The adverse weather may significantly impact urban traffic speed and travel time. Understanding the influence of the rainstorm to urban traffic speed is of great importance for traffic management under stormy weather. This study aims to investigate the impact of rainfall intensity on traffic speed in the Shenzhen (China) during the period 1 July 2015–31 August 2016. The analysis was carried out for five 1-h periods on weekdays during the morning periods (6:00 AM–11:00 AM). Taxi-enabled GPS tracking data obtained from Shenzhen city are used in the analysis. There are several findings in this study. Firstly, nearly half of the roads are significantly affected by the rainstorm. Secondly, the proportion of positive correlated roads is about 35 %, but there still are some roads with uncorrelated traffic speed variation rates (SVR) and rainfall intensities. Thirdly, the impact of the rainstorm on traffic speed is not homogeneous but with obvious spatial difference. This research provides useful information that can be used in traffic management on a city-wide scale under stormy weather.


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    Title :

    EFFECTS OF THE RAINSTORM ON URBAN ROAD TRAFFIC SPEED — A CASE STUDY OF SHENZHEN, CHINA


    Contributors:
    Q. Li (author) / X. Hao (author) / W. Wang (author) / A. Wu (author) / Z. Xie (author)


    Publication date :

    2017




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown




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