DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANALYSIS CAPABILITY FOR THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

The purpose of this report is to examine the Department of Transportation (DOT) National Transportation System (NTS) initiative, to document what has been learned, and to outline a National Transportation Network Analysis Capability (NTNAC) based on a TRANSIMS-like approach. This study was conducted over a two month period at the end of FY1997. The scope of the effort was carefully defined to accommodate the short time horizon and to provide focus to a very large analytical problem. The objectives were to: 1) define the NTS and the NTS problem; 2) identify problem characteristics; 3) describe an analytical solution based on the TRANSIMS approach; 4) identify data requirements and availability; 5) develop criteria for a scenario to be used in a prototype demonstration; and 6) select a scenario for the prototype demonstration.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Anson, D
  • Nelson, R
• Publication Date: 1997-10-27

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 51 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Demonstration projects; Information systems; Network analysis (Planning); Prototype tests; Transportation planning; Transportation system management
• Uncontrolled Terms: National transportation system
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760853
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: LA-UR-97-4389
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 25 1999 12:00AM