Estimation of Origin-Destination Matrix Using Open-Source Applications Based on Traffic Counts for Mansoura City in Egypt

Authors

Ahmed N. Awaad, Graduate Research Assistant, Public Works Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Sherif M. El-Badawy, Professor, Highway & Airport Engineering Laboratory, Public Works Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Elsayed Abd-Elazem Shwaly, Associate Professor, Public Works Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Usama Elrawy Shahdah, Associate Professor, Public Works Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, EgyptFollow

Corresponding Author

Usama E. Shahdah

Subject Area

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

Origin-destination matrices (ODMs) are essential to transportation planning but estimating them can be difficult and expensive. This study presents a framework for estimating ODMs using traffic flow counts using open-source tools. The framework was applied to a dataset from the city of Mansoura in Egypt. The Flowrouter algorithm, which is part of the SUMO microscopic traffic simulation model, was used for routing traffic between traffic flow counting locations. Additionally, the “Implausible Routes” algorithm was used to eliminate unrealistic routes from the generated solution. The results show that the ODM obtained is a reasonable representation of the demand between the different traffic analysis zones in the city, with an R square of 0.95 between the estimated and observed traffic in the morning peak. The proposed framework is simple to implement, making it a promising approach for estimating ODMs in developing countries and other resource-limited places. Nonetheless, it was applied only to the city of Mansoura, thus in future work, the framework has to be validated for different cities to ensure its reliability and robustness.

Keywords

Origin Destination Matrix; SUMO; Traffic Demand, Google Distance Matrix API; Traffic Flow Counts; FlowRouter

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Awaad, Ahmed N.; El-Badawy, Sherif M.; Shwaly, Elsayed Abd-Elazem; and Shahdah, Usama Elrawy (2024) "Estimation of Origin-Destination Matrix Using Open-Source Applications Based on Traffic Counts for Mansoura City in Egypt," Mansoura Engineering Journal: Vol. 49 : Iss. 2 , Article 16.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.58491/2735-4202.3193