Incorporating Tourism Data in Traffic Estimation on Wyoming Low-Volume Roads

This report explains the various data inputs and outputs associated with the travel demand model (TDM) developed for estimating traffic volumes on low-volume roads in Wyoming. This study incorporated tourism-related data into the TDM and developed methods to estimate traffic volume on low-volume roads in Wyoming. The new tourism-based model shared many features with the previously developed model, including geography, traffic analysis zone structure, and networks. The newly developed model was then verified by comparing actual traffic volumes to those predicted by the model. The model implementation required several data inputs, including Wyoming local road network and tourism data. The output results were in the form of geographic data, indicating the various roads and their traffic volumes. This document describes the various data utilized and produced in the model. It also explains how to interpret the traffic volume data from the output map. State departments of transportation, local transportation administrators along with other stakeholders concerned with transportation planning are among the audiences interested in this report.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=1020
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58986
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Wyoming, Laramie

  Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
  1000 East University Avenue
  Laramie, WY  United States  82071

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Wyoming Department of Transportation

  Cheyenne, WY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Yue, Er
  • Ksaibati, Khaled
• Publication Date: 2020-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 89p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Low volume roads; Tourism; Traffic estimation; Traffic volume; Travel demand
• Geographic Terms: Wyoming
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01764832
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC-572, MPC 20-424
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 17 2021 10:44AM