Research Article

Estimation of Urban Link Travel Time Distribution Using Markov Chains and Bayesian Approaches

Table 2

Link TTD parameters, HD, and KS tests. This table is reproduced from a shorter version of this work presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board [5].

TimeSample size (N) Estimated parameters in posterior distributionHD KS test
Weight ()Mean ()Standard deviation ()p value

a.m. Peak 7:00 - 9:00
7:00-7:155(0.72, 0.28)(84.36, 182.28)(11.69, 8.11)0.1300.1780
7:15-7:3025(0.68, 0.22, 0.1)(84.29, 114.66, 181.87)(10.01, 10.03, 10.055)0.0900.0865
7:30-7:4529(0.48, 0.2, 0.32)(83.87, 115.81, 197.72)(14.11, 19.11, 14.02)0.0810.0305
7:45-8:0022(0.46, 0.42, 0.12)(96.48, 136.53, 203.14)(10.23, 9.53, 9.5)0.1700.0797
8:00-8:1528(0.71, 0.17, 0.12)(132.51, 183.23, 248.51)(20.13, 20.01, 20.36)0.0800.2145
8:15-8:3027(0.53, 0.05, 0.42)(143.34, 183.5, 269.59)(20.21, 6.67, 10.17)0.2400.7334
8:30-8:4526(0.24, 0.76)(184.66, 275.56)(14.59, 14.52)0.0600.0943
8:45-9:0021(0.21, 0.1, 0.69)(182.52, 222.52, 275.02)(8.08, 12.01, 13.15)0.1110.0325

p.m. Peak 17:00 - 19:00
17:00-17:1517(0.59, 0.41)(104.72, 205.44)(19.82, 13.07)0.1600.4162
17:15-17:3024(0.29, 0.56, 0.16)(105.83, 207.03, 246.86)(17.38, 9.23, 25)0.0900.4507
17:30-17:4514(0.24, 0.58, 0.18)(123.7, 211.82, 251.41)(9.55, 12.1, 32.82)0.1110.0022
17:45-18:0016(0.14, 0.48, 0.38)(147.92, 218.88, 237.36)(20.12, 6.93, 10.01)0.1400.1100
18:00-18:1520(0.35, 0.65)(117.46, 216.85)(20, 20.18)0.0600.0928
18:15-18:3027(0.43, 0.29, 0.28)(108, 191.79, 206.68)(21.3, 20, 20.39)0.1200.1824
18:30-18:4510(0.45, 0.13, 0.42)(90.85, 129.37, 196.79)(10.13, 20.01, 10.01)0.2800.7900
18:45-19:0012(0.7, 0.08, 0.22)(95.04, 130.72, 193.38)(12.57, 8.99, 17.53)0.0900.6123

Performance summary during time of day

Time of dayAverage HDMin HDMax HD      Percentages of passing KS test (%)
7:00-20:000.1210.0240.355      83

h = 0 indicates that the estimated distribution passes the KS test at a 5% significance level.