

  • OD estimation
  • Paramics estimator
  • TransCAD ODME
  • capacity constrained
  • congestion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Transportation

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