A Practical Guide on DTA Model Applications for Regional Planning

FHWA-HEP-16-078

June 2016

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1. Report No. FHWA-HEP-16-078	2. Government Accession No.	3. Recipient’s Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle A Practical Guide on DTA Model Applications for Regional Planning	5. Report Date June 7th, 2016
	6. Performing Organization Code
7. Authors Krishna C. Patnam (AECOM), David B. Roden (AECOM), Dr. Weihao Yin (AECOM), Li-Yang Feng (SEMCOG), Sayeed Mallick (SEMCOG), Scott B. Smith (Volpe)	8. Performing Organization Report No.
9. Performing Organization Name and Address AECOM 3101 Wilson Blvd, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201	10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-10-D-00004 Task Order 5001
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington, DC 20590	13. Type of Report and Period Covered Apr 2015 to May 2016
14. Sponsoring Agency Code HEPP-30
15. Supplementary Notes The project was managed by Task Manager for Federal Highway Administration, Sarah Sun, who provided technical directions. The report has been reviewed by AMPO Travel Modeling Working Group. Special thanks to SEMCOG, NCTCOG, SANDAG for providing valuable feedback on draft versions, and Peter Bosa of Portland Metro for providing feedback early on the organization of the document.
16. Abstract This document is intended as a guide for use by Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) and other planning agencies that are interested in applying Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) models for planning applications. The objective of this document is to provide guidance on key practical aspects of working with DTA models, namely, information about model development, application, calibration and validation. This document relates to some experiences at the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG).
17. Key Words Dynamic Traffic Assignment, DTA, MPO, Planning Applications, Calibration, Validation, SEMCOG	18. Distribution Statement No restrictions.
19. Security Classif. (of this report) Unclassified	20. Security Classif. (of this page) Unclassified	21. No. of Pages 1	22. Price N/A

1. Report No.

FHWA-HEP-16-078

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient’s Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

A Practical Guide on DTA Model Applications for Regional Planning

5. Report Date

June 7th, 2016

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Authors

Krishna C. Patnam (AECOM), David B. Roden (AECOM), Dr. Weihao Yin (AECOM), Li-Yang Feng (SEMCOG), Sayeed Mallick (SEMCOG), Scott B. Smith (Volpe)

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

AECOM

3101 Wilson Blvd, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

Contract or Grant No.

DTFH61-10-D-00004 Task Order 5001

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

United States Department of Transportation

Federal Highway Administration

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE

Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Apr 2015 to May 2016

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

HEPP-30

15. Supplementary Notes

The project was managed by Task Manager for Federal Highway Administration, Sarah Sun, who provided technical directions. The report has been reviewed by AMPO Travel Modeling Working Group. Special thanks to SEMCOG, NCTCOG, SANDAG for providing valuable feedback on draft versions, and Peter Bosa of Portland Metro for providing feedback early on the organization of the document.

16. Abstract

This document is intended as a guide for use by Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) and other planning agencies that are interested in applying Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) models for planning applications. The objective of this document is to provide guidance on key practical aspects of working with DTA models, namely, information about model development, application, calibration and validation. This document relates to some experiences at the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG).

17. Key Words

Dynamic Traffic Assignment, DTA, MPO, Planning Applications, Calibration, Validation, SEMCOG

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions.

19. Security Classif. (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classif. (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No. of Pages

22. Price

N/A