Tag: Washington State Transportation Center

• Data Science for Social Good team analyzes equity of congestion pricing on Interstate 405

  

  By Emily Keller-O’Donnell August 19, 2019 A team in the eScience Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program has partnered with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to study the usage patterns, price sensitivities and equity impacts of congestion pricing on Interstate 405. The project utilizes data on the more than 16 million trips…

• Understanding Congestion Pricing, Travel Behavior, and Price Sensitivity

  

  Project lead: Mark Hallenbeck, Director, Washington State Transportation Center, University of Washington Data science lead: Vaughn Iverson DSSG fellows: Shirley Leung, Cory McCartan, Christopher (CJ) Robinson, Kiana Roshan Zamir Project Summary: Traffic congestion is a worldwide issue with environmental, health, and economic impacts.  We cannot build our way out of it. Funding is limited and land for building new roads…

• Improving transit services using ORCA data

  

  Project lead: Mark Hallenbeck, senior data science fellow, director of the Washington State Transportation Center Project mentor: Michael Wolf Data scientist leads: Jake VanderPlas (primary), Bryna Hazelton (secondary) DSSG fellows: Mayuree Binjolkar, Daniel Dylewsky, Andrew Ju, Wenhao Zhang Project Summary: Seven regional transportation agencies in the greater Puget Sound region use a common electronic fare payment system, called One Regional Card…

• Data Science for Social Good collaboration nets WSDOT funding

  

  By Robin Brooks A collaboration between two eScience Institute Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) project leads has resulted in a financial award which allows them to continue their work. Mark Hallenbeck, director of the Washington State Transportation Center, and Anat Caspi, director of the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology, both eScience fellows, answered questions submitted…