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Delays caused by congestion at the US/Canadian border crossing between Washington state and British Columbia have underscored the need for some sort of intervention. One obvious congestion-mitigation measure would be to estimate delay times and then relay this information to motorists so that they could select among alternative border crossing sites, or delay their trips. This paper applies duration models to estimate vehicular delay and demonstrates the usefulness of such models as a basis for a fully automated motorist information system. The paper also explores the flexibility of duration models, in providing estimates of vehicle delay, by using alternate parametric forms and assessing prediction accuracy.
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Paselk, T.A., Mannering, F.L. Use of duration models for predicting vehicular delay at a US/Canadian border crossing. Transportation 21, 249–270 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01099213
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01099213