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BREAKOUT SESSION
The Secret Is in the Segue
Transitioning to a New Model Framework
Kuo-Ann Chiao, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
Ali Mohseni, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
Sangeeta Bhowmick, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
Erik Sabina, Denver Regional Council of Governments
Thomas Rossi, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Rebekah Anderson, Ohio Department of Transportation
Zhuojun Jiang, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Chandra Parasa, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Bruce Griesenbeck, Sacramento Area Council of Governments
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION · Data collection activities supporting the develop-
OF NEW YORK ACTIVITY-BASED ment of the new model included a household travel sur-
TRAVEL MODELS vey and obtaining socioeconomic and demographic data.
A 24-hour place-based diary was completed for 11,264
Kuo-Ann Chiao, Ali Mohseni, and households. The diaries were completed by all of the
Sangeeta Bhowmick household members. The diary included information on
the places visited, the activities at each place, the modes
Kuo-Ann Chiao and Ali Mohseni described the develop- of travel, and the time of travel.
ment and use of the New York activity-based travel · Socioeconomic and demographic data collection
demand model. They discussed the study area, data col- efforts focused on land use, population, households,
lection activities, the highway and transit networks, the employment, and labor force. Forecasts for each of these
general structure of the model, and applications of the items were generated for 5-year periods.
model. Volume 2 includes a paper on the topic.1 The fol- · Other data collection efforts included traffic counts
lowing points were covered in their presentation. for 2,300 screenline locations, origindestination sur-
veys, and travel time observations. An origindestination
· The New York Best Practice Model (NYBPM) survey was conducted at 12 cordon stations in New York
study area includes 28 counties in the three states of New State. A total of 50,000 questionnaires were distributed
York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The area encom- and 6,000 were returned. Travel time data were collected
passes 9,738 square miles. The population of the area is between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on 4,500 roadway seg-
approximately 20 million and there are 8 million house- ments, with 40,000 travel time observations obtained.
holds. There are 3,586 transportation analysis zones. The · The household travel survey was conducted in
model analyzes travel patterns by four time periods, eight 1997 and 1998, as a joint project between the New York
trip purposes, 10 motorized modes, and four urban types. Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and
the New Jersey Transportation Planning Agency. The
location-based travel survey included 11,000 house-
1 See Chiao, K.-A., A. Mohseni, and S. Bhowmick. Lessons Learned
holds, 28,000 people, and 118,000 trips.
from the Implementation of New York Activity-Based Travel Models.
In Conference Proceedings 42: Innovations in Travel Demand · The three-state area includes a large highway net-
Modeling, Volume 2: Papers, Transportation Research Board of the work. There are 52,794 links in the 28 counties. These
National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2008, pp. 173176. links include 4,950 high-level facilities, 26,385 arterials,
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