TRAFFIC PREDICTION AND ROUTING USING TRAIN MOVEMENT PATTERNS

A method and apparatus for calculating an estimated travel time and a method and apparatus for defining a model configured to estimate a travel time are provided. The method for estimating a travel time includes obtaining a movement pattern for a train, determining one or more predicted times when the train will be present at a train crossing where a road path and a train path intersect using the movement pattern, obtaining vehicle historical data including an average time for a vehicle to travel one or more road segments adjoining the train crossing, obtaining a start time, and calculating the travel time for the one or more road segments based on the vehicle historical data, the start time, and the predicted time when the train will be present at the train crossing.