Development of statistical models to forecast crossing times of commercial vehicles.

PDFTech ReportUTCM Project #10-09-60DOT Grant No. DTRT06-G-0044International bordersTruck trafficTraffic countsTraffic measurementTravel timeCommercial vehiclesTexasUniversity Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)Kang, Dong HunOchoa, CesarRajbhandari, RajatGarcia, FranciscoTexas Transportation Institute. University Transportation Center for MobilityUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology AdministrationUniversity Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)US Transportation CollectionBorder crossing time measurement systems for commercial vehicles are being implemented throughoutthe U.S.-Mexico border. These systems are based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.With funding from the Federal Highway Administration, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)/Battelleteam installed an RFID-based system at the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) in El Paso, Texas, to measureand archive crossing times of commercial vehicles. The RFID system at BOTA is already operational, andcurrent truck crossing time information is relayed and archived in a centralized repository. In addition, withfunding from the Texas Department of Transportation, TTI deployed RFID systems on the Pharr-ReynosaBridge. These systems measure the current crossing time and provide the information to users; however,there is no system in place to predict the crossing times of trucks. In fact, there are no systems in place atthe U.S.-Mexico border to predict traffic conditions including crossing times of trucks. In this project,statistical models were developed to predict crossing times of trucks over a short range of time. Thestatistical prediction models use historic data and take into account empirical relationships betweenborder-crossing-related parameters and truck crossing times