Manual For The Interactive Training System For Texas Travel Models

Manual for the Interactive Training System for Texas Travel Models

The Texas Package of travel demand forecasting programs is a mainframe mathematical model for forecasting travel in urban areas in the state of Texas. Interactive Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet templates have been developed to provide case study examples of the mathematical functions used in the Texas Package. This manual is intended for use by the Texas Department of Transportation offices, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, municipalities, counties, and consultants contracted by public agencies in the state of Texas for training employees in the theory and application of the Texas Package travel demand forecasting model. The information contained in the Lotus 1-2-3 modules can be used to train new staff members or to refresh employees who have been minimally exposed to the travel demand forecasting process. The models and formulas contained in the spreadsheet templates are not solely applicable to the Texas models but are examples of standard travel modeling practices used in other states as well.

Texas Travel Forecasting Annotated Bibliography

This bibliography is part of an on-going research project between the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The bibliography has attempted to include all significant reports prepared by the Institute in support of urban transportation travel demand modeling and forecasting practice in Texas. An annotation is provided for those reports which still may be of interest to practitioners. Several reports which are now obsolete due to improvements in computer technology are included for completeness and historical interest. In addition several reports prepared by TxDOT which bear directly on travel demand modeling practice are included. The Department reports are not complete and users of this bibliography are requested to provide the Institute with copies of Department reports not presently included so that they may be included in future revisions. The bibliography is organized into six sections: trip generation, trip distribution, traffic assignment, travel surveys, air quality analysis, and overview. Reports are placed in each section according to the phase of modeling covered by the report. However, since the modeling phases are interdependent, most reports will cover aspects of more than one phase. Reports which clearly cover more than one modeling phase are placed in the overview section.

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