Guidelines for Developing Travel Demand Models: Medium Communities and Metropolitan Planning Organizations
This report is the second of two reports that develop guidelines to simplify and standardize travel demand modeling in terms of a community size, needs and issues. The first report (Phase I) documented simplified methods and guidelines for estimating travel in small communities with populations up to 10,000 people. The focus of this report (Phase II) is on medium size communities with populations of 10,000 to 50,000 people, and on MPOs and cities with 50,000 or more people. Instead of using the typical data intensive, survey based methods for all communities regardless of size, the guidelines recommend appropriately scaled approaches and short cut methods to reduce time and cost, yet provide adequate estimates of traffic volumes and impacts. Methods for medium size communities include synthetic estimation of through trips and external trips and quick response travel models. Of particular interest are simplified submodels for trip generation, trip distribution, and mode choice. Also, proposed are innovative submodels for pedestrian, bicycle and transit trip generation that depend on land use characteristics. Case studies demonstrate the methods.
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Corporate Authors:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
2501 Stinson Drive, Campus Box 7908
Raleigh, NC United States 27695-7908North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Institute for Transportation Research and Education, Centennial Campus, 909 Capability Drive
Raleigh, NC United States 27695University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Department of City and Regional Planning
CB 3140, New East Hall
Chapel Hill, NC United States 27599-3140North Carolina Department of Transportation
Transportation Planning Branch, 1 South Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC United States 27699-1554Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Stone, John R
- Han, Yang
- Khattak, Asad J
- Fan, Yingling
- Huntsinger, Leta F
- Mei, Bing
- Publication Date: 2007-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Edition: Phase II Final Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 187p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Medium sized cities; Metropolitan planning organizations; Mode choice; Traffic forecasting; Travel demand; Trip distribution; Trip generation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01155450
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/NC/2006-58 Phase II
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Apr 26 2010 7:14AM