Proceedings. 2005 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2005.
DOI: 10.1109/itsc.2005.1520201
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Abstract: This 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, dur… Show more

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“…Adverse weather conditions have been noted to cause highway capacity reduction (Smith et al, 2004); affect travel decisions regarding service mode, departure time and route choice (Khattak and Palma, 1997;Palma and Rochat, 1999), and impact traffic volumes and flows (Hassan and Barker, 1999;Keay and Simmonds, 2005;Cools et al, 2010a). The effect on travel behavior and thus travel demand has been observed to depend upon the type of weather (Cools et al, 2010b), day of week and trip purpose (Chung et al, 2005), and time of day (Hanbali and Kuemmel, 1993). Strong winds, low temperature, precipitation and winter months have resulted in mode shift from bicycle to car and transit while the reverse was found to be true for high temperatures (Sabir et al, 2008;Sabir et al, 2010).…”
Section: Impact Of Weather On Travel Demandmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Adverse weather conditions have been noted to cause highway capacity reduction (Smith et al, 2004); affect travel decisions regarding service mode, departure time and route choice (Khattak and Palma, 1997;Palma and Rochat, 1999), and impact traffic volumes and flows (Hassan and Barker, 1999;Keay and Simmonds, 2005;Cools et al, 2010a). The effect on travel behavior and thus travel demand has been observed to depend upon the type of weather (Cools et al, 2010b), day of week and trip purpose (Chung et al, 2005), and time of day (Hanbali and Kuemmel, 1993). Strong winds, low temperature, precipitation and winter months have resulted in mode shift from bicycle to car and transit while the reverse was found to be true for high temperatures (Sabir et al, 2008;Sabir et al, 2010).…”
Section: Impact Of Weather On Travel Demandmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Weather can affect the total trip duration by increasing the access time, transfer time and the normal trip duration and also by causing schedule disruptions (Hofmann and O'Mahony, 2005). Adverse weather conditions can change the service frequency (Chung, 2013) or in the case of extreme events result in service cancellation (Katz, 2011;Flegenheimer, 2013). Such weather conditions modify the trip characteristics significantly enough to alter normal ridership levels (Changnon, 1996).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, impacts of extreme weather events on traffic flow and travel behaviors received much attention in transportation research (Böcker et al, 2013;Al Hassan and Barker, 1999;Koetse and Rietveld, 2009;Chung et al, 2005). Böcker et al (2013) provided an extensive literature review on the potential impacts of weather on individual daily travel behaviors such as trip generation, travel destination and mode choices.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The mediating effect here is likely that precipitation reduces traffic speed, thereby reducing the severity of an accident when it occurs (e.g. Brijs, Karlis, & Wets, 2008;Chung, Ohtani, Warita, Kuwahara, & Morita, 2005). In some parts of the world substantial positive safety effects may be expected due to milder winter conditions (e.g.…”
Section: Effects Of Climate Change On Transportmentioning
confidence: 99%