Bian, Zilin (New York University), Gao, Jingqin (New York University Tandon School of Engineering), Ozbay, Kaan (New York University), Zuo, Fan (New York University), Zuo, Dachuan (New York University), Li, Zhenning (University of Macau)

Informed Along the Road: Roadway Capacity Driven Graph Convolution Network for Network-Wide Traffic Prediction

Scheduled for presentation during the Invited Session "Modeling, Optimization and Game Control of Human-Machine Interaction Behavior in Intelligent Transportation Systems" (ThAT10), Thursday, September 26, 2024, 11:50−12:10, Salon 18

2024 IEEE 27th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), September 24- 27, 2024, Edmonton, Canada

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on December 26, 2024

Abstract

While deep learning has shown success in predicting traffic states, most methods treat it as a general prediction task without considering transportation aspects. Recently, graph neural networks have proven effective for this task, but few incorporate external factors that impact roadway capacity and traffic flow. This study introduces the Roadway Capacity Driven Graph Convolution Network (RCDGCN) model, which incorporates static and dynamic roadway capacity attributes in spatio-temporal settings to predict network-wide traffic states. The model was evaluated on two real-world datasets with different transportation factors: the ICM-495 highway network and an urban network in Manhattan, New York City. Results show RCDGCN outperformed baseline methods in forecasting accuracy. Analyses, including ablation experiments, weight analysis, and case studies, investigated the effect of capacity-related factors. The study demonstrates the potential of using RCDGCN for transportation system management.