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From page 75... ... 75 File Specifications A p p e n d i x B ➢ RUNAME The user can put in text here that is the title of the run ➢ SKETCH 1 // If this is >0, it runs in "sketch" mode, otherwise in "regional" mode ➢ RDSEED 12323 // This is the seed value for the random number generator ➢ SKREPT 50 // This is the number of times to simulate each person in sketch mode ➢ MINEXP 50 // This is the minimum expansion factor for regional mode, as 1/N ➢ INPDIR c:\user\input\ // The directory path where most input files are located ➢ ZONEFN zonedata07.dat // The file name of the input zonal data file ➢ TRCTFN tractvars.dat // The file name of the input census tract data file ➢ SAMPFN sampextract.dat // The file name of the survey sample data file ➢ HWFDIR c:\user\2007_highway\ // The directory path for highway files ➢ AMHWFN amsov.dat // The file name of the AM peak SOV matrix file ➢ PMHWFN pmsov.dat // The file name of the PM peak SOV matrix file ➢ OPHWFN opsov.dat // The file name of the off-peak SOV matrix file ➢ USETRN 1 // This controls whether transit matrices are used ➢ TRFDIR c:\user\2007_transit\ // The directory path for transit files ➢ AMTRFN amtran.dat // The file name of the AM peak transit matrix file ➢ OPTRFN optran.dat // The file name of the off-peak transit matrix file ➢ OUTDIR c:\output\ // The directory path where output files are to be written ➢ PRNTFN print.dat // The file name of the output print/message file ➢ PDAYFN adapersout.dat // The file name of the person-day results data file ➢ TOURFN adatourout.dat // The file name of the tour level results data file ➢ TRIPFN adatripout.dat // The file name of the trip level results data file ➢ INCCHG 0 // A percent change in regional income, for scenario testing ➢ AGECHG 0 // A percent change in senior citizen proportion, for scenario testing ➢ HHSCHG 0 // A percent change in household size, for scenario testing ➢ PTTCHG 0 // A percent change in paratransit travel times, for scenario testing ➢ FARCHG 0 // An absolute change in paratransit fares in cents, for scenario testing ➢ RELCHG 0 // An absolute change in paratransit punctuality, in trips/20, for scenario testing Example User Control Input File Read the entire page →
From page 76... ... 76 improving AdA paratransit demand estimation: Regional Modeling ➢ The person-day file: The first group of tables just shows the distribution of the expanded regional sample along a number of household and person characteristics. The second table shows the mean number of predicted tours per day, ADA paratransit trips per day, and ADA paratransit miles per day, along those same person and household dimensions. Read the entire page →
From page 77... ... File Specifications 77 ➢ restsz F5.0 ➢ autoacc F7.4 ➢ walkacc F7.4 ➢ expfact F6.4 ➢ numtours F1.0 ➢ adatrips F1.0 ➢ adamiles F4.1. Read the entire page →
From page 78... ... 78 improving AdA paratransit demand estimation: Regional Modeling ➢ adamiles 'ADA paratransit miles per day'/ ➢ areatyp 'Residence area type'/ ➢ agergrp 'Age group'. ➢ ➢ value labels ➢ gend 1 'male' 2 'female'/ ➢ age 999 'refused'/ ➢ lic physimp mentimp sensimp 0 'no' 1 'yes' 2 'no' 9 'refused'/ ➢ emply stud 1 'full time' 2 'part time' 3 'no' 9 'refused'/ ➢ hhsiz hhveh 98 'dk' 99 'refused'/ ➢ income 1 '$0 - 15k' 2 '$15 - 25k' 3 '$25 - 35k' 4 '$35 - 50k' 5 '$50 - 75k' 6 '$75 - 100k' 7 '$100 - 15k0' 8 '$over 150k' 99 'refused'/ ➢ resarea 1 'DART' 2 'MITS'/ ➢ areatyp 1 'low walk acc' 2 'medium walk acc' 3 'high walk acc' 4 'very high walk acc'/ ➢ agegrp 1 '17 - 34' 2 '35 - 49' 3 '50 - 64' 4 '65 - 74' 5 '75 up'. Read the entire page →
From page 79... ... File Specifications 79 29 119 1.0 1.0 7.9 30 54 .5 .5 8.3 31 81 .7 .7 9.0 32 67 .6 .6 9.6 33 36 .3 .3 9.9 34 27 .2 .2 10.1 35 70 .6 .6 10.7 36 111 .9 .9 11.7 37 14 .1 .1 11.8 38 66 .6 .6 12.3 39 217 1.8 1.8 14.2 40 109 .9 .9 15.1 41 26 .2 .2 15.3 42 149 1.3 1.3 16.6 43 121 1.0 1.0 17.6 44 198 1.7 1.7 19.3 45 158 1.3 1.3 20.6 46 269 2.3 2.3 22.9 47 146 1.2 1.2 24.1 48 111 .9 .9 25.1 49 167 1.4 1.4 26.5 50 127 1.1 1.1 27.6 51 185 1.6 1.6 29.1 52 218 1.8 1.8 31.0 53 139 1.2 1.2 32.1 54 261 2.2 2.2 34.4 55 180 1.5 1.5 35.9 56 252 2.1 2.1 38.0 57 130 1.1 1.1 39.1 58 231 2.0 2.0 41.1 59 304 2.6 2.6 43.6 60 445 3.8 3.8 47.4 61 370 3.1 3.1 50.5 27 118 1.0 1.0 6.1 28 89 .8 .8 6.9 24 101 .9 .9 3.5 25 49 .4 .4 3.9 26 140 1.2 1.2 5.1 Read the entire page →
From page 80... ... 80 improving AdA paratransit demand estimation: Regional Modeling 67 425 3.6 3.6 65.9 68 251 2.1 2.1 68.1 69 238 2.0 2.0 70.1 70 210 1.8 1.8 71.9 71 123 1.0 1.0 72.9 72 167 1.4 1.4 74.3 73 182 1.5 1.5 75.9 74 158 1.3 1.3 77.2 75 272 2.3 2.3 79.5 76 184 1.6 1.6 81.1 77 56 .5 .5 81.5 78 258 2.2 2.2 83.7 79 224 1.9 1.9 85.6 80 172 1.5 1.5 87.1 81 111 .9 .9 88.0 82 151 1.3 1.3 89.3 83 292 2.5 2.5 91.8 84 83 .7 .7 92.5 85 96 .8 .8 93.3 86 44 .4 .4 93.7 87 107 .9 .9 94.6 88 96 .8 .8 95.4 89 119 1.0 1.0 96.4 90 217 1.8 1.8 98.2 91 35 .3 .3 98.5 92 119 1.0 1.0 99.5 94 11 .1 .1 99.6 refused 45 .4 .4 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 ➢ ➢ 65 165 1.4 1.4 60.8 66 180 1.5 1.5 62.3 62 392 3.3 3.3 53.9 63 256 2.2 2.2 56.0 64 401 3.4 3.4 59.4 Read the entire page →
From page 81... ... File Specifications 81 Employment Status Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid full time 600 5.1 5.1 5.1 part time 536 4.5 4.5 9.6 no 10677 90.4 90.4 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Student Status Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid full time 342 2.9 2.9 2.9 part time 343 2.9 2.9 5.8 no 11128 94.2 94.2 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Physical impairment? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid no 2923 24.7 24.7 24.7 yes 8890 75.3 75.3 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Mental impairment? Read the entire page →
From page 82... ... 82 improving AdA paratransit demand estimation: Regional Modeling Valid 1 4766 40.3 40.3 40.3 2 3693 31.3 31.3 71.6 3 1935 16.4 16.4 88.0 4 735 6.2 6.2 94.2 5 345 2.9 2.9 97.1 6 173 1.5 1.5 98.6 7 111 .9 .9 99.5 8 56 .5 .5 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Household Vehicles Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 0 5749 48.7 48.7 48.7 1 4262 36.1 36.1 84.7 2 1343 11.4 11.4 96.1 3 319 2.7 2.7 98.8 4 90 .8 .8 99.6 5 44 .4 .4 100.0 8 5 .0 .0 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Number of Household licensed drivers Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 0 4005 33.9 33.9 33.9 1 4516 38.2 38.2 72.1 2 2627 22.2 22.2 94.4 3 473 4.0 4.0 98.4 4 181 1.5 1.5 99.9 5 10 .1 .1 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Household Size Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Read the entire page →
From page 83... ... File Specifications 83 3 286 2.4 2.4 99.7 4 36 .3 .3 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Number of Household students Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 0 9299 78.7 78.7 78.7 1 1879 15.9 15.9 94.6 2 284 2.4 2.4 97.0 3 280 2.4 2.4 99.4 4 13 .1 .1 99.5 5 53 .4 .4 100.0 6 5 .0 .0 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Residence service area Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid DART 7314 61.9 61.9 61.9 MITS 4499 38.1 38.1 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Residence area type Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid low walk acc 2305 19.5 19.5 19.5 medium walk acc 4170 35.3 35.3 54.8 high walk acc 3835 32.5 32.5 87.3 very high walk acc 1503 12.7 12.7 100.0 Total 11813 100.0 100.0 Number of household members who are workers Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 0 7905 66.9 66.9 66.9 1 2606 22.1 22.1 89.0 2 980 8.3 8.3 97.3 Read the entire page →
From page 84... ... 84 improving AdA paratransit demand estimation: Regional Modeling Number of tours per day, ADA paratransit trips per day, ADA paratransit miles per day * Residence area type Statistics=Mean Residence area type Number of tours per day ADA paratransit trips per day ADA paratransit miles per day dimension0 low walk acc .49 .31 3.744 medium walk acc .50 .31 3.120 high walk acc .51 .30 2.600 very high walk acc .52 .29 2.116 Total .50 .30 2.945 Number of tours per day, ADA paratransit trips per day, ADA paratransit miles per day * Read the entire page →
From page 85... ... File Specifications 85 Number of tours per day, ADA paratransit trips per day, ADA paratransit miles per day * Employment Status Statistics=Mean Employment Status Number of tours per day ADA paratransit trips per day ADA paratransit miles per day dimension0 full time 1.13 1.15 11.397 part time .88 .88 8.573 no .45 .23 2.188 Total .50 .30 2.945 Number of tours per day, ADA paratransit trips per day, ADA paratransit miles per day * Read the entire page →
From page 86... ... 86 improving AdA paratransit demand estimation: Regional Modeling Sensory impairment? Number of tours per day ADA paratransit trips per day ADA paratransit miles per day dimension0 no .50 .32 3.129 yes .51 .24 2.362 Total .50 .30 2.945 Number of tours per day, ADA paratransit trips per day, ADA paratransit miles per day * Read the entire page →
From page 87... ... File Specifications 87 dimension0 DART .51 .32 3.089 MITS .49 .28 2.712 Total .50 .30 2.945 2. Tour level output ➢ GET DATA ➢ /TYPE=TXT ➢ /FILE="C:\Users\Mark\Documents\Paratransit\adatourout.dat" ➢ /DELCASE=LINE ➢ /DELIMITERS=" " ➢ /ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED ➢ /FIRSTCASE=2 ➢ /IMPORTCASE=ALL ➢ /VARIABLES= ➢ SAMPN F7.0 ➢ GEND F1.0 ➢ AGE F2.0 ➢ LIC F1.0 ➢ EMPLY F1.0 ➢ STUD F1.0 ➢ PHYSIMP F1.0 ➢ MENTIMP F1.0 ➢ SENSIMP F1.0 ➢ HHSIZ F1.0 ➢ INCOME F1.0 ➢ HHVEH F1.0 ➢ HHLIC F1.0 ➢ HHWRK F1.0 ➢ HHSTU F1.0 ➢ resarea F1.0 ➢ restract F9.0 ➢ restsz F5.0 ➢ autoacc F7.4 ➢ walkacc F7.4 ➢ expfact F6.4 ➢ numtours F1.0 ➢ adatrips F1.0 ➢ adamiles F5.1 ➢ tourn F1.0 ➢ tourpurp F1.0 Number of tours per day, ADA paratransit trips per day, ADA paratransit miles per day * Read the entire page →
From page 88... ... 88 improving AdA paratransit demand estimation: Regional Modeling ➢ DATASET NAME DataSet2 WINDOW=FRONT. ➢ ➢ compute areatyp=1. Read the entire page →
From page 89... ... File Specifications 89 ➢ gend 1 'male' 2 'female'/ ➢ age 999 'refused'/ ➢ lic physimp mentimp sensimp 0 'no' 1 'yes' 2 'no' 9 'refused'/ ➢ emply stud 1 'full time' 2 'part time' 3 'no' 9 'refused'/ ➢ hhsiz hhveh 98 'dk' 99 'refused'/ ➢ income 1 '$0 - 15k' 2 '$15 - 25k' 3 '$25 - 35k' 4 '$35 - 50k' 5 '$50 - 75k' 6 '$75 - 100k' 7 '$100 - 15k0' 8 '$over 150k' 99 'refused'/ ➢ resarea 1 'DART' 2 'MITS'/ ➢ areatyp 1 'low walk acc' 2 'medium walk acc' 3 'high walk acc' 4 'very high walk acc'/ ➢ agegrp 1 '17 - 34' 2 '35 - 49' 3 '50 - 64' 4 '65 - 74' 5 '75 up'/ ➢ tourpurp 1 'medical' 2 'work' 3 'school' 4 'adult daycare' 5 'shop/meal' 6 'pers.bus' 7 'recreation' 8 'social' 9 'home'/ ➢ tourmode 1 'ADA paratransit' 2 'other special trans' 3 'scheduled transit' 4 'car shared ride' 5 'car drive alone' 6 'walk/wheelchair'. ➢ ➢ cross areatyp agegrp gend to resarea by tourpurp tourmode tourtrips/cell row. Read the entire page →
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From page 93... ... File Specifications 93 3. Trip level output ➢ GET DATA ➢ /TYPE=TXT ➢ /FILE="C:\Users\Mark\Documents\Paratransit\adatripout.dat" ➢ /DELCASE=LINE ➢ /DELIMITERS=" " ➢ /ARRANGEMENT=DELIMITED ➢ /FIRSTCASE=2 ➢ /IMPORTCASE=ALL ➢ /VARIABLES= ➢ SAMPN F7.0 ➢ GEND F1.0 ➢ AGE F2.0 ➢ LIC F1.0 ➢ EMPLY F1.0 ➢ STUD F1.0 ➢ PHYSIMP F1.0 ➢ MENTIMP F1.0 ➢ SENSIMP F1.0 ➢ HHSIZ F1.0 ➢ INCOME F1.0 ➢ HHVEH F1.0 ➢ HHLIC F1.0 ➢ HHWRK F1.0 ➢ HHSTU F1.0 ➢ resarea F1.0 ➢ restract F9.0 ➢ restsz F4.0 ➢ autoacc F7.4 ➢ walkacc F7.4 ➢ expfact F6.4 ➢ numtours F1.0 ➢ adatrips F1.0 ➢ adamiles F4.1 ➢ tourn F1.0 ➢ tourpurp F1.0 ➢ tourmode F1.0 ➢ tourtrips F1.0 Read the entire page →
From page 94... ... 94 improving AdA paratransit demand estimation: Regional Modeling ➢ tripn F1.0 ➢ tripopurp F1.0 ➢ tripdpurp F1.0 ➢ tripmode F1.0 ➢ tripozone F5.0 ➢ tripdzone F5.0 ➢ tripdist F5.2 ➢ triptime F5.2. Read the entire page →
From page 95... ... File Specifications 95 numtours 'Number of tours per day'/ adatrips 'ADA paratransit trips per day'/ adamiles 'ADA paratransit miles per day'/ areatyp 'Residence area type'/ agergrp 'Age group'/ tourn 'Tour number in day'/ tourpurp 'Tour main purpose'/ tourmode 'Tour main mode'/ tourtrips 'Trips in tour'/ tripn 'Trip number within tour'/ tripopurp 'Trip origin purpose'/ tripdpurp 'Trip destination purpose'/ tripmode 'Trip mode'/ tripozone 'Trip origin zone'/ tripdzone 'Trip destination zone'/ tripdist 'Trip auto distance'/ triptime 'Trip auto time'. value labels gend 1 'male' 2 'female'/ age 999 'refused'/ lic physimp mentimp sensimp 0 'no' 1 'yes' 2 'no' 9 'refused'/ emply stud 1 'full time' 2 'part time' 3 'no' 9 'refused'/ hhsiz hhveh 98 'dk' 99 'refused'/ income 1 '$0 - 15k' 2 '$15 - 25k' 3 '$25 - 35k' 4 '$35 - 50k' 5 '$50 - 75k' 6 '$75 - 100k' 7 '$100 - 15k0' 8 '$over 150k' 99 'refused'/ resarea 1 'DART' 2 'MITS'/ areatyp 1 'low walk acc' 2 'medium walk acc' 3 'high walk acc' 4 'very high walk acc'/ agegrp 1 '17 - 34' 2 '35 - 49' 3 '50 - 64' 4 '65 - 74' 5 '75 up'/ tourpurp tripopurp tripdpurp 1 'medical' 2 'work' 3 'school' 4 'adult daycare' 5 'shop/meal' 6 'pers.bus' 7 'recreation' 8 'social' 9 'home'/ tourmode tripmode 1 'ADA paratransit' 2 'other special trans' 3 'scheduled transit' 4 'car shared ride' 5 'car drive alone' 6 'walk/wheelchair'. Read the entire page →
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From page 97... ... Abbreviations and acronyms used without deﬁnitions in TRB publications: AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) Read the entire page →

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... 75 File Specifications A p p e n d i x B ➢ RUNAME The user can put in text here that is the title of the run ➢ SKETCH 1 // If this is >0, it runs in "sketch" mode, otherwise in "regional" mode ➢ RDSEED 12323 // This is the seed value for the random number generator ➢ SKREPT 50 // This is the number of times to simulate each person in sketch mode ➢ MINEXP 50 // This is the minimum expansion factor for regional mode, as 1/N ➢ INPDIR c:\user\input\ // The directory path where most input files are located ➢ ZONEFN zonedata07.dat // The file name of the input zonal data file ➢ TRCTFN tractvars.dat // The file name of the input census tract data file ➢ SAMPFN sampextract.dat // The file name of the survey sample data file ➢ HWFDIR c:\user\2007_highway\ // The directory path for highway files ➢ AMHWFN amsov.dat // The file name of the AM peak SOV matrix file ➢ PMHWFN pmsov.dat // The file name of the PM peak SOV matrix file ➢ OPHWFN opsov.dat // The file name of the off-peak SOV matrix file ➢ USETRN 1 // This controls whether transit matrices are used ➢ TRFDIR c:\user\2007_transit\ // The directory path for transit files ➢ AMTRFN amtran.dat // The file name of the AM peak transit matrix file ➢ OPTRFN optran.dat // The file name of the off-peak transit matrix file ➢ OUTDIR c:\output\ // The directory path where output files are to be written ➢ PRNTFN print.dat // The file name of the output print/message file ➢ PDAYFN adapersout.dat // The file name of the person-day results data file ➢ TOURFN adatourout.dat // The file name of the tour level results data file ➢ TRIPFN adatripout.dat // The file name of the trip level results data file ➢ INCCHG 0 // A percent change in regional income, for scenario testing ➢ AGECHG 0 // A percent change in senior citizen proportion, for scenario testing ➢ HHSCHG 0 // A percent change in household size, for scenario testing ➢ PTTCHG 0 // A percent change in paratransit travel times, for scenario testing ➢ FARCHG 0 // An absolute change in paratransit fares in cents, for scenario testing ➢ RELCHG 0 // An absolute change in paratransit punctuality, in trips/20, for scenario testing Example User Control Input File