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Title:

Comparison of Traffic Impact Analysis Methods for Proposed Developments

Accession Number:

01340166

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This paper presents an empirical study to compare two methods for performing traffic impact analysis, namely the link distribution percentage approach and the special generator approach. The Alachua/Gainesville Metropolitan Planning Organization model was used as the test bed. A number of scenarios of new developments were created by changing various characteristics of two hypothetical developments. The traffic impacts of those hypothetical developments were estimated by implementing these two methods respectively. It was observed that these two methods produced fairly consistent estimates of traffic impacts caused by different hypothetical scenarios. However, the link distribution percentage approach is easier to implement. This paper thus recommends this less cumbersome approach to analyze traffic impacts from proposed developments.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-1403

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Mamun, Shahid
Yin, Yafeng
Srinivasan, Sivaramakrishnan
Corkery, Terry

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; Maps; References (9) ; Tables (8)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-1403

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:47PM