IUTF Dataset(Enhanced): Enabling Cross-Border Resource for Analysing the Impact of Rainfall on Urban Transportation Systems by Xuhui Lin (19505503)

“…</p><h2>Data Structure</h2><p dir="ltr">The dataset is organized into four primary components:</p><ol><li><b>Road Network Data</b>: Topological representations including spatial geometry, functional classification, and connectivity information</li><li><b>Traffic Sensor Data</b>: Sensor metadata, locations, and measurements at both 5-minute and hourly resolutions</li><li><b>Precipitation Data</b>: Hourly meteorological information with spatial grid cell metadata</li><li><b>Derived Analytical Matrices</b>: Pre-computed structures for advanced spatial-temporal modelling and network analyses</li></ol><h2>File Formats</h2><ul><li><b>Tabular Data</b>: Apache Parquet format for optimal compression and fast query performance</li><li><b>Numerical Matrices</b>: NumPy NPZ format for efficient scientific computing</li><li><b>Total Size</b>: Approximately 2 GB uncompressed</li></ul><h2>Applications</h2><p dir="ltr">The IUTF dataset enables diverse analytical applications including:</p><ul><li><b>Traffic Flow Prediction</b>: Developing weather-aware traffic forecasting models</li><li><b>Infrastructure Planning</b>: Identifying vulnerable network components and prioritizing investments</li><li><b>Resilience Assessment</b>: Quantifying system recovery curves, robustness metrics, and adaptive capacity</li><li><b>Climate Adaptation</b>: Supporting evidence-based transportation planning under changing precipitation patterns</li><li><b>Emergency Management</b>: Improving response strategies for weather-related traffic disruptions</li></ul><h2>Methodology</h2><p dir="ltr">The dataset creation involved three main stages:</p><ol><li><b>Data Collection</b>: Sourcing traffic data from UTD19, road networks from OpenStreetMap, and precipitation data from ERA5 reanalysis</li><li><b>Spatio-Temporal Harmonization</b>: Comprehensive integration using novel algorithms for spatial alignment and temporal synchronization</li><li><b>Quality Assurance</b>: Rigorous validation and technical verification across all cities and data components</li></ol><h2>Code Availability</h2><p dir="ltr">Processing code is available at: https://github.com/viviRG2024/IUTDF_processing</p>…”

Code by Baoqiang Chen (21099509)

“…We implemented machine learning algorithms using the following R packages: rpart for Decision Trees, gbm for Gradient Boosting Machines (GBM), ranger for Random Forests, the glm function for Generalized Linear Models (GLM), and xgboost for Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB). …”

Core data by Baoqiang Chen (21099509)

“…We implemented machine learning algorithms using the following R packages: rpart for Decision Trees, gbm for Gradient Boosting Machines (GBM), ranger for Random Forests, the glm function for Generalized Linear Models (GLM), and xgboost for Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB). …”