Travel Time Reliability in Urban Corridors:

A Case Study of Guwahati City

MTP (Phase 1) 2023-24

(Transportation Systems Engineering)
Department of Civil Engineering IIT Guwahati
Presented by: Under the Guidance of:
Shreyash Abaji Shimpi Prof. Akhilesh Kr. Maurya
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Contents

• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Objective
• Methodology
• Case study locations
• Data Analysis and Observation
• References

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Introduction
• In today’s growing world, traffic is increasing day by day,
and as a result, traffic congestion is the biggest problem.
e.g. Bangalore city traffic.

• Traffic congestion leads to lengthening of travel time (TT),

more fuel consumption and more pollution.

• Travel time is the key parameter for urban planning and Source: Times of India, July 8, 2023

traffic management.

• Travel time variability is studied by analysing the measure of

travel time reliability (TTR).

• Travel time reliability is the constancy or predictability of

travel time on a certain route.
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 Contn..

TTR Measures

• Average TT: It is the arithmetic mean of all observed TT.

• Travel Time Index (TTI): It is the ratio of Average (Avg.) TT in peak hours to Free-Flow
TT.

• Buffer Time Index (BTI): It is the difference between the 95th percentile TT and average TT,
divided by the average TT.

• Planning Time Index (PTI): It is the ratio of the 95th percentile to the free-flow TT and
shows the total time which is needed for on-time arrival in 95 percent of all trips.

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Source: Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020
Literature Review
Author(s) Type of study Facility Methods Model Findings Research gap
considered /
Parameter
considered
Chen et al. Travel-Time Interstate 5 in Speeds and TT from G-factor Variability in TT is To study the effect of
(2003)/ USA Reliability as a Los Angeles the loop detector algorithm, very high and different kinds of
Measure of (20 mi long data. quantifying suggested that 90th incidents, weather,
Service corridor) mean and variance of Travel Cost, percentile TT is planned lane closures
TT using 90th Impact of meaningful way to and special events.
percentile TT as a incidents, overall combine the Avg. time
measure of monetary delay savings and its variability.
cost.
Ernest et al. New Travel Arterial testbed HCM6 TTR HCM6 arterial TT Proposed TTR
(2021). Time (1.16 mi long) methodology, predictor model, methodology can be
Reliability in Lincoln, Proposed TTR traffic micro used to estimate the
Methodology Nebraska, U.S. Methodology simulation model. population TTD and
for Urban also used to estimate ---
Arterial and forecast TTR for
Corridors large corridors and
networks in a single
run.

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Literature Review
Author(s) Type of study Facility Methods Model Findings Research gap
considered /
Parameter
considered
Bharti et al. Travel time C1-Lala Lajpat Data collection TTR measure : PT, PTI LOS threshold
(2018) reliability as a Rai Marg, New through Traffic Mon BT, PTI and BTI are tends to increase
level of service Delhi system (entry and used which are from interrupted
measure for urban C2-Bhishma exit) correlated with urban corridors to
and inter-urban Pitamah Marg, volume to capacity uninterrupted ---
corridors in India New Delhi ratio. corridors, and for
C3-NH10 Near BTI no trend is
Sampla villagE followed.

Mishraa et Estimation and Maryland Data taken from Random utility Reliability should Based on utility
al. valuation of travel highway and INRIX and proposed model, planning not be overlooked in maximization
(2018). time reliability for transit network. OD level TTR model, travel demand the planning process any other
transportation estimation method. model, mode choice because it can have choice model
planning Proposed model a wide-ranging can be used.
applications methodology for impact.
VoTR estimation and
integration in
planning models.

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 Literature Review
Author(s) Type of study Facility considered / Methods Model Findings Research gap
Parameter considered

Lyman et Using Travel Time Portland, Oregon, US Analysis of Increasing TT and Have not
al.(2008) Reliability regional worsening reliability in considered the
Measures to • Travel time, 95th transportation the morning peak, TT short segment
Improve Regional percentile travel time, plan (20) increases during the early and define
Transportation travel time index, --- afternoon, and decreases specific
Planning and buffer index, in the later afternoon and weighted
Operations planning time index, evening. measure.
and congestion
frequency
Zou et al. Examining the Yanan corridor in Gaode Map Single-mode Lognormal distribution Multi mode
(2020)/ Impact of Adverse Shanghai website; 14.32 distribution outperforms(except urban distribution
China Weather on Travel km types (i.e., arterial road during peak can be taken
Time Reliability of TTV, BTI, MI and FC Oct 2019 to Weibull, hrs), Adverse weather into
Urban Corridors in Feb 2020 Gamma, clearly shows negative consideration.
Shanghai (every 4 min), Normal, impacts on the TTR of
Meteorological Lognormal, urban corridor and TTV
Administration and Log- increased by an average
logistic), of 29%.

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 Literature Review
Author(s) Type of study Facility considered / Methods Model Findings Research gap
Parameter
considered
Javid et al. A framework for California's highway PeMS software Series of The estimated highway
(2018)/ travel time system solution, robust clearance time was 50%
variability analysis National regressions, more than incident
using urban traffic Oceanic and speed change clearance time at upstream
incident data Atmospheric models and 40% at downstream. ---
Administration

As per the literature review the study concise within the data using;
 Loop detector,
 Trafficmon systems,
 PeMS software performance measurement,
 Gaode Map

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 Research Gap
After the literature review it is found that there is no analysis find on:

1. No data collection based on every 15 minutes interval for daily traffic is not collected
2. Section wise analysis on corridor based on interrupted and uninterrupted traffic.
3. No comparison between the existing road and the newly constructed flyover travel time within the same section.
4. No comparison between weekdays, weekend and public holidays.

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Objectives

1. Visit actual site, study the Guwahati city road network (Arterial road), and
determine the elements that influence TT based on land use patterns.

2. Collection of TT data using google map Application Programming Interface (API).

3. Quantify TTR using measures such as TTI, BTI, PTI, 95th percentile TT, and
average TT.

4. Impact of different parameter such as time of day, type of day (weekdays, weekends
and holidays) on TT and identification of peak hours of selected road networks.

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Methodology
TTR Measures like
Selection of Routes Literature Review TTI, BTI, PTI, Average TT, etc

Data Collection Using

Google Map API

Micro Analysis of Observation

Avg. weekdays, Avg. weekends, Avg.
Avg. TT and
holidays and peak hours (for each route).
Scope

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Case Study Location
Legend Study Area Guwahati City
1. Maligaon Flyover
2. Zoo Road Flyover
3. Ulubari via GS Road
4. VIP Road 2.
5. Khanapara to Jalukbari
1. 4.
3.

5.

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Data Analysis and Observation

• The data is getting collected of every 15 min interval in the excel sheet (online) through Google map API and
the format is as follows :

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Data Analysis and Observation

 Then the data is segregated day wise, weekly and monthly for each route to average the data of
weekdays, weekends and public holidays.
 While averaging the data of weekdays the public holidays were not included in it.
 After segregation of data according to the requirement, combine graph of average weekdays,
average weekends and average public holidays graph is plotted for the observations. 14
Data Analysis and Observation

Route Chosen: Zoo road and GS road

(3rd Oct 2023 to 31st Oct 2023)

 The entire section is divided into 3 parts and 2nd part (zoo
road) is again divided into 2 parts.
 In which new flyover is also inaugurated few days back (18 th
oct).
 Public holidays considered are 23rd oct (mahavami) and 24th
oct (Dussehra).
 Also, same analysis is done for 1st section of 2nd part after and
before 18th Oct 2023.
 Separate data collection is going on for zoo road flyover for Fig of Route Chosen: Zoo road and GS road

both side (forward and reversed).

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 Data Analysis and Observation
Maniram dewan road to Zoo road
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7
6
Travel Time (min)

5
4
3
2
1
0
00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15
0: 0: 1: 2: 3: 3: 4: 5: 6: 6: 7: 8: 9: 9: 10: 11: 12: 12: 13: 14: 15: 15: 16: 17: 18: 18: 19: 20: 21: 21: 22: 23:

Time of Day (24 hrs format)

avg_weekdays avg_weekends avg_PH

• Estimated duration – 5 min (1.8 km) (google map). Part 1 : Maniram Dewan Rd to Zoo road

Morning Peak Hour Evening Peak Hour

(MPH) (EPH) MPH (12:15 pm): Highest= 6.18 min;
Lowest= 4 min
Weekdays 10:30 am to 1:00 pm 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Weekend days 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm EPH (5:45 pm): Highest= 7.57 min:
Lowest= 5.36 min
Public holidays (PH) -- 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
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 Data Analysis and Observation
Zoo road to GS road (mid)
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18
16
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Travel Time (min)

12
10
8
6
4
2
0
00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15
0: 0: 1: 2: 3: 3: 4: 5: 6: 6: 7: 8: 9: 9: 10: 11: 12: 12: 13: 14: 15: 15: 16: 17: 18: 18: 19: 20: 21: 21: 22: 23:

Time of Day (24 hrs format)

avg_weekdays avg_weekends avg_PH

• Estimated duration – 12 min (3.9 km) (google map). Part 2: Zoo road to GS road (mid)

Morning Peak Hour Evening Peak Hour

(MPH) (EPH) MPH (1:00 pm): Highest= 13.4 min;
Lowest= 8.5 min
Weekdays 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
EPH (6 pm): Highest= 17.77 min:
Weekend days 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 4:00 pm to 8:30 pm Lowest= 10 min
Public holidays (PH) -- 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
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 Data Analysis and Observation
Zoo road flyover section
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10
Travel Time (min)

8
6
4
2
0
00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15
0: 0: 1: 2: 3: 3: 4: 5: 6: 6: 7: 8: 9: 9: 10: 11: 12: 12: 13: 14: 15: 15: 16: 17: 18: 18: 19: 20: 21: 21: 22: 23:

Time of Day (24 hrs format)

avg_weekdays avg_weekends avg_PH

• Estimated duration – 9 min (2.3 km) (google map). Part 2.1 Zoo road flyover section

Morning Peak Hour Evening Peak Hour

(MPH) (EPH) MPH (12:45 pm): Highest= 9.32 min;
Lowest= 5.5 min
Weekdays 10:30 am to 1:30 pm 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm
EPH (6:00 pm): Highest= 11.58 min:
Weekend days 11:30 am to 1:30 pm -- Lowest= 6 min
Public holidays (PH) -- -- 18
 Data Analysis and Observation
Zoo road flyover section (Before 18th) Zoo road flyover section (After 18th)
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Travel Time (min)

Travel Time (min)

12 12
8 8
4 4
0 0
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 0: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23:

Time of Day (24 hrs format) Time of Day (24 hrs format)

avg_weekdays avg_weekends avg_weekdays avg_weekends avg_PH

(MPH) (EPH) (MPH) (EPH)

Weekdays 10:00 am to 1:30 pm 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm Weekdays -- 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Weekend days 11:30 am to 1:30 pm -- Weekend days -- --
Public -- -- Public holidays -- --
holidays (PH) (PH)

MPH (11:45 pm): Highest= 11.37 min; EPH(6:00 pm): Highest=14.03min: EPH (5:00 pm): Highest= 7.9 min:
Lowest= 8 min Lowest= 10.25 min Lowest= 6 min
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 Data Analysis and Observation
Ganeshguri flyover section
5
4.5
4
3.5
Travel Time (min0

3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15
0: 0: 1: 2: 3: 3: 4: 5: 6: 6: 7: 8: 9: 9: 10: 11: 12: 12: 13: 14: 15: 15: 16: 17: 18: 18: 19: 20: 21: 21: 22: 23:

Time of Day (24 hrs format)

avg_weekdays avg_weekends avg_PH

• Estimated duration – 3 min (1.6 km) (google map). Part 2.2 Ganeshguri flyover section

Morning Peak Hour Evening Peak Hour

(MPH) (EPH) MPH (1:45 pm): Highest= 4.52 min;
Lowest= 2 min
Weekdays -- 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
EPH (7:00 pm): Highest= 4.35 min:
Weekend days -- 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm Lowest= 3.25 min
Public holidays (PH) -- 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
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 Data Analysis and Observation
Ganeshguri to khanapara
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10
Travel Time (min)

8
6
4
2
0
00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15 00 45 30 15
0: 0: 1: 2: 3: 3: 4: 5: 6: 6: 7: 8: 9: 9: 10: 11: 12: 12: 13: 14: 15: 15: 16: 17: 18: 18: 19: 20: 21: 21: 22: 23:

Time of Day (24 hrs format)

avg_weekdays avg_weekends avg_PH

• Estimated duration – 8 min (4.3 km) (google map). Part.3 Ganeshguri to khanapara

Morning Peak Hour Evening Peak Hour

(MPH) (EPH) MPH (1:45 pm): Highest= 10.85 min;
Lowest= 7 min
Weekdays -- 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
EPH (6:30 pm): Highest= 12.5 min:
Weekend days -- 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm Lowest= 9 min
Public holidays (PH) -- 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm 21
Data Analysis and Observation

Pic: Separate data collection Pic: Old data collection

• There is no update on zoo road flyover in

the google map.

• Still we have kept data collection ON.

• By assuming 50m less on start and end for

both forward and reversed movement.

• By observation it seen that TT is less for

separate, more clarity will get when data
will be more. Pic: Zoo road flyover section
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Future Study
 To work on the relevant TTR measure which are mentioned in the following table:

Source: Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020 23

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