Method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information and applying thereof

A method for acquiring vehicular traffic data and information, comprising:

• (a) transforming a spatial representation of a road network associated with the vehicular traffic data and information into a network of spatially interdependent and interrelated oriented road sections, for forming an oriented road section network;
• (b) acquiring a variety of the vehicular traffic data and information associated with said oriented road section network, from a variety of sources;
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• (c) prioritizing, filtering, and controlling, the vehicular traffic data and information acquired from each of said variety of sources.

A method for calculating mean normalized travel times of vehicles from vehicular traffic data and information, comprising:

• (a) transforming a spatial representation of a road network associated with the vehicular traffic data and information into a network of spatially interdependent and interrelated oriented road sections, for forming an oriented road section network;
• (b) acquiring a variety of the vehicular traffic data and information associated with said oriented road section network, from a variety of sources;
• (c) prioritizing, filtering, and controlling, the vehicular traffic data and information acquired from each of said variety of sources;
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• (d) calculating the mean normalized travel time (NTT) value from a plurality of normalized travel time (NTT) values of each of a plurality of the vehicles, normalized with respect to a pre-determined distance, for each said oriented road section of said oriented road section network using said prioritized, filtered, and controlled, vehicular traffic data and information associated with each said source, for forming a set of the mean normalized travel time (NTT) values of the vehicles within said road network.

A system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information, comprising:

• (a) a transform mechanism for transforming a spatial representation of a road network associated with the vehicular traffic data and information into a network of spatially interdependent and interrelated oriented road sections, for forming an oriented road section network;
• (b) a sampler software module operatively interacting with said transform mechanism, for acquiring a variety of the vehicular traffic data and information associated with said oriented road section network, from a variety of sources, and, for prioritizing, filtering, and controlling, the vehicular traffic data and information acquired from each of said variety of sources;
• (c) a normalized travel time (NTT) calculator software module for calculating a mean normalized travel time (NTT) value from a plurality of normalized travel time (NTT) values of each of a plurality of vehicles, normalized with respect to a pre-determined distance, for each said oriented road section of said oriented road section network by using said prioritized, filtered, and controlled, vehicular traffic data and information associated with each said source, supplied by said sampler software module, for forming a partial current vehicular traffic situation picture associated with each said source;
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• (d) a fusion and current picture generator module for fusing said partial current traffic situation picture associated with each said source, supplied by said normalized travel time (NTT) calculator software module, for generating a single complete current vehicular traffic situation picture associated with entire said oriented road section network and with said road network.