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FUSING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRUCK DATA TO SUPPORT REGIONAL FREIGHT

PLANNING AND MODELING

Chen-Fu LiaoMinnesota Traffic Observatory

Department of Civil EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota

Innovations in Freight Demand Modeling and Data A Transportation Research Board SHRP 2 Symposium

September 14-15, 2010, Washington, DC

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Outline

• Freight Data Challenges• Objectives• Data Processing and Analysis• Analysis Results•Concluding Remarks and Potential Applications

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Freight Data Challenges

Freight data availabilityLimited public dataProprietary nature of private dataData reliability, quality and costData fusion, integration and managementTransform data into information

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Objectives

Use I90/94 as an example to integrate public & private data to analyze freight activity

Compare variations of truck speed and travel time to identify potential freight bottleneck and forecast future freight demand

Identify the needs of regional highway infrastructure improvement to sustain growing freight demand Generate performance measures to support freight modeling, planning and decision making

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Data Summary

• FAF2 Data from FHWA• 12 months (May 08 ~ Apr. 09) of Truck AVL/GPS Data from ATRI• Highway Speed Data from MNDOT , Wisconsin DOT and IL State Toll Highway Authority

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I-94/90 (TWIN CITIES – CHICAGO)Average Truck Speed By Location

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MadisonSt. Paul ChicagoTomah

Average Speed (EB)

I-90 Toll Highway

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MadisonSt. Paul ChicagoTomah

Average Speed (WB)

I-90 Toll Highway

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I-94/90 (Twin Cities – Chicago)Truck Speed and Volume Variation By Time of Day

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St. Paul, MN

MeanMedian

WB Mean=46.4, Median=54.6, N=33,788

EB Mean=46.9, Median=57.7, N=33,610

I-94 at US52

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St. Paul, MN

I94 & US52

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95% TT – Avg. TT

Performance Index

Buffer Time Index (BTI) = Avg. TT

Peak Travel TimeTravel Time Index (TTI) =

Free Flow Travel Time

Congestion Measure

Reliability Measure

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Buffer Time Index (BTI) of Apr. 2009

MadisonSt. Paul ChicagoTomah

I-90 Toll Highway

BTI = 95% TT – Avg. TT

Avg. TT

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Travel Time Index (TTI) of Jan. 2009

Peak Travel TimeTravel Time Index (TTI) =

Free Flow Travel Time

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St. Paul ChicagoChicago St. Paul

Trip Destinations Analysis

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I-90 (S. BELOIT – O’HARE)Truck vs. General Traffic

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I-90 Annual Average Speed (EB)

General Traffic Speed (Segment Speed) Derived from Illinois Toll Highway Authority Inter-Plaza Travel Time

S. Beloit O’Hare

All Traffic

Truck

Truck Speed Limit 55 MPH

Belvidere Marengo Elgin

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I-90 Annual Average Speed (WB)

General Traffic Speed (Segment Speed) Derived from Illinois Toll Highway Authority Inter-Plaza Travel Time

S. Beloit O’Hare

All Traffic

Truck

Truck Speed Limit 55 MPH

Belvidere Marengo Elgin

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I-94/90 (TWIN CITIES - CHICAGO)Truck Stops

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EB Truck Stops (Apr. 2009)

Truck Speed < 5MPH and Travel Distance < 100 meters, N=72,543

Twin Cities

Tomah

Madison

Beloit

Chicago

Eau ClaireHudson

Belvidere

Mauston

Black River Falls

Portage

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WB Truck Stops (Apr. 2009)

Truck Speed < 5MPH and Travel Distance < 100 meters, N=74,405

Twin Cities

Tomah

Madison

Beloit

Chicago

Eau ClaireHudson

Belvidere

Mauston

Black River Falls

Portage

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Truck Stops from TruckMaster

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I-94/90 (TWIN CITIES - CHICAGO)Truck Stop Durations

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Summary

FPM data can be used to measure performance over time and by location

Truck travel time reliability and level of congestion

Truck volume variation and impact Performance Index (BTI, TTI) Truck Destinations Truck Stops and Rest Durations

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Possible Causes of Bottlenecks

Top 30 freight bottlenecks occurred at highway interchange (ATRI Report)

Roadway geometry (grade, sight distance) Capacity (number of lanes), toll booths Required lane of travel for trucks Speed limit and free flow speed Volume ratio of truck vs. general traffic Weather and Others

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Potential Applications

Truck travel time reliability and impact of congestion on cost of freight

Identify truck stop facility needs Speed gap between general traffic and truck

influenced by traffic volume Develop national standard to report freight

performance measures more regularly Use derived performance measures to support

freight modeling and planning

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Acknowledgements

USDOT, FHWA Minnesota DOT and ATRI Illinois State Toll Highway Authority CTS, University of Minnesota (UMN) Minnesota Traffic Observatory (MTO),

Department of Civil Engineering, UMN