Synergistic Effects of Transit, Land Use, and Vehicle Pricing Policies on Vehicle Travel and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

This study applies California’s Activity Based Model (ABM) to simulate the travel effects of travel demand management (TDM) policies, both individually and in all possible combinations, for the state and its five major regions (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, San Joaquin Valley, and Sacramento). The results indicate that distance-based auto pricing yields significant reductions in passenger and light duty vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) and the most aggressive combinations of TDMs, including transit expansion and land use measures reduce VKT by about 20%. Elasticities are calculated for individual policy scenarios and found to be consistent with elasticities reported in the literature. Differences introduced by the failure to represent the interaction of two or more TDMs are evaluated. The model is able to represent both positive and negative VKT reduction synergies, but overestimation is the more common result. Differences are typically less than 10%, but in some instances they are over 20%. Operational ABMs are now available that are sensitive to TDMs. Future research examining deep greenhouse gas reduction scenarios should take advantage of these models to evaluate the potential of combination of TDMs.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA10(2) Statewide Travel Demand Forecasting Alternate title: Synergistic Effects of Transit, Land Use, and Vehicle Pricing Policies on Vehicle Miles Traveled: Case Study with California Activity-Based Travel Demand Model.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Rodier, Caroline
  • Haydu, Brandon
  • Linesch, Nicholas J
  • Alemi, Farzad
  • 0000-0003-4333-3393
  • Circella, Giovanni
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 19p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Greenhouse gases; Land use; Mileage-based user fees; Pollutants; Public transit; Transportation policy; Travel demand management; Vehicle miles of travel
• Identifier Terms: California Statewide Travel Demand Modeling
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01518746
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4304
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 21 2014 11:26AM