TRANSPORTATION EVALUATION IN COMMUNITY DESIGN: AN EXTENSION WITH EQUILIBRIUM ROUTE ASSIGNMENT

An integrated model of transportation and land use is developed for the purpose of evaluating alternative community master plans. Equilibrium route assignment is combined with the conventional four-stage transportation model to calculate the overall economic benefits of alternative urban planning decisions. Problems of measuring benefits associated with elastic trip demand and demand shifts are also examined. The model is used to evaluate planning alternatives for a 7,500-acre suburban community. It is especially adapted to the problem of evaluating a subcommunity within the context of a larger metropolitan area. Equilibrium route assignment provides as efficient low-cost method of determining route flows and the cost implications of various road networks and land use decisions.

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• Authors:
  • Peiser, Richard
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 33-43
• Monograph Title: Transportation management, finance, and pricing issues
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 940
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Communities; Computer programs; Economic impacts; Land use; Metropolitan areas; Networks; Regional planning; Suburbs; Traffic congestion; Travel demand; Urban development; Zoning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387943
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM