Got it
We use Google Analytics in compliance with German Data Protection Law. The site gathers data for the sole purpose of improving its services. You're able to decline now or later. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. You'll find more information here.

STAU

Data Set Description

The data set contains the number of hourly STAUs reported on the website of the ADAC and scraped from the web programmatically by the author (variable name adac) and hourly search intensity for the word stau (German for Traffic Jam) in Germany as obtained from Google Trends (variable name stau). The data collection occurred between September 28 2015 14:59 and November 14 2015 at 13:59.

Date Created: 2015-11-30

Scope of Data Set

Subject Terms: FORECASTING, INTERNET, ROAD TRAFFIC

Time Periods: September - November 2015

Citation(s)

Askitas, N.. (2016) Predicting Road Conditions with Internet Search. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0162080. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162080

In text and references

Askitas, N.. (2016). STAU. Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC). doi:10.15185/izadp.9503.1

Researchers working with the “STAU” are obligated to acknowledge the data base within their publications, including the DOI, by using this reference.

Publication(s)

IZA Discussion Paper(s)

Download
Availability:

Restricted Access

Investigator(s):
  1. Askitas, Nikolaos (Institute for the Study of Labor, IZA)
Type:

Time series

Right:

Access to the data is provided to non-for-profit research, replication and teaching purposes. The data is available from the Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC).
Please contact IDSC for any access requests.

Coverage:

Country

Geographic Coverage:
 GERMANY