HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESPONSE - RFP - P856 (17)Transportation Modeling Options for City Departments LSA Associates, Inc. City of Fort Collins January 2001 Agenda Introductions and Purpose Transportation Model Model Applications Transportation
Model What is involved with a travel demand model? Data and Databases Geographic data Network data Attribute data TransCAD model data Socioeconomic data US Census data Jurisdictional
boundaries Zip codes Railroads Water Features I-25 Socioeconomic Data Analysis Geographic Information Systems A GIS-based transportation model Compatible with other GIS tools Spatial
Analysis TransCAD Travel Demand Model Overview Four-step process Model inputs Model results Post processing and analysis Modeling Process Model Applications How can TransCAD help YOUR
department? Routing and Shortest Path Applications Football games Parades Construction closures Fleet management (e.g., snowplows) Hazardous waste Emergency response Site Selection /
Geocoding Fire stations School sites Park locations Development Review Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Traffic Impact Analysis Directional splits for a proposed development Impact
of a development on a specific intersection Travel Sheds / Critical Link Analysis Identify users of a specific facility or intersection Transit Planning and Operations CSU Transportation
Planning Transfort Strategic Plan Mason Street Master Plan Market Identification and Productivity Management and Placement of Capital Assets Land Use / Transportation / Air Quality
Conceptual level analysis of LUTRAQ relationship City Plan updates Triggers – population vs. VMT growth Air quality and emissions inventory Stationary and mobile sources On-road mobile
emissions estimation Mobile5 Nonattainment area Energy and fuel consumption Land Use and TAZ Overlay Land Use Data Conversion Supply and Demand Analysis Colorado Springs Alternatives
Analysis Air Quality Analysis Link-based emissions Zone-based emissions (i.e. cold starts, evaporate VOCs, etc.) Air quality conformity determinations Redesignation and classification
issues Integration with gridded urban airshed modeling Integration with Mobile5 Land Use / Transportation / Air Quality Available from the performance summary report for the Fort Collins
Nonattainment area GIS-Based Emissions Inventories Additional Applications Capital Improvement Programs Master Street Plan Bicycle Facilities Planning Intersection Analysis and Animation
Pavement Management Capital Improvement Program and Master Street Plan GIS-Based Capital Improvement Programs Bicycle Facilities Planning Intersection Analysis Synchro Intersection
Analysis VISSIM Animation LSA Associates, Inc. 132 West Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 970.494.1568 lsa.ftcollins@lsa-assoc.com * 1998 Data 2020 Data Land Use Data ArcView
Shape Files TransCAD *.dbd Files Trip Generation Trip Distribution Mode Analysis Traffic Assignment Socioeconomic Data Roadway Network Transit Network Transit Ridership Transit Assignment
Roadway Volumes Performance Report How many trips? Where will they go? What mode? What route? Identify needs Alternatives analysis Land Use Map TAZ Map Land Use and TAZ Overlay Develop
conversion factors for major land use categories Apply factors based on local and regional land use plans for each TAZ Compare results to: Previous estimates Transportation plan estimates
Demand Supply Difference Link-based emissions Zone-based emissions Gridded Overlay for Region $67,200 Bicycle Program Irvine $29,846 Fairview Road Costa Mesa $132,795 Artesia Blvd @
1-5 Interchange Buena Park $150,000 State College Blvd @ SR-91 Anaheim $52,910 Lincoln Avenue Signal Coordination Anaheim Funding Amount Project Agency Intersection Flow Diagram Volumes
from TransCAD Actual Traffic Counts NCHRP 255 Process SimTraffic 2D Animation VISSIM 3D Animation