The Future of Transportation Modeling

The scope of this study is to determine the new trends and approaches in transportation modeling and assist transportation professionals in reviewing features of alternative software packages, evaluating them, and comparing their capabilities. Information for selected packages has been collected through publicly available software information, scientific and industry publications, and direct communication with the developers and/or vendors. A survey has been conducted to obtain the perspective of software package users and determine the strengths and limitations of various widely used packages. A VB-based application which facilitates the comparative evaluation of selected packages has been developed. The application may be used to review the features of any package considered in the analysis, compare several features of any two packages, and determine interconnectivity between alternative packages. The outcome of this work may assist transportation experts in determining which software tools are the most appropriate ones for their particular applications and in selecting the tools that are needed to cover their modeling needs.

• Record URL:
  http://cait.rutgers.edu/files/FHWA-NJ-2005-016.pdf
• Record URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-2005-016.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-2005-016-TB.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Rutgers University, Piscataway

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 623 Bowser Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Boile, Maria
  • Ozbay, Kaan
• Publication Date: 2005-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 124p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Developers; Evaluation; Literature reviews; Software packages; Surveys; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation modeling; Vendors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01025525
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NJ-2005-016
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 5 2006 12:11PM