FORECASTING TRAVEL PATTERNS

THE REPORT COVERS THE DIFFERENT TRIP DISTRIBUTION MODELS AND THE SELECTION OF THE GRAVITY MODEL FOR USE BY THE PSGC. IT GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE CALIBRATION AND USE OF THE GRAVITY MODEL TO FORECAST TRAVEL PATTERNS IN THE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGION. FUTURE TRENDS IN TRIP LENGTH ARE ANALYZED FOR THE REGION, AND COMPARISONS ARE PRESENTED WITH SEVERAL OTHER URBAN REGIONS OF THE U.S. THE REPORT CONTAINS TABULATIONS OF INPUT AND CALIBRATION DATA FOR THE GRAVITY MODEL. /NTIS/

• Corporate Authors:

  Puget Sound Governmental Conference

  Puget Sound Council of Governments, 216 1st Avenue
  Seattle, WA  United States  98104
• Authors:
  • Sachdev, L S
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 147 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Forecasting; Gravity models; Mathematical models; Tables (Data); Travel patterns; Trip distribution; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Tabulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228420
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1974 12:00AM