Presentation
MTC’s Travel Model One: Applications of an Activity‐Based Model in its First Year
5th Transportation Research Board Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM)
(2012)
Abstract
This presentation will cover the findings and lessons learned from the first year’s worth experience using the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC’s) Travel Model One for project applications. Travel Model One is an Activity‐Based Model (ABM) covering the 9‐county San Francisco Bay Area. It is part of the Coordinated Travel‐Regional Activity‐Based Modeling Platform (CT‐RAMP) family of models, which includes members in nine locations through the US and the world. CT‐RAMP provides several important advances over the first generation of ABMs by accounting for coordinated travel among household members, the availability of time windows in activity scheduling, and enhancements to allow for improved toll forecasting.
Travel Model One was completed in early 2011. The model has since been used extensively for project applications, as described in this paper.
Keywords
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission,
- Travel Model One,
- San Francisco Bay Area,
- Travel,
- Modeling,
- Activity-based model
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 30, 2012
Location
Tampa, Florida
Comments
This paper was presented at the 5th Transportation Research Board Innovations in Travel Modeling Conference, Tampa, Florida. Originally presented at and winner of Best Presentation award at Futura 2011: Citilabs Annual International Users Conference, Palm Springs, California.
Citation Information
Gregory D. Erhardt, David Ory, Amar Sarvepalli, Joel Freedman, et al.. "MTC’s Travel Model One: Applications of an Activity‐Based Model in its First Year" 5th Transportation Research Board Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM) (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gregory-erhardt/12/