ACCESS CHARACTERISTICS ESTIMATION SYSTEM. VOLUME I: CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

In the simulation model of the Northeast Corridor transportation project (NECTP), access links are connectors between districts and the coded transportation network. Access link characteristics are the travel impedances, such as time, cost, and distance, associated with a given link. The research documented in the report has resulted in the development and implementation of a framework for describing the access phenomenon and for estimating access characteristics for intercity person movements involving common carrier terminals. The ACcess Characteristics EStimation System (ACCESS), provides a computer-based, analytical methodology that can be used to estimate point-to-point travel impedances or weighted site accessibilities. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-190 445. Prepared in cooperation with Peat, Marwick, Livingston, and Co.
• Corporate Authors:

  Office of High Speed Ground Transportation

  Northeast Corridor Transportation Project
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 316 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; City planning; Common carriers; Group dynamics; Intercity travel; Mathematical models; Modal split; Networks; Passenger service; Passenger vehicles; Pattern recognition systems; Population; Railroad stations; Rural areas; Simulation; Time; Transportation; Travel demand; Travel time; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Access characteristics estimation system; Access transportation model
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00060991
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Phase 4 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-8-35049
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1974 12:00AM