A data fusion approach for locating driver sources using mobile phone signaling data and taxi GPS data

Abstract:

To investigate the relation between people's travel behavior and urban traffic congestion, and provide technical support to alleviate urban traffic congestion, a data-driven source localization approach was constructed based on high-coverage-rate low-precision mobile phone data and high-precision taxi GPS data. Travel demand and traffic condition information was obtained by personal mobile phone data and taxi GPS data, respectively. Mobile phone data and taxi GPS data were combined to estimate origin-destination matrix, conduct traffic assignment, and dynamically locate traffic sources of road segments and the congestion sources of the city. Result showed that a majority of traffic flow was generated by a few sources, and the sources became more concentrated when traffic jam occurred. Urban congested sources were affected by commuting behaviors, and exhibited different characteristics during morning and evening peak hours. Traffic source location by data fusion can uncover the internal mechanism and evolution law of traffic congestion, and help in making target policies dealing with traffic congestion.