TASK 3 REPORT : VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS TOOL - ADVANCED SOFTWARE FOR STATEWIDE INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MONITORING AND EVALUATION (ASSIST-ME) Developed by RUTGERS UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LABORATORY Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ................................................................................................................. i List of Figures .................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables ...................................................................................................................... v Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Subtask 3A. Kick-Off Meeting ........................................................................................... 2 Subtask 3B. Preliminary Development Plan ....................................................................... 7 1. Data Format Description ................................................................................................. 7 2. Mechanisms for obtaining data on a continuous basis from involved agencies ........... 10 3. Accuracy and Consistency ............................................................................................ 10 4. Workflow of ASSISTME ............................................................................................. 11 Subtask 3C. Review of Tools vis-à-vis Project Objectives .............................................. 14 Brief Description of Available GIS based tools ............................................................... 14 ArcGIS ...................................................................................................................... 14 GeoMedia .................................................................................................................. 18 TransCAD ................................................................................................................. 21 MapGuide ................................................................................................................. 22 MapInfo..................................................................................................................... 22 Developing customized GIS solutions .............................................................................. 23 Usage and Comparison of Software Products .................................................................. 24 Subtask 3D. Develop a Unified Database ......................................................................... 28 Development of the Traffic Database ............................................................................... 28 County Database ............................................................................................................... 32 Development of the Origin-Destination Trip Database .................................................... 32 Subtask 3E. DevelopMent of the Visualization/Analysis Tool ....................................... 34 Data Visualization ............................................................................................................. 34 Data Visualization of Network-wide and Manually Selected Features ............................ 35 Data Visualization of Features within a County ............................................................... 36 Data Visualization of Features that constitute a Route ..................................................... 38 Data Visualization of Features that constitute a Functional Class .................................... 40 Origin Destination-based Trip Analysis ........................................................................... 41 Analysis of Travel Times, Costs and Travel paths ........................................................... 43 k-Shortest Path Algorithm ........................................................................................ 43 Subtask 3F. Monitor and Assess Implementation............................................................ 47 References ......................................................................................................................... 58 Appendix – ASSISTME User’s Manual ........................................................................... 59 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 59 Data Visualization ..................................................................................................... 59 Demand Visualization ............................................................................................... 59 Shortest-path Analysis .............................................................................................. 59 General ...................................................................................................................... 60 Network / Input file Requirements ................................................................................... 60 Demo Network Shapes Files and Complete Network Shapes Files ......................... 60 Creation of New Network Shape Files ..................................................................... 60 Creation of New OD Trip Files ................................................................................ 67 i Initialization and Preliminaries ......................................................................................... 69 Controls ......................................................................................................................... 71 View Controls ........................................................................................................... 71 Map Controls ............................................................................................................ 73 Description of ASSIST-ME Functionalities ..................................................................... 75 Data Visualization ..................................................................................................... 75 Link Info ................................................................................................................... 75 Speed Visualization .................................................................................................. 78 V/C Visualization...................................................................................................... 85 Comparison of Two Networks .................................................................................. 91 O-D Trip Analysis......................................................................................................... 93 Comparison of OD Trip Output from Different Time Periods / Years..................... 96 Analysis......................................................................................................................... 98 Manual Selection ...................................................................................................... 99 Intra-County Selection ............................................................................................ 100 County-to-County Selection ................................................................................... 101 Network-wide Selection.......................................................................................... 101 Clear Visualization.................................................................................................. 103 Comparison of Two Networks ................................................................................ 103 Report Generation ....................................................................................................... 104 ii List of Figures LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Best Practice Model Structure ............................................................................. 8 Figure 2: Workflow for User Input ................................................................................... 12 Figure 3: Workflow for Information Processing and Output............................................ 13 Figure 4: Software tool to estimate the full marginal cost of transporting people in New Jersey (5) ............................................................................................................................ 16 Figure 5: Output of RILCA (6) .......................................................................................... 17 Figure 6: (a) User Interface for RASCS DSS developed in GeoMedia Professional (b) User interface showing lane data configuration (8) .......................................................... 19 Figure 7: Incident and Detour information for Diversion routes created using Dynamic Segmentation ( 9) ............................................................................................................... 21 Figure 8: Comparison of Networks based on Speed using ASSISTME ........................... 35 Figure 9: Start Window ..................................................................................................... 69 Figure 10: Select Network ................................................................................................ 70 Figure 11: Program Window after Network Addition ...................................................... 71 Figure 12: Map Views Menu ...........................................................................................