Citation

de Barros Baltar ML, Ribeiro GM, Santos RF. Case Stud. Transp. Policy 2022; 10(1): 723-731.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, World Conference on Transport Research Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cstp.2022.01.033

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper proposes a methodology to perform an exploratory analysis of incidents focused on broken-down vehicles using the city of Rio de Janeiro as a case study. We analysis the incidents that most impact the road traffic and try to understand the causes of these occurrences. The method used is based on historical data of the incident responses and on traffic flows. Our database was provided by the Traffic Engineering Company of Rio de Janeiro which has more than 204,000 incidents occurred between 2015 and 2017. Using statistical tools, the profile of the most frequent incidents is analyzed and policies are discussed to reduce its number and the response time.

Language: en

Keywords

Broken-down vehicle; Exploratory analysis; Public policies; Urban incident