NTL Record

Title Review of private sector data for roadway monitoring
Record ID 26837
Personal Name
Creator
Hallenbeck, Mark E.; Wu, Yao-Jan
Source 10p. in various pagings : col. ill.
Corporate Creator Washington State Transportation Center; Transportation Northwest Regional Center X (TransNow) (UTC)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher Transportation Northwest (TransNow) UTC
Publication Date 20070500
Language English
Abstract This document presents a summary of Washington State Transportation Center's (TRAC’s) examination of privately collected roadway performance data in the Puget Sound Region. The review examined the accuracy and reliability of those data for use by Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) on roadways in the Puget Sound metropolitan region that are not covered by existing freeway surveillance systems. This project is the first step in the analysis of the potential use of privately collected datasets for arterial performance monitoring for both monitoring of signal control systems and freight (truck movement) analysis. These test results apply only to the Seattle metropolitan region, and only to Spring 2007. The project team’s conclusions from the tests are that the private sector data are currently overly conservative estimates of roadway speed and performance. At this time, it is not recommended that the data be used for arterial performance monitoring. It is recommended that WSDOT and other roadway agencies be open to additional testing of these data sources as improvements are made. /Abstract from report summary page/
Rosap ID dot:5588
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5588
TRT Terms Performance measurement; Data collection; Private enterprise; Arterial highways; Global Positioning System
Classification NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY
Geographical
Coverage
Washington
TRIS Online
Accession No
1055736
Contract Number DTRS99-G-0010
Report Number TNW2007-05; 61-4160
Resource type Research Paper
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/26000/26800/26837/TNW2007-05.pdf
Alternative URL http://www.transnow.org/publication/final-reports/documents/TNW2007-05.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository