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Level: Beginner
Recommended Use: Regression
Domain: Transportation and Mobility


Interstate-94 (I-94) Traffic Volume Dataset


The Interstate Traffic Volume Dataset contains information about the hourly traffic volume on the West-bound lane of Interstate-94 (I-94) in the US. The dataset includes hourly weather and temperature reports from 2012 to 2018.

The information in the dataset can be used to understand the flow of traffic on the interstate with respect to time and date and can be helpful in prediction of rush hours, weather forecasting as well as planning expansions of interstates and highways in the US.

This data set is recommended for exploring data visualization techniques and implementing regression models for prediction tasks.


Data Dictionary

Column Number Attribute Attribute Description Data Type
1 holiday Categorical US Holidays Text
2 temp Average Temperature (Kelvin) Numeric
3 rain_1h Amount of rain (in mm) in the last hour Numeric
4 snow_1h Amount of snow (in mm) in the last hour Numeric
5 clouds_all Percentage of Cloud Cover Numeric
6 weather_main Short Description of Weather in the last hour Text
7 weather_description Detailed Description of Weather in the last hour Text
8 date_time Date and Time of Data Point Date/Time
9 traffic_volume Traffic Volume reported on I-94 in the last hour Numeric

Acknowledgement

This data set has been sourced from the Machine Learning Repository of University of California, Irvine Metro Interstate Traffic Volume Dataset (UC Irvine).
The UCI page mentions the following individual as the original source of the data set:
John Hogue, john.d.hogue '@' live.com, Social Data Science & General Mills