Measuring Travel Time Reliability for Urban Residents’ Commutes via the Integration of Information Entropy and Standard Deviation

Travel Time Reliability (TTR) plays a pivotal role in commuting. Nevertheless, existing measurement methods are not specifically designed for commuting scenarios, and their direct application to assess TTR for commuting may yield results incongruent with actual commuting conditions, as they overly r...

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Main Author: Junjun Zhan
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/8249757
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description Travel Time Reliability (TTR) plays a pivotal role in commuting. Nevertheless, existing measurement methods are not specifically designed for commuting scenarios, and their direct application to assess TTR for commuting may yield results incongruent with actual commuting conditions, as they overly rely on measures like mean and percentiles. Drawing on the cyclical characteristics of commuting, the study has established a TTR measurement model based on information entropy and standard deviation, tailored to individual commuters. By selecting commuting data from extensive travel datasets and applying both this model and conventional measurement methods, the focus is on quantitatively analyzing TTR for metro commuters and car commuters under various feature conditions, with a particular emphasis on commuting to work. The objective is to verify the feasibility and advantages of the proposed model. The research indicates that, compared to typical measurement methods, this model more accurately reflects TTR for commuting purposes. The results underscore a significantly superior TTR for metro commuters over car commuters. Distance and departure time exert a substantial impact on the TTR of car commuters, while distance and transfer times moderately influence the TTR of metro commuters. These findings serve as a crucial foundation for enhancing the quality of commuting experiences.
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spelling doaj-art-84e47919d37640ab86d15c3ce2e5840f2025-02-03T11:08:00ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952024-01-01202410.1155/2024/8249757Measuring Travel Time Reliability for Urban Residents’ Commutes via the Integration of Information Entropy and Standard DeviationJunjun Zhan0The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic EngineeringTravel Time Reliability (TTR) plays a pivotal role in commuting. Nevertheless, existing measurement methods are not specifically designed for commuting scenarios, and their direct application to assess TTR for commuting may yield results incongruent with actual commuting conditions, as they overly rely on measures like mean and percentiles. Drawing on the cyclical characteristics of commuting, the study has established a TTR measurement model based on information entropy and standard deviation, tailored to individual commuters. By selecting commuting data from extensive travel datasets and applying both this model and conventional measurement methods, the focus is on quantitatively analyzing TTR for metro commuters and car commuters under various feature conditions, with a particular emphasis on commuting to work. The objective is to verify the feasibility and advantages of the proposed model. The research indicates that, compared to typical measurement methods, this model more accurately reflects TTR for commuting purposes. The results underscore a significantly superior TTR for metro commuters over car commuters. Distance and departure time exert a substantial impact on the TTR of car commuters, while distance and transfer times moderately influence the TTR of metro commuters. These findings serve as a crucial foundation for enhancing the quality of commuting experiences.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/8249757
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Measuring Travel Time Reliability for Urban Residents’ Commutes via the Integration of Information Entropy and Standard Deviation
Journal of Advanced Transportation
title Measuring Travel Time Reliability for Urban Residents’ Commutes via the Integration of Information Entropy and Standard Deviation
title_full Measuring Travel Time Reliability for Urban Residents’ Commutes via the Integration of Information Entropy and Standard Deviation
title_fullStr Measuring Travel Time Reliability for Urban Residents’ Commutes via the Integration of Information Entropy and Standard Deviation
title_full_unstemmed Measuring Travel Time Reliability for Urban Residents’ Commutes via the Integration of Information Entropy and Standard Deviation
title_short Measuring Travel Time Reliability for Urban Residents’ Commutes via the Integration of Information Entropy and Standard Deviation
title_sort measuring travel time reliability for urban residents commutes via the integration of information entropy and standard deviation
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