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#Prediction Explanation:

Classified original data as normal days and holidays. Normal days classified as different weekdays. Applied Random Forest Method to analyze different weekday. And analyzed holidays manually due to little information on holidays.

Prediction

Hour Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
0 42 52 55 58 56 47 44
1 41 48 50 52 51 45 43
2 39 45 47 49 48 45 42
3 40 44 46 48 47 44 42
4 68 73 75 76 62 44 42
5 244 252 253 248 154 45 43
6 857 875 869 850 490 49 46
7 1650 1670 1669 1643 1020 58 52
8 2360 2389 2400 2361 1612 70 63
9 2543 2573 2600 2568 1792 83 81
10 2585 2625 2648 2624 1822 92 108
11 2601 2634 2649 2610 1802 94 116
12 2560 2595 2612 2577 1681 95 119
13 2560 2600 2615 2582 1595 92 102
14 2544 2556 2568 2541 1386 88 85
15 2462 2481 2480 2439 1210 81 82
16 2222 2218 2231 2157 898 75 78
17 1398 1407 1409 1345 532 68 72
18 692 700 712 663 255 63 66
19 289 301 314 291 141 57 60
20 153 164 176 162 99 53 55
21 111 119 127 120 85 51 52
22 87 91 95 92 69 48 48
23 66 69 72 69 55 45 45

Peak Period is 8AM-4PM from Monday to Thursday. 8AM-2PM on Friday.

Occupancies from Monday to Thursday is relatively consistent. Both the peak timeframe and peak occupancies. But Friday is relative shorter and lower compared to other weekdays.

On Saturday and Sunday the occupancies is much lower compared to weekdays. And most time the occupancies are around 100 cars.

Different federal holidays have different effects. New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day have significant influence on occupancies. And can be treated as Saturday or Sunday even though that day is weekday. Other federal holidays (Martin Luther King's Day, Washington's Birthday, Columbus Day, Veterans Day) have little influence on occupancies and can be treated as normal days.

Holidays like New Year's Eve, Christmas Day also could affect the day before or after. It should be take into consideration.

And several abnormal days couldn't fit into weekday or holidays pattern which could be affected by weather or other factors which I couldn't get from the data I have. So I'll ignore them.

Gosin
05/19/2016