Travel Time and Reliability Modeling on Urban Road Segments (The Case Study of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Nowadays, traffic congestion, delay and unreliability are terms that are most associated with
present day travel. Transport users expend their precious time on long traffic queues and at the
same time, fuel emission of vehicles increases in congested traffic conditions. Because of this and
other problems, late arrival to work places and appointments for social or business activities have
become common. And no study has developed a model for estimating travel time and reliability
models on arterial roads. In this study a more general travel time and reliability model was
developed. To study travel time probability distribution and reliability of a road segments in Addis
Ababa city seven segments are selected. Seven segments were selected for the major modeling
study. Manual method of data collection was used for collecting vehicle travel time and traffic
volume data at peak hour for three days.
Travel time data for two vehicle types were fitted to a probability distribution for each segment.
Reliability of a road segment was analyzed using travel time reliability measures. Multiple linear
regression models were developed to predict travel time reliability of a road segments. From the
regression analysis all variables were found statistically significant to predict travel time
reliability of a road segment. Traffic volume, segment grade, % of heavy vehicles, number of
intersection legs, signal cycle length and segment length are negatively correlated with travel time
reliability of a road segment while average segment width and average speed are correlated
positively. An interaction effect in regression analysis was also developed to study the effects of
interaction in regression model. A developed regression model can also be used to identifying
these factors is a key contribution to HCM and AASHTO where studies are being conducted to
include reliability factors into roadway design features. In addition to this correlation among the
influencing factors, this is necessary for traffic operations, traffic design, and long-range
transportation planning and it explains the contributing impacts of other factors on travel time
reliability improvement on a corridor by modifying one factor.
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Travel Time Reliability, Travel time reliability measurements, Regression model probability distribution