Analysis of Relationships Between Road Traffic Volumes and Weather: Exploring Spatial Variation
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Weather is known to have a strong effect on traffic volumes. In this paper, we suggest a spatial approach to the modelling of traffic volumes. The relationship between weather variables and traffic volume is first modelled at a global level in a regional city centre in Finland. As strong a spatial dependency is found between the variables in the model, spatial variation is incorporated into the model. This local approach provides a more accurate model, as well as new insights into the data.
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