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User Guide STOPS Simplified Trips-On-Project Software User Guide STOPS Simplified Trips-on-Project Software Version 1.50 Prepared for: Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Prepared by: RSG 2200 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22101 April 29, 2015 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................ 1 2. Overview of STOPS and Its Application .................................... 5 2.1 STOPS Model Structure ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Suggested Application Approach ..................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Input Data .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.4 Computer Resources ............................................................................................................................................ 8 2.5 Skill Requirements ................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.6 Time Requirements ............................................................................................................................................... 9 3. Installing STOPS Software ....................................................... 10 3.1 Installation Steps .................................................................................................................................................. 10 3.2 Specifying Automatic GIS Linkage................................................................................................................. 12 4. Scenario Set-Up Steps .............................................................. 17 4.1 Defining the STOPS Run Parameters ........................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Station Locations .................................................................................................................................................. 25 4.2.1 Creating the Station Data File................................................................................................................. 28 4.3 Define STOPS Parameters (Part 1 - Run Names and Geography) .................................................... 32 4.4 List and Check TAZ and CTPP Files .............................................................................................................. 34 4.5 Obtaining Census and CTPP Data .................................................................................................................. 34 4.5.1 CTPP and Census File Names ................................................................................................................. 35 4.5.2 Downloading CTPP and Census Geographic Boundary File Data ........................................... 36 4.5.3 Splitting CTPP Geography ........................................................................................................................ 36 4.5.4 Controlling the Geographic Extent of the Analysis ........................................................................ 36 4.6 Metropolitan Planning Organization Data ................................................................................................. 37 4.6.1 MPO Data Filenames .................................................................................................................................. 37 4.6.2 MPO Zone Layer with Existing and Forecasted Population and Employment .................. 37 4.6.3 MPO Auto Time Matrix .............................................................................................................................. 42 4.7 Check File Status................................................................................................................................................... 44 4.8 Transit Agency Schedule and Supplemental Data .................................................................................. 44 4.8.1 Overview of GTFS File Formats ............................................................................................................. 45 4.8.2 Managing GTFS Files and Creating Project Scenarios in STOPS .............................................. 55 4.8.3 Visualizing GTFS Data ................................................................................................................................ 62 4.8.4 Obtaining GTFS Files .................................................................................................................................. 65 4.8.5 Setting up GTFS File Characteristics and STOPS Parameters in the Parameter File ....... 66 4.8.6 Identifying Required GTFS Files and Sub-Directories ................................................................. 68 4.8.7 Creating GTFS Sub-Directories and Data Files ................................................................................ 70 4.8.8 Confirming that All GTFS Files are Present ...................................................................................... 84 4.8.9 Final Review of Station File ..................................................................................................................... 85 4.9 Define Forecast Years ......................................................................................................................................... 86 5. Data Preparation Steps ........................................................... 89 5.1 Create Station Buffers ........................................................................................................................................ 90 5.2 District Definitions and Zonal Data .............................................................................................................. 90 5.3 Create MPO-TAZ Equivalency and File and Generate Zonal Socioeconomic Forecasts .......... 95 5.4 Prepare Pedestrian Environment Data ....................................................................................................... 95 i Federal Transit Administration STOPS v1.50 Users Guide 6. Run STOPS Batch Steps ............................................................ 96 7. Reporting Results .................................................................... 99 7.1 Report STOPS Results ..................................................................................................................................... 100 7.1.1 Summary of Key Inputs ......................................................................................................................... 101 7.1.2 Summary of Existing Scenario Results Before Station Group Calibration ........................ 102 7.1.3 Summary of Station Group Calibration Process .......................................................................... 105 7.1.4 Summary of Project Results ................................................................................................................. 106 7.1.5 Summary of Project Results for Trips on Fixed Guideway (FG) Modes ............................ 107 7.1.6 Summary of Project Results for Trips Made by 0-Car Households ..................................... 107 7.1.7 Summary of Project Results for Trips on Fixed Guideway (FG) Modes Made by 0-Car Households ................................................................................................................................................................... 107 7.1.8 Summary of Impacts on Automobile Person Miles of Travel ................................................. 107 7.1.9 Comparison of Existing, No-Build and Build Station Boardings by Station Mode of Access 108 7.1.10 Comparison of Existing, No-Build and Build Route Boardings by Route Mode of Access 109 7.1.11 Summary of Trips by Submode, Access Mode, Auto Ownership, and Scenario ............. 109 7.1.12 Summary of CTPP Workers and Employees and MPO Estimates of Population and Employment by Scenario ........................................................................................................................................ 110 7.1.13 Summary of Highway Time, Distance and Speed ........................................................................ 111 7.1.14 District to District Analysis of Gains and Losses Between No-Build and Build .............. 112 7.1.15 Detailed District-to-District Linked Trips and Selected Station-Station Flows .............. 113 7.2 Mapping Results ................................................................................................................................................ 113 8. Procedures for Handling Large Problems, Bus Projects, and Unusual Scheduling Issues .............................................................. 117 8.1 Large Problem Sizes ......................................................................................................................................... 117 8.2 Bus Projects ......................................................................................................................................................... 118 9. Appendices ............................................................................. 119 9.1 State FIPS Codes ...............................................................................................................................................
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