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Analyzing Freight Congestion And Transportation Performance Measures Using The National Performance Management Research Data Set (Npmrds), Yaxin Zhang
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Traffic congestion is common in urban areas. It results in loss of productivity, increased risk of passenger safety, increased fuel consumption, environment pollution, etc. Improving performance measurement is a tool to improve traffic flow and capacity planning.
The main data source in this research is the National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) for 2018. NPMRDS is a form of commercial GPS probe data, obtained from vehicles with on-board probe technologies. This dataset is licensed by the Federal Highway Administration and is made available to State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) for the purpose of federally …