PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-09-0037
Project Name:	Effects of Automated Transit and Pedestrian/Bicycling Facilities on Urban Travel Patterns
Status:	Active
Contact:	Last Name: Ferlis First Name: Robert A (Bob) Telephone: 202-493-3268 E-mail: robert.ferlis@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Operations Research and Development
Team:	N/A
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Not Applicable
Project Findings:	Data not yet available
Project Description:	The purpose of this Exploratory Advanced Research project is to assess the potential of transformative improvements in neighborhood-serving transit and pedestrian and cycling facilities to shift neighborhood trips and transit access trips from the automobile to other modes. The neighborhood serving transit concepts will include an automated community transit system. To ensure that the modeled changes are of sufficient magnitude to shift modal choice significantly, transportation and land-use attributes of a city rich in pedestrian, transit, and cycling opportunities will be used as a basis for future scenarios. The analysis will be conducted with specialized agent-based and activity-based transportation models, and enabled through a special household travel survey to allow the potential new service concepts to be visualized and assessed by potential consumers.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	September 1, 2009
End Date:	September 16, 2012
Funding Amount:	$578,696.00
FHWA Program Name:	Exploratory Advanced Research
Goals:	Providing innovative pedestrian, bicycle, and transit facilities and services will attract travelers and decrease passenger car travel.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Develop innovative facilities and services, conduct traveler survey, develop and calibrate demand model, and determine possible modal shifts and other impacts on travel.
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	University of Illinois Chicago; Role(s): Technical
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Increase mode share of non-automobile travel.
Deliverables:	Name: Technical Report Product Type(s): Other Description: Discussion of research methodology and results. Audiences: Researchers Secondary Audiences:
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FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--FHWA Research and Technology
TRT Terms:	Transit Pedestrians Travel Demand
FHWA Disciplines:	Environment Operations
Subject Areas:	Operations and Traffic Management Pedestrians and Bicyclists Research