Cumulative impact of developments on the surrounding roadways’ traffic.

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• Creators:
  Jeihani, Mansoureh ; Ardeshiri, Anam ; Ighodaro, Osas ; Mazloomdoost, Gholamhossein
• Corporate Creators:
  Morgan State University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Maryland. State Highway Administration. Office of Policy & Research ; National Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Impact studies
  • Development
  • Highway traffic
  • Highway planning
  • Transportation planning
  • Traffic simulation
  • Traffic models Traffic impact study, transportation
  • planning and modeling, activity based
  • modeling, TRANSIMS
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MD-11-SP009B4R
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Maryland
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maryland. State Highway Administration. Office of Policy & Research
• Abstract:
  "In order to recommend a procedure for cumulative impact study, four different travel ; demand models were developed, calibrated, and validated. The base year for the models was 2005. ; Two study areas were used, and the models were run for three periods (AM peak, PM peak, and ; average daily traffic). The models were developed based on the two regional models of the Baltimore- ; Washington, D.C. area. The calibrated models were utilized to forecast traffic for the years 2010, ; 2020, and 2030. The 2010 forecast results were compared to the ground counts. In total, 72 different ; models were developed and run. It was concluded that the Sub-TAZ model forecasted traffic more ; realistically and this model was best suited for the cumulative impact study. It was recommended that ; the base regional model should be zoomed-in by the Sub-TAZ model for the study area, in order to ; conduct a cumulative impact study. The Sub-TAZ model can also simply be applied to the regional ; model. The researchers also investigated the feasibility of using TRANSIMS to develop an Activity- ; Based regional model. The research team developed and calibrated TRANSIMS Trip-Based (Track 1) ; and Activity-Based (Track 2) for one study area. The research team concluded that the regional ; Activity-Based model can be developed and calibrated in three steps, transitioning from a Four-Step ; model to Sub-TAZ, then to TRANSIMS Track 1, and finally to TRANSIMS Track 2."
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SP009B4R
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23511/dot_23511_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.78 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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