U.S.
Department of Transportation

Open Source Portal Use Case
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1: Estimator uses data from RDE, resides
in OS Portal and estimates vehicle approach time to intersection

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2: Researcher “Sally” interested in adding
pedestrian approach time to intersection downloads source code
3: “Sally” modifies code to add pedestrian
approach. “Sally” implements version 2 prototype and
uploads source code
for version 2 back into OS Portal
4: Freight researcher “Mac” interested in
adding approach time for freight vehicles
downloads estimator version 2
5: “Mac” modifies code to add freight vehicle
approach times. “Mac” implements version 3 prototype and uploads
source code for version 3 back
into OS Portal
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6: Transit researcher “Finn” interested in adding
approach time for buses downloads estimator version 3
