Shine on Transport Model Simulation Data: Web-based Visualization in R using Shiny

Abstract

Microscopic transport demand models often use a large amount of data as input and provide detailed information for each individual trip as simulation output. Exploring this data can become very complex. Usually, several types of aggregation and disaggregation are performed on a spatial, temporal or demographic level. Consequently, often a combination of different tools is used for analyzing, communicating and validating the data. This paper introduces an interactive, user-friendly and scalable web application, which integrates different types of evaluations. Guidance and recommendations are given on how to implement such an application in R using Shiny.