What Matters Most in Transportation Demand Model Specifications: A Comparison of Outputs in a Mid-size Network

T. Donna Chen, Kara M. Kockelman and Yong Zhao

Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2015, vol. 54, issue 2

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of travel demand modeling (TDM) disaggregation techniques in the context of medium-sized communities. Specific TDM improvement strategies are evaluated for predictive power and flexibility with case studies based on the Tyler, Texas, network. Results suggest that adding time-of-day disaggregation, particularly in conjunction with multi-class assignment, to a basic TDM framework has the most significant impacts on outputs. Other strategies shown to impact outputs include adding a logit mode choice model and incorporating a congestion feedback loop. For resource-constrained communities, these results show how model output and flexibility vary for different settings and scenarios.

Keywords: Industrial Organization; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.241829

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