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Enhancing Microsimulation Models for Improved Work Zone Planning: Car-Following Data from Northern Virginia (Instances)

Metadata Updated: May 1, 2024

The data describe freeway car-following behavior (such as velocity, acceleration, and relative position) for the car-following instances observed during 59 data collection runs, performed through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center’s (TFHRC) Living Laboratory (LL). Data were collected using an Instrumented Research Vehicle (IRV) along freeways in northern Virginia to better understand work zone driver behaviors. The USDOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) identified, isolated, and classified individual car following instances from within the raw datasets (classification parameters included roadway type, level of congestion, and speed limit), then processed, refined, and cleaned the dataset.

This table contains the car-following instances recorded by Volpe staff. See also the runs table (https://datahub.transportation.gov/Automobiles/Enhancing-Microsimulation-Models-for-Improved-Work/285w-yjf5) and radar table (https://datahub.transportation.gov/Automobiles/Enhancing-Microsimulation-Models-for-Improved-Work/uvrt-varj).

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date May 1, 2024

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOT Socrata Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date May 1, 2024
Publisher US Department of Transportation
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2020-07-22
Data Last Modified 2020-07-22
Category Automobiles
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 021:15
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Data Quality True
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Harvest Source Id a776e4b7-8221-443c-85ed-c5ee5db0c360
Harvest Source Title DOT Socrata Data.json
Homepage URL https://data.transportation.gov/d/k74u-yqu6
License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Old Spatial -77.0573,38.7046,-77.2278,38.9563
Program Code 021:009
Source Datajson Identifier True
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Temporal 2013-06-17/2013-08-30

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