Congestion relief by travel time minimization in near real time : Detroit area I-75 corridor study.

PDFTech ReportMIOH UTC TS1 2008Travel timeTraffic congestionTraffic flowMichiganMichigan Ohio University Transportation CenterStandridge, Charles R.Choudhuri, ShabbirMichigan Ohio University Transportation CenterUnited States. Dept. of TransportationMichigan. Dept. of TransportationWayne State UniversityGrand Valley State UniversityUS Transportation Collection"This document summarizes the activities concerning the project: Congestion Relief byTravel Time Minimization in Near Real Time -- Detroit Area I-75 Corridor Study sincethe inception of the project (Nov. 22, 2006 through September 30, 2008).This project was motivated by the premise that congestion due to traffic accidents andother incidents can be avoided by using computer re-routing models combined with theanalysis of voluminous data collected by intelligent transportation systems (ITS).Congestion avoidance reduces travel time and fuel consumption as well as the need foradditional roadways and infrastructure, making the transportation system more efficient.During the same time period as this project, personal travel assistants (PTAs) havebecome more and more common. This trend should continue until PTAs are ubiquitous.These devices are able to both access current commercial traffic data provided bycompanies such as traffic.com as well as to determine routes based on this data. Thus,the problem of routing individual vehicles appears to be solved and commercialized.