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Mid-year Status Report

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Mid-year Status Report

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    2. MPO MODELING SURVEY OVERVIEW MPO Survey Conducted in the Fall 2004 31 MPOs Responded to the Survey Survey Results Processed and Summarized Results Grouped by Population Less than 1.5 Million (14 MPOs) Greater than 1.5 Million (17 MPOs)

    3. PURPOSE OF THE MPO SURVEY Understand Modeling Resources Budget Staffing Modeling Software Usage and Trends Model Descriptions/Applications Future Modeling Directions and Issues

    4. Survey Topics Staffing -Job Classification & Staff Function Budgets - Modeling Section, Consultant, Training Model Software - Existing and Future Description of Models and Applications Modeling Program - Fee-Service & Consistency Future Modeling Directions Modeling Issues

    5. Participating MPOs Las Cruces MPO Farmington MPO Wichita Falls MPO/City of Wichita Falls Indian River County MPO Bloomington Area Trans. Study Chittenden County MPO Fargo-Moorhead Metro COG Syracuse Metropolitan Trans. Council Lancaster County Planning Commission Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) South Jersey Trans. Planning Org. Sarasota Manatee MPO Lee County MPO Capital District Trans. Committee (CDTC) Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metro Portland, Oregon First Coast MPO East-West Gateway COG Denver Regional Council of Governments Hillsborough County MPO San Diego Association of Governments Puget Sound Regional Council Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization Baltimore Metropolitan Council North Central Texas COG Delaware Valley Regional Planning Com. Whatcom COG Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), San Francisco CATS (Chicago MPO) Southern California Assc.of Gov (SCAG) New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (MTC)

    6. MPO Modeling Budget

    7. Job Classifications Distribution

    8. Staff Resource Distribution

    9. Model Applications

    10. Types of Transportation Models

    11. Model Update Cycle

    12. Modeling Software - Small MPOs

    13. Modeling Software - Large MPOs

    14. Model Consistency

    15. Summary of Modeling Issues, Small MPOs Model Performance – Poor Validation/Calibration Problems Associated With Starting a New Modeling Program Use of Regional Model for Subregional/Corridor Analysis Misc. Model Improvements: transit, freight, landuse/demographic

    16. Summary of Modeling Issues, Large MPOs Summit/New Starts/FTA Requirements Mode Choice Model Related Improvements Air Passenger Model Related Improvements Truck Model Related Improvements Land Use\Demographic Model Inputs Predicting Traveler’s Response to Congestion Forecasting University Trips Finding Trained/Experienced Modeling Staff

    17. Future Modeling Direction Small MPO Software Changes Hardware Upgrade Model Calibration Model Validation

    18. Future Modeling Direction Large MPOs Software Changes Hardware Upgrades Freight/Truck Modeling Destination Choice Modeling Activity Modeling Parking Modeling Air Passenger Modeling Improve Highway Assignment Land Use Modeling

    19. Thank you for your time

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