Study Overview
Before diving into your first study, it helps to understand what the Route Monitoring module is built to do and how it approaches route-level analysis. The module is centred around giving you a clear, real-time and historical view of how traffic is moving along defined routes, from how long a trip currently takes to how that compares against free flow and typical benchmarks. Taking a moment to understand the scope of the analysis available ensures your study is set up with the right routes, time ranges, and objectives in mind, so the results you get directly support the decisions you need to make.
What is it
The Route Monitoring module within iNode collects and processes GPS probe data along user-defined routes, continuously calculating travel time, speed, and delay metrics against free flow and historically typical baselines. Rather than relying on point-based sensors, it builds a picture of route performance across your entire corridor, capturing how conditions evolve throughout the day, across different days of the week, or over longer time periods. This gives you a dynamic, data-driven view of your network that goes beyond a snapshot in time.
Designed for
The Route Monitoring module is designed to support:
- Real-time route performance monitoring
- Travel time reliability analysis
- Delay quantification and congestion benchmarking
- Before-and-after studies following operational or infrastructure changes
- Corridor performance reporting for stakeholders
- Speed compliance and safety screening
It allows you to access defensible, continuous route performance data quickly, particularly where traditional data collection is not practical, budgets are limited, or historical trend analysis is required.
Output
The Route Monitoring module generates:
- Travel time and free flow travel time by route
- Delay values in minutes and as a percentage of free flow
- Unusual delay flags for conditions outside historical norms
- Current and typical speed per route
- Flow coverage and average confidence scores
- Live monitoring table with real-time route comparisons
- Exportable data for reporting and further analysis
All outputs are tied to your defined routes and reflect the date range and time period selected at the time of your study.
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