Speed profile estimation using license plate recognition data

•A systematic LPR data-mending method is proposed.•Propose a modified car-following model corresponding to LPR data characteristics.•The speed profile of vehicles on road segments is estimated using proposed model.•The proposed model is validated by a field experiment.•The model can fully capture th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transportation research. Part C, Emerging technologies Jg. 82; S. 358 - 378
Hauptverfasser: Mo, Baichuan, Li, Ruimin, Zhan, Xianyuan
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.09.2017
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ISSN:0968-090X, 1879-2359
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Zusammenfassung:•A systematic LPR data-mending method is proposed.•Propose a modified car-following model corresponding to LPR data characteristics.•The speed profile of vehicles on road segments is estimated using proposed model.•The proposed model is validated by a field experiment.•The model can fully capture the pattern of ground truth speed profile. Vehicle speed profile is a fundamental data support for calculating vehicular emission using the micro-emission model. However, achieving accuracy and breadth for the speed profile estimation is difficult. This study proposes a new vehicle speed profile estimation model using license plate recognition (LPR) data. This model allows speed profile estimation of every individual vehicle between two consecutive intersections. A systematic LPR data-mending method is developed to infer the information of unmatched vehicles. Using the complete arrival and departure information as boundary conditions, a customized car-following model combined with dummy-overtaking hypothesis and boundary constraints is then applied to estimate the speed profile of vehicles. The proposed model is validated using ground truth speed information from a field experiment conducted in Langfang City in China. Results show that the model can fully capture the pattern of ground truth speed profile. A complementary model validation using the Next Generation Simulation dataset and a model application for calculating emissions are also conducted. The numerical results indicate the effectiveness of the proposed model in estimating vehicle speed profile and emissions.
ISSN:0968-090X
1879-2359
DOI:10.1016/j.trc.2017.07.006