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Chicago-Sketch

Network

A fairly realistic yet aggregated representation of the Chicago region. The original data is known to provide low levels of congestion, not realistic for the Chicago region. For algorithm testing it is recommended to double the original trip table.

Source

Developed and provided by the Chicago Area Transportation Study. Via: http://www.bgu.ac.il/~bargera/tntp/

Scenario

Contents

  • ChicagoSketch_net.tntp Network
  • ChicagoSketch_trips.tntp Demand
  • ChicagoSketch_node.tntp Node coordinates in Illinois state plane coordinate system, feet
  • ChicagoSketch_flow.tntp Best known flow solution

Dimensions

Zones: 387 Nodes: 933 Links: 2950 Trips: 1,260,907.4400005303

Units

Time: minutes Distance: miles Speed: Cost: cents Coordinates: Illinois State Plane, feet

Generalized Cost Weights

Toll: 0.02 minutes/cent Distance: 0.04 minutes/mile

Solutions

ChicagoSketch_flow.tntp is the best known flow solution with Average Excess Cost of 2.1E-13. Optimal objective function value: 17313018.7387477.

Known Issues

FIXME translate to Github Issues

References

The preparation of this dataset is described in the following references:

  • Eash, R.W., K.S. Chon, Y.J. Lee and D.E. Boyce (1983) Equilibrium Traffic Assignment on an Aggregated Highway Network for Sketch Planning, Transportation Research Record, 994, 30-37.
  • Boyce, D.E., K.S. Chon, M.E. Ferris, Y.J. Lee, K-T. Lin and R.W. Eash (1985) Implementation and Evaluation of Combined Models of Urban Travel and Location on a Sketch Planning Network, Chicago Area Transportation Study, xii + 169 pp.