GO-T O
Tired of traffic on a rainy day on your usual commute? Check out Go-to; it predicts and informs you of travel times for the next working day so you can get up and leave minutes earlier to avoid traffic! T HE PR OBLEM
Highway Congestion Negatively Affects People’ s Lives 50%
FACT S
$ 1,445
126%
6.3 million
The average C hicago commuter lost $1,445 in time nd gas last year because of congestion. The U.S . average was $960
R EASON OF CONGEST ION
7% 10%
15%
congestion of road costs drivers and passengers 16.9 million hours' worth of time,.
More than 6.3 million gallons of fuel is wasted on that 12-mile stretch while cars sit or crawl in traffic.
travel demand increased 126 percent but the number of lane miles increased by just 57 percent
5%
16.9
CONGEST ION EFFECT S DUE T O ACCIDENT S AND WEAT HER
Special events T r affic signaling Wor k zones Bad weather
25%
T r affic incidents
40%
Bottlenecks
HOW GO-T O WOR K S? API is available to the public as a way to access certain data for applications on many different platforms such as the web or mobile phones. With the API we are making requests for specific information to provide a proof of concept for our idea. C urrently we chose 5 large suburbs for our routing tests and we are comparing traffic patterns with weather patterns as well as visibility for drivers.
WHAT IS GO-T O?
GO TO
Go-to is a navigation mobile application that informs users of predicted travel times and congestion incorporating weather condition probability and real time incidents and work zones
FEAT UR ES OF GO-T O > S ave locations > Be notified of departure time > C ustomize filters
IIT / IPR O397 / 20 16FALL
E xisting Application E xis ting navigation apps such as Waze, Google Maps and Here do not inform drivers of real time driving condition.
J unr u Xu
Difference Here uses s ens or data from specific vehicle models and shares the information with other vehicles of the same model. APP uses predicted weather data to approximate traffic conditions using regression analysis and forecasting models.
Dor othy Mei Lim Nicholas Stanek
K halid Salah