Topic: Riddle me this..
Anonymous A started this discussion 7 years ago #80,830
Stupid local news blabbering all kinds of blah blah stuff Re: Thanksgiving day weekend..
One thing that irks me...They keep mentioning about how busy interstates are going to be sooo crowded because 11,214,653(not their number) are going to be traveling for the holiday..
Just how do they get that number...it is impossible for them to know that..
One thing that irks me...They keep mentioning about how busy interstates are going to be sooo crowded because 11,214,653(not their number) are going to be traveling for the holiday..
Just how do they get that number...it is impossible for them to know that..
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 21 minutes later[^] [v] #939,819
It's a projection. You can read the full AAA press relsease here. They collaborated with INRIX, an automative data analytics company. Based on factors presumably like relative strength of the economy, gas prices, mass transit reliability, and historical data, they make a good guess as to how many people will travel by car this week.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #939,821
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #939,822
@previous (A)
It's just about as far away from being "out of their ass" as humanly possible, but yeah I guess that's a good way to put it.
It's just about as far away from being "out of their ass" as humanly possible, but yeah I guess that's a good way to put it.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #939,824
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,852
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,854
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 25 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,855
@939,852 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
Idk! I would guess they have vehicle monitoring software of some kind plus maybe some survey data on how people say they traveled.
Idk! I would guess they have vehicle monitoring software of some kind plus maybe some survey data on how people say they traveled.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,860
@939,852 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)Airlines CHP police. And this was from a live news shot last night in Los Angeles.
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 7 years ago, 17 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,861
@939,855 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
yeah my guess is survey data
What vehicle monitoring
Are there video cameras on tbe highways
yeah my guess is survey data
What vehicle monitoring
Are there video cameras on tbe highways
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL double-posted this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,863
Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 47 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,864
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,868
@939,861 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
No like phone apps that track GPS (think Google maps/Waze but proprietary for ground based shipping companies that put a lot of cars and trucks in the road) and similar things on the vehicle itself.
No like phone apps that track GPS (think Google maps/Waze but proprietary for ground based shipping companies that put a lot of cars and trucks in the road) and similar things on the vehicle itself.
Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,870
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
how does the number of shipping vehicles correlate to number of families traveling on turkey day?
how does the number of shipping vehicles correlate to number of families traveling on turkey day?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,872
@previous (D)
It just gives them a sense of the flow of traffic along major highways, which they maybe have some models for using that information to estimate total # of cars in the road within a reasonable margin of error. That's what my guess would be but I don't work for them and I didn't evwn know they even existed before a couple hours ago so idk.
It just gives them a sense of the flow of traffic along major highways, which they maybe have some models for using that information to estimate total # of cars in the road within a reasonable margin of error. That's what my guess would be but I don't work for them and I didn't evwn know they even existed before a couple hours ago so idk.
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Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,873
@939,863 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
Yea lots of cameras - Where I live they have live video feeds of each major intersection. 100% coverage. Airlines with advanced ticket reservations of course make it easy to see if there are more customers now than last year. 100% of them have to travel to the airport.
Amazon adds data now with AI because when people order 2 day delivery items and those items are for travel - No lack of data to predict the roads going to be horrid.
Yea lots of cameras - Where I live they have live video feeds of each major intersection. 100% coverage. Airlines with advanced ticket reservations of course make it easy to see if there are more customers now than last year. 100% of them have to travel to the airport.
Amazon adds data now with AI because when people order 2 day delivery items and those items are for travel - No lack of data to predict the roads going to be horrid.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 15 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,874
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,876
skynet thing starting to sound more legit..
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,879
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,884
@939,872 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I dunno, thatd track commercial traffic which is scheduled so doesnt fluctuate the same way normal traffic does
And i was wondering specifically what the data and models are
I assume they publish it
@939,864 (D)
well that works
I dunno, thatd track commercial traffic which is scheduled so doesnt fluctuate the same way normal traffic does
And i was wondering specifically what the data and models are
I assume they publish it
@939,864 (D)
well that works
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,888
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6989&context=etd
A Hybrid Approach of Traffic Flow Prediction Using Wavelet Transform and Fuzzy Logic
A Hybrid Approach of Traffic Flow Prediction Using Wavelet Transform and Fuzzy Logic
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,892
@939,860 (E)
More people and money in that small snap shot then a certain Louisiana Pedo infested Zip code I may know of
More people and money in that small snap shot then a certain Louisiana Pedo infested Zip code I may know of
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 37 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,911
@939,884 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
I just meant like, let's say shipping a product from City A to City B on a Wednesday usually takes X hours but it takes X+5 hours instead on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. That means there is 5 hours of additional traffic which they'd feed into an algorithm or whatever along with other info and you'd get a result at the end.
Also I doubt they make this stuff publicly available because their whole business is selling this information to interested private companies/governments. AAA paid them something for this data after all!
I just meant like, let's say shipping a product from City A to City B on a Wednesday usually takes X hours but it takes X+5 hours instead on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. That means there is 5 hours of additional traffic which they'd feed into an algorithm or whatever along with other info and you'd get a result at the end.
Also I doubt they make this stuff publicly available because their whole business is selling this information to interested private companies/governments. AAA paid them something for this data after all!
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,948
Hey Bert, how many job applications did you pull out of your ass today?
NB4 Bert claims he pulled out of my mom's ass
NB4 Bert claims he pulled out of my mom's ass
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #939,966
In a lot of places there are traffic cameras and/or sensors built into the roads and highways. The built in sensors are just electronic versions of the older systems where you lay an air hose across the street. The sensors do literally count each car that passes over and they get a good estimate of it's speed. These systems are used year round to give real time data about traffic conditions. In urban areas you'll see them all over because the data gets integrated into traffic light timing systems. In more rural areas they may just need them on highway entrance and exit ramps.
Yes, in a lot of cases they are actually counting cars.
Yes, in a lot of cases they are actually counting cars.