A tool to convert utdf file to GMNS format: synchro utdf format to gmns signal timing format at movement layer

• UTDF.csv
• node.csv (GMNS format)
• movement.csv (GMNS format)

If input folder have UTDF.csv only, outputs are:

• A dictionary store utdf data with keys: Networks, Node, Links, Timeplans, Lanes, and utdf_intersection
• A file named utdf2gmns.pickle to store dictionary object.

If input folder have extra node.csv and movement.csv, outputs are:

• Two files named: movement_utdf.csv and utdf_intersection.csv

Sample results: datasets

• geocoder==1.38.1
• pandas==1.4.4

Step 1: Read UTDF.csv file and perform geocoding, then produce utdf_geo, utdf_lane, and utdf_phase_timeplans.

Step 2: Match four files (utdf_geo, node, utdf_lane, utdf_pahse_timeplans, movement) to produce movement_utdf

pip install utdf2gmns

import utdf2gmns as ug
import pandas as pd


if__name__=="__main__":

    city =" Bullhead City, AZ"

    # option = 1, generate movement_utdf.csv directly
    # option = 2, generate movement_utdf.csv step by step (more flexible)
    option = 1

    if option == 1:
        # NOTE: Option 1, generate movement_utdf.csv directly

	# the folder contain UTDF.csv, node.csv and movement.csv
        path =r"C:\Users\roche\Desktop\coding\data_bullhead_seg4"

        res = ug.generate_movement_utdf(path, city,isSave2csv=True)

    if option == 2:
        # NOTE: Option 2, generate movement_utdf.csv step by step (more flexible)
        path_utdf =r"C:\Users\roche\Desktop\coding\data_bullhead_seg4\UTDF.csv"
        path_node =r"C:\Users\roche\Desktop\coding\data_bullhead_seg4\node.csv"
        path_movement =r"C:\Users\roche\Desktop\coding\data_bullhead_seg4\movement.csv"

        # Step 1: read UTDF.csv
        utdf_dict_data = ug.generate_utdf_dataframes(path_utdf, city)

        # Step 1.1: get intersection data from UTDF.csv
        df_intersection = utdf_dict_data["utdf_intersection"]

        # Step 1.2: geocoding intersection data
        df_intersection_geo = ug.generate_coordinates_from_intersection(df_intersection)

        # Step 2: read node.csv and movement.csv
        df_node = pd.read_csv(path_node)
        df_movement = pd.read_csv(path_movement)

        # Step 3: match intersection_geo and node
        df_intersection_node = ug.match_intersection_node(df_intersection_geo, df_node)

        # Step 4: match movement and intersection_node
        df_movement_intersection = ug.match_movement_and_intersection_node(df_movement, df_intersection_node)

        # Step 5: match movement and utdf_lane
        df_movement_utdf_lane = ug.match_movement_utdf_lane(df_movement_intersection, utdf_dict_data)

        # Step 6: match movement and utdf_phase_timeplans
        df_movement_utdf_phase = ug.match_movement_utdf_phase_timeplans(df_movement_utdf_lane, utdf_dict_data)

• Print out how many intersections being geocoded.
• Print out check log.
• Number of lanes of the movements from synchro file.
• Add function to verify whether geocoded for utdf_geo
• Print geocoding details (in percentage)
• Add three kwargs in function generate_movement_utdf
• Print out how many movements being matched or not matched for signalized intersecton nodes.
• Check reasonable capacity.
• Check each movement is reasonable (like 15s of green time...). other attributes.
• Check number of lanes correctness between osm2gmns file and synchro file per movements.
• Add signal info to micre-link.cs
• Add cycle length and green time for each movement.
• Add detailed information for user to load geocoded intersection data.

The utdf2gmns project welcomes your expertise and enthusiasm!

Small improvements or fixes are always appreciated. If you are considering larger contributions to the source code, please contact us through email:

Xiangyong Luo :  [email protected]

Dr. Xuesong Simon Zhou :  [email protected]

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