A REGIONAL ECONOMIC SIMULATION MODEL FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

FORECASTS OF POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING REGIONS CAN BE PREPARED USING THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC SIMULATION MODEL DESCRIBED. THE MODEL CONSISTS OF A SET OF RECURSIVE DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS DESCRIBING THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EMPLOYMENT SECTORS OF A METROPOLITAN REGION AND ITS GROWTH. COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDIES ON THE MODEL ENABLE THE TESTING OF ALTERNATIVE ASSUMPTIONS AND HYPOTHESES CONCERNING A REGIONS FUTURE.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1966/149/149-002.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Committee on Economic Forecasting and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Boyce, David E
  • Goldstone, Seymour E
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 29-41
• Monograph Title: Forecasting models and economic impact of highways
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 149
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Demographics; Difference equations; Economic forecasting; Employment; Equations; Mathematical models; Population; Regions; Simulation; Statistics; Training simulators; Transportation planning; Urban growth; Urban transportation
• Candidate Terms: Recursion theory
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00201300
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM