Forecasting Network Traffic for Small and Medium-Sized Communities Using Path Flow Estimator

The objective of this study is to propose an alternative methodology to model and forecast network traffic for planning applications in small and medium-sized communities where resources debilitate the development and applications of 4-step models. The major thrust of the proposed approach is that model estimation and forecasting are each accomplished through an O-D estimation using the Path Flow Estimator that allows for the use of various planning and field data such as land uses (converted to zonal trip production and attraction), traffic counts, and target O-D table as estimation constraints. The proposed procedure is applied with empirical data from a small community, the City of St. Helena in California to demonstrate how it can be implemented in practice.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Recker, Wilfred W
  • Chootinan, Piya
  • Chen, Anthony
  • Lee, Ming S
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
• Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: TRB 85th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Network analysis (Planning); Origin and destination; Small towns; Traffic flow; Travel demand
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01025457
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 06-1806
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 1 2006 8:09AM