Miovision intersection turning-movement count data can help resolve the lack of permanent count locations in downtown Toronto. To use Miovision data, ATR counts need to be associated with centreline geo_id and direction bin, with a format identical to the current one for prj_volume.uoft_centreline_volumes_output:
Field Name
Data Type
Description
Example
centreline_id
integer
Centreline segment associated with volume count
117
dir_bin
integer
Direction of traffic; 1 for the first direction, -1 for the second (just 1 if one-way)
1
count_bin
timestamp
Timebin of the count, in 15-minute increments (starting at 00:00 for each day)
2001-03-27 00:00:00
volume
integer
Number of vehicles
1
@radumas mentions there is already a relationship between centreline_intersection and centreline via ref and nref nodes that can be used for mapping to the centreline.
Following #27, we would ideally replace or enhance dir_bin with something that allowed for mapping of counts to a directional street network, but could be converted back to a dir_bin if needed. This is beyond the scope of this issue, but completing it will help inform us of how to resolve #27.
The 15-minute regular increments are a much finer resolution than currently being used in TEPS, but may become necessary in the far future when we explore hourly variation with Gaussian process regression. If 15-minute bins aren't available, 1 day is the largest bin size that is still useful to Traffic Prophet.
We'll also need to determine the date ranges over which we have valid, reliable data. @aharpalaniTO is the best resource for this.
Miovision intersection turning-movement count data can help resolve the lack of permanent count locations in downtown Toronto. To use Miovision data, ATR counts need to be associated with centreline
geo_id
and direction bin, with a format identical to the current one forprj_volume.uoft_centreline_volumes_output
:@radumas mentions there is already a relationship between
centreline_intersection
andcentreline
via ref and nref nodes that can be used for mapping to the centreline.Following #27, we would ideally replace or enhance
dir_bin
with something that allowed for mapping of counts to a directional street network, but could be converted back to adir_bin
if needed. This is beyond the scope of this issue, but completing it will help inform us of how to resolve #27.The 15-minute regular increments are a much finer resolution than currently being used in TEPS, but may become necessary in the far future when we explore hourly variation with Gaussian process regression. If 15-minute bins aren't available, 1 day is the largest bin size that is still useful to Traffic Prophet.
We'll also need to determine the date ranges over which we have valid, reliable data. @aharpalaniTO is the best resource for this.