Travel demand modeling for the small and medium sized MPOs in Illinois.

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• Creators:
  Ullah, Mohammad S. ; Molakatalla, Udit ; Morocoima-Black, Rita ; Mohideen, Ahmed Z.
• Corporate Creators:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Travel demand
  • Metropolitan planning organizations
  • Small cities
  • Medium sized cities
  • Transportation planning
  • Long range planning
  • Regional planning
  • Traffic forecasting
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-ICT-11-091 ; UILU-ENG-2011-2017
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
• Abstract:
  Travel demand modeling is an important tool in the transportation planning community. It helps forecast travel ; characteristics into the future at various planning levels such as state, region and corridor. Using travel demand ; modeling to evaluate different situations (changes in land use and/or transportation network) would allow ; Metropolitan Planning Organizations’ (MPOs) staff make educated decisions regarding growth and ; improvements to their respective regional transportation networks. Several small (50,000< population ; <200,000) and medium (200,000 ; different transportation planning purposes, most commonly, the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and ; Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). Some of the small and medium sized MPOs in the state of Illinois ; are unable to utilize TDM tools primarily due to lack of available resources and guidelines at the regional and ; state level. This study sought to establish the framework necessary for the development, maintenance, and ; application of small and medium sized MPOs’ TDMs. It is crucial for the local, regional, and state agencies to ; play a collaborative role in the transportation planning process. This study established a framework for ; developing travel demand models at the MPO regional level considering their limited available resources. ; Special attention was given to simplicity and accuracy of the travel model development process. Extensive ; calibration and validation checks were recommended, as accuracy of travel forecasting is of high importance. ; As an important part of this study, a statewide group, the Illinois Modeling Users Group (IL-MUG) was created ; to support, set standards and guide the development, implementation, and maintenance of travel demand ; models in small and medium sized MPOs in Illinois.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  ICT R27-48
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26706/dot_26706_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.13 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:36978c07cd755e82c74879883fcab59041b7ae7991199a0516a8ded004f768a1