Estimating the Value of Truck Travel Time Reliability

Estimating the Value of Truck Travel Time Reliability
Author: Sebastian E. Guerrero
Publisher:
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2019
Genre: Freight and freightage
ISBN: 9780309480888

Travel time reliability is frequently cited as an important metric for the trucking community and users of truck freight services. While the travel time reliability for trucking is commonly measured, truck reliability is seldom considered in the benefit-cost evaluation of mobility projects, which under represents the benefits accrued to freight users of the highway system. For NCHRP Project 07-24, WSP was asked to develop an improved framework for the valuation of truck freight reliability. The framework included the methodology, modeling assumptions, analytical techniques, and tools developed in NCHRP Report 824 to assist transportation professionals and decision-makers in the evaluation of proposed roadway infrastructure and operations investments.

Methodology for Estimating the Value of Travel Time Reliability for Truck Freight System Users

Methodology for Estimating the Value of Travel Time Reliability for Truck Freight System Users
Author: Ira Hirschman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2016
Genre: Freight and freightage
ISBN: 9780309375436

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 824: Methodology for Estimating the Value of Travel Time Reliability for Truck Freight System Users describes a survey methodology and develops a Truck Freight Reliability Valuation Model to estimate the value of travel time reliability for truck freight system users for evaluating proposed highway infrastructure and operations investments. It provides a research approach to conduct a more detailed survey and modeling protocol to collect direct schedule delay and cost information." -- Publisher's description.

Cost-effective Performance Measures for Travel Time Delay, Variation, and Reliability

Cost-effective Performance Measures for Travel Time Delay, Variation, and Reliability
Author: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2008
Genre: Traffic congestion
ISBN: 0309117410

TRB¿s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 618: Cost-Effective Performance Measures for Travel Time Delay, Variation, and Reliability explores a framework and methods to predict, measure, and report travel time, delay, and reliability from a customer-oriented perspective.

Highway Travel Time Estimation With Data Fusion

Highway Travel Time Estimation With Data Fusion
Author: Francesc Soriguera Martí
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2015-11-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3662488582

This monograph presents a simple, innovative approach for the measurement and short-term prediction of highway travel times based on the fusion of inductive loop detector and toll ticket data. The methodology is generic and not technologically captive, allowing it to be easily generalized for other equivalent types of data. The book shows how Bayesian analysis can be used to obtain fused estimates that are more reliable than the original inputs, overcoming some of the drawbacks of travel-time estimations based on unique data sources. The developed methodology adds value and obtains the maximum (in terms of travel time estimation) from the available data, without recurrent and costly requirements for additional data. The application of the algorithms to empirical testing in the AP-7 toll highway in Barcelona proves that it is possible to develop an accurate real-time, travel-time information system on closed-toll highways with the existing surveillance equipment, suggesting that highway operators might provide their customers with such an added value with little additional investment in technology.

Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability

Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013
Genre: Traffic engineering
ISBN: 9780309129619

The research included an effort to determine the economic value of improvements in travel time reliability by applying options theory from the financial sector. This method is predicated on determining the certainty equivalent of the variability of speed. This innovative approach, briefly summarized in the body of the report and described in an appendix, deserves further exploration despite the lack of consensus from experts about its validity. A prominent part of the report presents a forecast of the year 2030 under alternative assumptions that may influence travel time reliability. The researchers set out three alternative outcomes--optimistic, mediocre, and pessimistic--regarding climate change, economics, and demographics. In addition, they examined a range of technological developments that might affect reliability. To paint a picture of the future, they prepared a concept of operations for the year 2030.