Partnership to Develop an Integrated, Advanced Travel Demand Model and a Fine-grained, Time-Sensitive Network
Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP 2), Project C10(A)

(PI: Steve Lawe, RSG Inc.)

The goal of Project C10 is to improve modeling and network processes and procedures in order to address policy and investment questions described in the Project Background that cannot be well addressed now, and to facilitate further development, deployment, and application of these procedures. The primary objective of this project is to make operational in two public agencies a dynamic integrated model–an integrated, advanced travel-demand model with a fine-grained, time-dependent network (integrated activities and networks). The secondary objectives of this project are: (1) Produce a portable, transferrable, product, process, and sample data set that can be adapted for use elsewhere or used for research. (2) Incorporate SHRP 2 Capacity products from projects C04 (pricing) and C05 (operations) into the model capabilities. (3) Incorporate travel time reliability into the modeling capabilities. (4) Demonstrate the application of outputs of the integrated model to estimate greenhouse gas emissions using EPA’s MOVES Model. (5) Demonstrate the dynamic integrated model set in a real-world environment on selected policies listed in this RFP.