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Title:

Estimating the Cost and Utility of Statewide Travel Models using Scenario-Based Interviews

Accession Number:

01691008

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

Statewide travel models are analysis tools that simulate transportation system conditions and are used to answer “what if” questions about proposed plans and policies. In the United States, they are in use or in development in 39 out of 50 state departments of transportation (DOTs). States without a statewide model are faced with the decision of whether to invest in one, whereas states with models need to decide when and whether to upgrade. Prior efforts to aid this decision making provided detailed synthesis on the cost of statewide modeling, but it has been difficult for other states to use the lessons learned, because cost is largely driven by each state’s specific circumstances. There has also been very little research on quantifying the value of models. To address these gaps, the present research uses a novel scenario-based interview approach. Representatives from 29 DOTs and five consultancies participated in our scenario-based interviews, from which we collected cost estimates for three archetypical statewide models and willingness-to-pay estimates (i.e., perceived value) under nine model development and policy focus scenarios. Our results show that cost ranges from $500,000 for an archetypical Basic 3-Step Model to between $2.8?million and $5?million for an Activity-Based Model for a large state, with data collection comprising a large portion of the cost (36–66%). Further, the perceived value of statewide models exceeds the costs by a factor of 2.4–11.3, with the cost–benefit ratio being higher when a DOT is interested in a broader set of policy issues.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-02000

Language:

English

Authors:

Francis, Daniel
Tsang, Flavia
Erhardt, Gregory D

Publication Date:

2019

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number:
Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
ISSN: 0361-1981
EISSN: 2169-4052
Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (23) ; Tables (7)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Willingness to pay

Subject Areas:

Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 3 2019 11:46AM