Final Report Accounting for Commercial Vehicles in Urban Transportation Models
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Accounting for Commercial Vehicles in Urban Transportation Models Task 3: Magnitude and Distribution final report prepared for Federal Highway Administration prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. with Dr. Harry Cohen Dr. Arun Chatterjee November 2003 www.camsys.com final report Accounting for Commercial Vehicles in Urban Transportation Models Task 3: Magnitude and Distribution prepared for Federal Highway Administration prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 with Dr. Harry Cohen Dr. Arun Chatterjee November 2003 Accounting for Commercial Vehicles in Urban Transportation Models Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 1 Types of Commercial Vehicles.............................................................................. 2 Data Sources ............................................................................................................ 3 Magnitude and Distribution ................................................................................. 4 Next Steps ................................................................................................................ 5 1.0 Introduction .........................................................................................................1-1 1.1 Purpose.........................................................................................................1-1 1.2 Approach .....................................................................................................1-2 1.3 Outline of Report ........................................................................................1-3 2.0 Types of Commercial Vehicles.........................................................................2-1 2.1 Definitions ...................................................................................................2-1 2.2 Categories ....................................................................................................2-4 3.0 Data Sources ........................................................................................................3-1 3.1 Commercial Vehicle Surveys ....................................................................3-1 3.2 Vehicle Registration..................................................................................3-16 3.3 Vehicle Count Data...................................................................................3-24 3.4 Other Data Sources...................................................................................3-28 3.5 Individual Contacts ..................................................................................3-38 4.0 Magnitude and Distribution ............................................................................4-1 4.1 Analysis by Commercial Vehicle Category and Urban Area...............4-1 4.2 Aggregated Categories ............................................................................4-11 4.3 Analysis by Time Period..........................................................................4-12 4.4 Analysis by Facility Type ........................................................................4-14 5.0 Next Steps.............................................................................................................5-1 5.1 Data Gaps.....................................................................................................5-1 5.2 Priorities for Modeling...............................................................................5-2 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. i 6820.F44 Table of Contents, continued Appendix A Paratransit Trips..................................................................................................A-1 Appendix B Largest 100 School District Bus Fleets in 2000 ................................................ B-1 Appendix C Taxi Data from Fact Book 2002 (Taxicab Division)..........................................C-1 Appendix D Airport Surveys...................................................................................................D-1 Appendix E FHWA Vehicle Classification Tables ............................................................... E-1 ii Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 6820.F44 Accounting for Commercial Vehicles in Urban Transportation Models List of Tables Table 1.1 Urban Areas Used in the Evaluation of Commercial Vehicle Travel.............................................................................................1-2 Table 2.1 Old and New Categories..........................................................................2-5 Table 2.2 VIUS Body Type by 12 Categories..........................................................2-6 Table 2.3 Light Duty Categories in California DMV Database............................2-8 Table 2.4 Medium and Heavy Duty Categories in California DMV Database...........................................................................................2-8 Table 3.1 Number of Vehicles by Body Type and Vehicle Size...........................3-2 Table 3.2 Number of Vehicles within MSAs in Selected States ...........................3-3 Table 3.3 Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled in MSAs by Commercial Vehicle Category .......................................................................................3-4 Table 3.4 Average Daily VMT per Vehicle in MSAs by Commercial Vehicle Category .......................................................................................3-4 Table 3.5 Number of Days in a Year Used for VMT Calculations.......................3-5 Table 3.6 Atlanta Expansion Factors .......................................................................3-6 Table 3.7 Atlanta Commercial Vehicle Categories ................................................3-7 Table 3.8 Atlanta Expanded Survey Data...............................................................3-8 Table 3.9 Denver Survey Excluded Businesses and Vehicle Types ....................3-9 Table 3.10 Denver Commercial Vehicle Categories ..............................................3-10 Table 3.11 Denver Expanded Survey Data.............................................................3-11 Table 3.12 Detroit Commercial Vehicle Categories...............................................3-12 Table 3.13 Detroit Expanded Survey Data .............................................................3-13 Table 3.14 Piedmont-Triad Commercial Vehicle Categories ...............................3-15 Table 3.15 Triad Expanded Survey Data ................................................................3-16 Table 3.16 DMV California Data Summary for the San Francisco MSA ............3-19 Table 3.17 DMV California Data Summary for the Los Angeles MSA...............3-19 Table 3.18 DMV California Data Summary for the San Diego MSA ..................3-20 Table 3.19 DMV California Data Summary for the Sacramento MSA ...............3-21 Table 3.20 Registration Type Data Available from Polk.......................................3-23 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. iii List of Tables, continued Table 3.21 Highway Statistics Estimates of Population and VMT for Selected Cities ..........................................................................................3-24 Table 3.22 Vehicle Miles Traveled from Different Data Sources.........................3-25 Table 3.23 Vehicle Miles Traveled by Vehicle Type for Selected Urban Areas .............................................................................................3-26 Table 3.24 Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional Class for Selected Urban Areas .............................................................................................3-27 Table 3.25 Paratransit Trips Statistics......................................................................3-29 Table 3.26 Public Package, Product and Mail Delivery Statistics........................3-30 Table 3.27 School District Statistics.........................................................................3-32 Table 3.28 Taxi Statistics............................................................................................3-33 Table 3.29 Taxi Data by City.....................................................................................3-34 Table 3.30 Summary of the Airport Access Mode Split........................................3-35 Table 3.31 Summary of Shuttle Service Airport Access Vehicle Trips and Miles Traveled..................................................................................3-37 Table 3.32 Summary of Taxi Airport Access Vehicle Trips and Miles Traveled..................................................................................3-37 Table 3.33 Summary of Rental Car Airport Access Vehicle Trips and Miles Traveled..................................................................................3-38 Table 3.34 School Bus Statistics from Individual Contacts ..................................3-40 Table 3.35 Public Works Department Statistics from Individual Contacts........3-40 Table 3.36 Sample Towing Truck Statistics from Individual Contacts...............3-41 Table 3.37 Comparison with Other Data Sources..................................................3-42 Table 4.1 Fleet Sizes ...................................................................................................4-2 Table 4.2 Average Trip Length in Miles..................................................................4-3 Table 4.3 Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT).................................................................4-4