ISSS608 2016-17 T3 Assign TEN KAO YUAN

Mini-Challenge 1 : Traffic Patterns of Life through the Preserve

Introduction We are required to analyze traffic data entering and exiting the Boonsong Lekagul Nature Preserve. Traffic enters and exits the Preserve through official Entrances. There are several Campgrounds where both day-camping and overnight camping are allowed. There are certain roadways restricted to the Preserve Rangers only. The Preserve Rangers are monitoring traffic through the preserve. Each vehicle travelling within the Preserve carries an RFID tag which produces a log each time the vehicle passes near sensors located at specific segments or gates located at various points of the Preserve.

Type of Gates

There are five types of Gates :

Gate Type	Description
Entrances	All vehicles pass through an Entrance when entering or leaving the Preserve.
General-gates	All vehicles may pass through these gates. These sensors provide valuable information for the Preserve Rangers trying to understand the flow of traffic through the Preserve.
Gates	These are gates that prevent general traffic from passing. Preserve Ranger vehicles have tags that allow them to pass through these gates to inspect or perform work on the roadway beyond.
Ranger-stops	These sensors represent working areas for the Rangers, so you will often see a Ranger-stop sensor at the end of a road managed by a Gate. Some Ranger-stops are in other locations however, so these sensors record all traffic passing by.
Camping	These sensors record visitors to the Preserve camping areas. Visitors pass by these entering and exiting a campground.

Types of Vehicles

When vehicles enter the Preserve, they must proceed through a gate and obtain a pass. The gate categorizes vehicles as follows:

1. 2 axle car (or motorcycle)
2. 2 axle truck
3. 3 axle truck
4. 4 axle (and above) truck
5. 2 axle bus
6. 3 axle bus

DATA EXPLORATION

Our Data set contains 171477 observations. We explore this data set to identify general patterns and

From the heat map of the number of vehicles by day of the week and month, we observe that the park has a majority of visitors in from May to September. This indicates that the park would be located in the Northern Hemisphere as these corresponds to the warmer period of the year where there would be more wildlife to observe and more visitors (e.g. summer holidays)

ANOMALIES

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