SOFTWARE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. INTRODUCTION TO URBAN TRAVEL DEMAND FORECASTING. VOLUME I. DEMAND MODELLING

The Urban Mass Transportation Administration Transportation Planning System provides a wide range of analytical and computerized tools for making travel forecasts for existing and proposed transportation systems. The manual provides an introduction to travel forecasting to enable transportation planners and analysts to utilize UTPS effectively. It provides a comprehensive overview of the methodology of travel forecasting, the analytical tools available and their appropriateness for typical problems the transportation planner faces, input requirements, outputs needed for proper evaluation, and appropriate levels of effort for various stages of analysis. The manual is divided into three parts: The Summary; Volume I - Demand Modelling; and Volume II - Evaluation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper copy also available in set of 3 reports as PB-236 846-SET, PC$15.00.
• Corporate Authors:

  Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company

  1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

  100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140
• Publication Date: 1974-3-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 313 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Passengers; Simulation; Travel demand; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080421
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: URD.PMM.74.1.1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-20020
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 11 1981 12:00AM