Guide for Travel Model Transfer

Details

• Creators:
  Rossi, Thomas ; Bhat, Chandra R.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Contributors:
  Sun, Sarah
• Corporate Contributors:
  Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic models
  • Transportation planning
  • Traffic forecasting
  • Travel behavior
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
  • Travel demand model transferability
  • Model estimation
  • Model validation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HEP-15-006
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  Sun, Sarah
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  Travel demand models are important tools used in transportation planning to forecast the amount of travel expected to occur under various scenarios and to estimate the effects of changes in transportation supply or policies. The mathematical relationships in these models depend on parameters that reflect the sensitivity of travelers' choices to the model's input variables. The process of model transfer from one region to another has become commonplace as a way to obtain model parameter estimated when sufficient local data for model estimation are not available. This report provides guidance to transportation planners on alternative approaches to model transfer based on the amount of available resources. The guidance, which is based on research that has been conducted on model transferability, sis supplemented with simple examples of the various model transfer methods.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-13-P-00162
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55895/dot_55895_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 794.28 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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