2020-Z-0018 - Travel Time Study 2020

2020-E-0018 - The successful consultant will complete travel time study for specified sections of 400 series highways, expressways and arterial roads encompassing the GTHA.  In the 2020 study, this assignment includes the purchase of travel time data from one data provider which will provide traffic data on the majority of provincial highways, municipal expressways and municipal arterial corridors.  Such sources may include GPS smart phones, GPS navigational devices and/or cellular probes.  The travel time data will be subjected to a validation analysis by the consultant.   The primary objective of this study is to assess the change in the degree of congestion and operational conditions on the road network encompassing GTA during peak periods before and after the COVID-19 pandemic and since the last study was undertaken.  The consultant also needs to compare the result with the previous travel time surveys undertaken in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 to track the changes in time and speeds.