MODELING CARPOOL AND TRANSIT PARK-AND-RIDE LOTS

Park-and-Ride (PnR) lots are an increasingly common element of many areas' plans for air quality conformity. However, few, if any, travel models estimate the impacts of carpool PnR lots, and it is not at all clear that they always improve air quality. Many travel models in the larger urban areas accommodate transit PnR lots, but, as with carpool PnR lots, it is not clear that adding transit PnR lots always improves air quality. The procedure described in this paper addresses these concerns. It permits the rigorous analysis of the impacts of both carpool and transit PnR lots within a network-based model structure. This procedure has been implemented in the travel model recently developed for the Reading, Pennsylvania area (Berks County).

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13876
• Supplemental Notes:
  • The proceedings are available only on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Allen Jr, W G
• Conference:
  • Sixth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning Methods
  • Location: Dearborn, Michigan
  • Date: 1997-5-19 to 1997-5-23
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Carpools; Environmental impacts; Park and ride; Public transit; Traffic models; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Reading (Pennsylvania)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00789776
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 14 2000 12:00AM