Estimating travel time between a given start point and end point ( Long distance gap)

[aysyal31]

Hi Team,

First off, great work. This has been really helpful.
Would be great to get your inputs on a couple of points.

1. While trying to estimate travel time between a start point and an endpoint, is it necessary to provide
   the expected trajectory to be followed by the vehicle.
   Any workaround for that is possible?

2. I am trying this out for long distances.
   Say we have A- startpoint ,B- endpoint , total distance 500kms
   At the starting of the trip we provide the expected trajectory between A and B to estimate the travel time.
   Then if the vehicle covers says 150km and is at an intermediate point C .
   Now is it recommended to find the new ETA that we use C as the starting point?

Is there any way that we also incorporate the current driving pattern from A to C to predict the driving pattern from C to B ?

[caow13]

@aysyal31 1. yes, for this method, you should provide the expected trajectory.
2. It is a very good question. A feasible way is to treat the partial trajectory as one entire trajectory and add it into the dataset. But I think it is not an elegant way and only few records might not affect the model much.