Route-based mobility performance metrics using probe vehicle travel times

This study proposes a new methodology to use route-based travel time observations to characterize transportation networks. Over 1.3 million travel time records were reduced to provide continuous network observation, comparisons in mobility between 15 cities in Alabama, and comparisons between the 50 largest cities in the United States. The Peak Hour Travel Time Reliability metric (PHTTR) was used to compute AM and PM ranking of the 50 largest cities in the United States. Those ranking were compared with the travel time index used in the Texas Transportation Institute Urban Mobility Report. The paper concludes by explaining how this technique can be used in multi-modal focused cities such as Portland, Oregon, to include modes such as transit, biking, and walking so that transportation investment decision makers can be provided with a less automobile-centric view of regional mobility. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov is then used to quantitatively identify statistically similar transportation networks useful in self-assessment of performance. © 2018, Gioacchino Onorati Editore. All rights reserved.