TY - GEN
T1 - Effect of rain on travel demand and traffic accidents
AU - Chung, Edward
AU - Ohtani, Osamu
AU - Warita, Hiroshi
AU - Kuwahara, Masao
AU - Morita, H.
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - zThis paper studies the effect of rain on travel demand measured on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway (MEX). Rainfall data monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency's meso-scale network of weather stations are used. This study found that travel demand decreases during rainy days and, in particular, larger reductions occur over the weekend. The effect of rainfall on the number of accidents recorded on 10 routes on the MEX is also analysed. Statistical testing shows that the average frequency of accidents, during periods of rainfall, is significantly different from the average frequency at other times.
AB - zThis paper studies the effect of rain on travel demand measured on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway (MEX). Rainfall data monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency's meso-scale network of weather stations are used. This study found that travel demand decreases during rainy days and, in particular, larger reductions occur over the weekend. The effect of rainfall on the number of accidents recorded on 10 routes on the MEX is also analysed. Statistical testing shows that the average frequency of accidents, during periods of rainfall, is significantly different from the average frequency at other times.
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U2 - 10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520201
DO - 10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520201
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:33747437972
SN - 0780392159
SN - 9780780392151
T3 - IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC
SP - 1080
EP - 1083
BT - ITSC`05
T2 - 8th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Y2 - 13 September 2005 through 16 September 2005
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