Travel Forecasting Model User’s Guide prepared for Maryland Transit Administration Baltimore, Maryland prepared by William G. Allen, Jr., P.E. Transportation Consultant Mitchells, Virginia 21 August 2006 Revised November 2006 Travel Forecasting Model User’s Guide page i 21 August 2006 Table of Contents page 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................1 1.1 History ..............................................................................................................1 1.2 Model Overview .............................................................................................2 1.3 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................6 2.0 Overview ......................................................................................................................7 2.1 Introduction .....................................................................................................7 2.2 File Naming .....................................................................................................7 2.3 Directory Structure .........................................................................................9 2.4 Basic Files .........................................................................................................9 2.5 Scenario Input Files.......................................................................................15 2.6 User Interface .................................................................................................16 3.0 Land Use .....................................................................................................................21 3.1 Zone Numbering ...........................................................................................21 3.2 Definitions and File Layout .........................................................................21 4.0 Highway Network ....................................................................................................25 4.1 Definitions ......................................................................................................25 4.2 Area Type Model ..........................................................................................28 4.3 Supplemental Files ........................................................................................28 5.0 Transit Network ........................................................................................................33 5.1 Line Coding ...................................................................................................33 5.2 Guideway Coding .........................................................................................37 5.3 Access Coding ...............................................................................................39 5.4 Fares ................................................................................................................39 5.5 Other Coding Guidelines .............................................................................42 6.0 External Trips ............................................................................................................43 6.1 Cordon Volumes ...........................................................................................43 6.2 Through Trips ................................................................................................45 7.0 Output Files ...............................................................................................................47 8.0 Reporting ....................................................................................................................61 8.1 General ............................................................................................................61 8.2 Highway .........................................................................................................61 8.3 Transit .............................................................................................................66 Travel Forecasting Model User’s Guide page ii 21 August 2006 9.0 Summit .......................................................................................................................70 10.0 Run Statistics ..............................................................................................................80 Appendix A SQZ Documentation .....................................................................................85 Appendix B TGFLOAD Notes ...........................................................................................90 Appendix C TPP2UB Notes ...............................................................................................91 Appendix D Setup to Create COGTRN.MTX ..................................................................92 Appendix E Model Steps ....................................................................................................94 Appendix F Transit Access Coding Guidelines ..............................................................98 Travel Forecasting Model User’s Guide page iii 21 August 2006 List of Tables page 2.1 File Names and Formats ............................................................................................8 2.2 Basic Files ...................................................................................................................10 2.3 Model Parameters .....................................................................................................11 2.4 Base Year Through Trips..........................................................................................12 2.5 Example SQZ Zone/District Equivalency .............................................................13 2.6 Mode Choice Coefficient Names ............................................................................14 2.7 Basic Input Files Relating to the Zone System ......................................................15 2.8 Scenario Input Files...................................................................................................15 3.1 Zone System ...............................................................................................................21 3.2 Land Use File Layout ................................................................................................22 3.3 Truck Zone Codes .....................................................................................................22 3.4 Land Use Totals .........................................................................................................24 4.1 Highway Network Fields ........................................................................................26 4.2 Link Usage Restrictions ............................................................................................27 4.3 Facility Type Codes ..................................................................................................27 4.4 Jurisdiction Codes .....................................................................................................27 4.5 Area Type Model ......................................................................................................28 4.6 Year 2000 Toll Link File ............................................................................................29 5.1 Transit Line Codes ....................................................................................................33 5.2 2000 Transit Lines .....................................................................................................34 5.3 Guideway Coding .....................................................................................................39 5.4 MARC Fares (2000) ...................................................................................................41 5.5 MARC Fare Adjustments .........................................................................................41 5.6 Transfer Link Distances............................................................................................42 6.1 External Volumes ......................................................................................................44 6.2 Base Through Trip Ends ..........................................................................................46 7.1 Output Files ...............................................................................................................47 8.1 Transit Trip Tables ....................................................................................................62 8.2 2000 Highway Report ...............................................................................................64 Travel Forecasting Model User’s Guide page iv 21 August 2006 8.3 Transit Assignment Report (excerpts) ...................................................................68 9.1 Sample Summit Setup File .......................................................................................74 9.2 Summit Report File (excerpts) .................................................................................77 10.1 Run Statistics ..............................................................................................................80 Travel Forecasting Model User’s Guide page v 21 August 2006 List of Figures page 4.1 2000 Area Types ........................................................................................................31 4.2 2030 Area Types

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