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Traffic incidents in motorways: An empirical proposal for incident detection using data from mobile phone operators

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  • Steenbruggen, John
  • Tranos, Emmanouil
  • Rietveld, Piet

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This paper proves that mobile phone usage data is an easy to use, cheap and most importantly, reliable predictor of motorway incidents. Using econometric modelling, this paper provides a proof of concept of how mobile phone usage data can be utilised to detect motorway incidents. Greater Amsterdam is used here as a case study and the results suggest that mobile phone usage data can be utilised for the development of an early warning system to support road traffic incident management.

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  • Steenbruggen, John & Tranos, Emmanouil & Rietveld, Piet, 2016. "Traffic incidents in motorways: An empirical proposal for incident detection using data from mobile phone operators," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 81-90.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:54:y:2016:i:c:p:81-90
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.05.008
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