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COVID-19, Travel Time Reliability, and the Emergence of a Double-Humped Peak Period

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  • Yang Gao
  • David Levinson

    (TransportLab, School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney)

Abstract

This paper explores the travel time variance, occupancy heterogeneity level, and average network traffic flow of Minneapolis-St. Paul freeway network and determines the time-lag relationship between travel time variance and the spatio-temporal distribution of congestion (occupancy). It finds COVID-19 reduced the travel time variability of the urban freeway network and notably makes visible a double-humped peak period in the diurnal traffic flow curve.

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  • Yang Gao & David Levinson, 2021. "COVID-19, Travel Time Reliability, and the Emergence of a Double-Humped Peak Period," Working Papers 2021-12, University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group.
    • Handle: RePEc:nex:wpaper:covid19peaking
    DOI: 10.32866/001c.27013
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    Keywords

    covid-19; travel time reliability; macroscopic fundamental diagram; hysteresis; diurnal curve;
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    JEL classification:

    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise

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