Calculating speed and travel times with travel delays
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1. A method for determining an estimated travel time, the method comprising:
- in response to a real-time request to determine an estimated time of travel time for traveling from a first location to a second location corresponding to a time period;
identifying, via one or more processors, speed information associated with traveling from the first location to the second location;
identifying, via the one or more processors, distance information associated with traveling from the first location to the second location;
identifying, via the one or more processors, travel delay information, the travel delay information (a) comprising a value indicative of an average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance, (b) associated with at least one of the first location or the second location, and (c) corresponding to the time period, wherein the value indicative of an average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance is determined from operational data collected from a plurality of vehicles during the time period; and
determining, via the one or more processors, the estimated time of travel time for traveling from the first location to the second location based at least in part on the speed information, the distance information, and the travel delay information.
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Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for forecasting travel delays corresponding to streets, street segments, geographic areas, geofenced areas, and/or user-specified criteria. And from the forecasted travel delays, speed and travel times that take into account such travel delays can be determined.
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1. A method for determining an estimated travel time, the method comprising:
in response to a real-time request to determine an estimated time of travel time for traveling from a first location to a second location corresponding to a time period; identifying, via one or more processors, speed information associated with traveling from the first location to the second location; identifying, via the one or more processors, distance information associated with traveling from the first location to the second location; identifying, via the one or more processors, travel delay information, the travel delay information (a) comprising a value indicative of an average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance, (b) associated with at least one of the first location or the second location, and (c) corresponding to the time period, wherein the value indicative of an average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance is determined from operational data collected from a plurality of vehicles during the time period; and determining, via the one or more processors, the estimated time of travel time for traveling from the first location to the second location based at least in part on the speed information, the distance information, and the travel delay information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
in response to a real-time request to determine an estimated time of travel time for traveling from a first location to a second location corresponding to a time period; identify speed information associated with traveling from the first location to the second location; identify distance information associated with traveling from the first location to the second location; identify travel delay information, the travel delay information (a) comprising a value indicative of an average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance, (b) associated with at least one of the first location or the second location, and (c) corresponding to the time period, wherein the value indicative of an average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance is determined from operational data collected from a plurality of vehicles during the time period; and determine the estimated time of travel time for traveling from the first location to the second location based at least in part on the speed information, the distance information, and the travel delay information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for determining an estimated travel time, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
in response to a real-time request to determine an estimated time of travel time for traveling from a first location to a second location corresponding to a time period; an executable portion configured to identify speed information associated with traveling from the first location to the second location; an executable portion configured to identify distance information associated with traveling from the first location to the second location; an executable portion configured to identify travel delay information, the travel delay information (a) comprising a value indicative of an average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance, (b) associated with at least one of the first location or the second location, and (c) corresponding to the time period, wherein the value indicative of an average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance is determined from operational data collected from a plurality of vehicles during the time period; and an executable portion configured to determine the estimated time of travel time for traveling from the first location to the second location based at least in part on the speed information, the distance information, and the travel delay information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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