Forecasting Network Traffic for Small Communities in Utah

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• Creators:
  Chen, Anthony ; Jansuwan, Sarawat ; Ryu, Seungkyu
• Corporate Creators:
  Utah State University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Utah State University. Utah Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Research projects
  • Small cities
  • Traffic forecasting
  • Networks
  • Transportation planning
  • Highway planning
  • Metropolitan planning organizations
  • Traffic models
  • Traffic simulation
  • Travel demand management
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UTC-1002
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Utah
• Corporate Publisher:
  Utah State University. Utah Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  Current practice in modeling network traffic for planning applications is through a four-step travel demand forecasting model (i.e., trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment) that requires travel surveys and specialized technical staffs to operate. Although such a modeling approach has been used in practice in major metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), many small MPOs usually do not have sufficient resources to conduct travel surveys, nor to house technical staffs for model development and maintenance. The purpose of this paper is to develop a simplified planning tool specifically targeted at small MPOs. To show proof of concept, a case study is conducted using a small MPO in Utah to demonstrate how the tool can be implemented in practice.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60267/dot_60267_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 838.05 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:31fc75122e77102718dfd52da9724b35cb83642df0f0002b030ec83904d17acf