Feasibility and Benefits of Advanced Four-Step and Activity-Based Travel Demand Models for Maryland

This research identifies current and emerging transportation planning policy issues faced by the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) and other State agencies. After reviewing the recently-developed Maryland Statewide Transportation Model (MSTM), the University of Maryland (UMD) research team summarizes the capability of the MSTM to analyze these planning and policy issues and prioritizes various model improvement needs. Based on identified planning and policy analysis needs, a thorough synthesis of existing transportation data sources, and proposed MSTM applications in Maryland, a Strategic MSTM Improvement Plan (SMIP) is developed to guide short- and long-run MSTM improvement and applications. This research also explores the feasibility of incorporating departure time choices into the MSTM by developing a prototype time-of-day choice model.

• Record URL:
  http://www.roads.maryland.gov/OPR_Research/MD-11-SP009B4S_Advanced-Four-Step-and-Activity-Based-Travel-Demand-Models-Report.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  College Park, MD  United States  20742

  Maryland State Highway Administration

  Office of Policy and Research, 707 North Calvert Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Authors:
  • Zhang, Lei
  • Cirillo, Cinzia
  • Xiong, Chenfeng
  • Hetrakul, Pratt
• Publication Date: 2011-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 160p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Feasibility analysis; Periods of the day; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Travel demand
• Identifier Terms: Maryland State Highway Administration; Maryland Statewide Transportation Model
• Geographic Terms: Maryland
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01530911
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MD-11-SP009B4S
• Contract Numbers: SP009B4S
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 24 2014 3:15PM