Estimation of travel time is of increasing importance to travelers and transportation professionals alike as congestion worsens in major urban areas. In fact, the reliability of travel time estimates on a given corridor may be more important for travelers, shippers, and transport managers than the travel time itself. This paper examines the uses of measured travel time reliability indices for improving real-time transportation management and traveler information with the use of archived intelligent transportation system data. A literature review of travel time reliability and its value as a congestion measure is followed by a description of a content analysis of 20 regional transportation plans from across the nation. Results from the content analysis indicate that travel time reliability is not currently used as a congestion measure and that the most common measures of congestion are the volume-to-capacity ratio, vehicle hours of delay, and mean speed. As a case study using data from Portland, Oregon, several reliability measures are then tested including travel time, 95th percentile travel time, travel time index, buffer index, planning time index, and congestion frequency. The buffer index is used to prioritize freeway corridors according to travel time reliability. Metropolitan planning organizations should use travel time reliability in the following ways: (a) incorporate it as a systemwide goal, (b) evaluate roadway segments according to travel time reliability measures, and (c) prioritize roadway segments using those measures.


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    Title :

    Using Travel Time Reliability Measures to Improve Regional Transportation Planning and Operations


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2008-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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