Introduction to Investigation of Measurement for Travel Time Variability

Introduction to Investigation of Measurement for Travel Time Variability

Congestion has grown over  the past  two  decades making the travel  time  highly  unreliable. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), US Department of Transportation (USDOT) indicated travel time as an important index to measure congestion. Frequent but stochastic, irregular delays  increase  the challenge for people to plan  their  journey – e.g. when to depart from  the origin,  which  mode(s) and  route(s) to use so the on-time arrival at the destination can  be ensured. In addition to average travel  time,  the  reliability of travel  time  has  been deemed as an index  for quantifying the  effects  of congestion, which  can be applied to the areas of transportation…
Introduction to Applying Vehicular  Networks for Reduced

Introduction to Applying Vehicular Networks for Reduced

Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions These days  the detrimental effects of air pollutants and  concerns about  global  warming are being  increasingly reported by the  media.   In many  countries, fuel  prices  have  been  rising considerably.   In  western Canada, for  instance, the  gasoline   price  almost   doubled from about  53 cents/liter in  1998 to  109 cents/liter in  2010 (Wiebe,  2011).   In  terms  of the  air…