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Versatile Applications of EMME/2 and ENIF: Seattle Experience

Versatile Applications of EMME/2 and ENIF: Seattle Experience. Madhavi Sanakkayala Heather Purdy & Sujay Davuluri Parsons Brinckerhoff, Seattle. Presentation Layout. EMME/2 Applications Multimodal Travel Forecasting Special Analysis Performance Measures Interface with Micro-Simulation

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Versatile Applications of EMME/2 and ENIF: Seattle Experience

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  1. Versatile Applications of EMME/2 and ENIF: Seattle Experience Madhavi Sanakkayala Heather Purdy & Sujay Davuluri Parsons Brinckerhoff, Seattle

  2. Presentation Layout • EMME/2 Applications • Multimodal Travel Forecasting • Special Analysis • Performance Measures • Interface with Micro-Simulation • ENIF Applications • Conclusions

  3. SeattleAreaMap

  4. MAJORFACILITIES

  5. Multimodal Travel Forecasting • Highway Focus • Transit Focus • Pricing Focus • Combined Focus

  6. Highway Focus • Capacity Enhancement • New Facility • I-605 • Replacement Facility • SR 520, SR 99 • Roadway Widening • I-405

  7. EXAMPLES

  8. Highway Focus – Continued… • Unconstrained Capacity Analysis • Maximum possible Auto Demand on the Highway System • No Highway Constraints • All-or-Nothing Assignments • Used for determining the future highway capacity needs

  9. Unconstrained Demand

  10. Transit Focus • System Planning • Light Rail • Commuter Rail • Bus Rapid Transit • Ferries • Park & Ride Facilities • Project-Level Planning • Sound Transit’s Projects (Express Buses, Commuter Rail & Light Rail)

  11. Transit Planning

  12. Washington State Ferries

  13. Transit Focus – Continued… • Unconstrained Capacity Analysis • Maximum possible Transit Demand • Highway network used to replicate a ubiquitous transit network • Used for evaluating the future transit needs • For Potential New Markets • For Improving Current Markets

  14. Unconstrained Transit

  15. Transit Focus – Continued…

  16. Pricing Focus • Tolls - Congestion Management Focus • Limited capacity enhancement opportunities • Tolls on major facilities • Based on marginal delay • Delay reduction • Tolls - Revenue Maximizing Focus • Used for SR-520 Floating Bridge Replacement Project • Generalized Cost Assignment Approach

  17. Congestion Management Tolling

  18. Special Analysis • HOT/Managed Lanes • Unused HOV capacity • Allocate to GP traffic with tolls • Matrix Estimation • Estimating base year OD matrix • User Benefits • SUMMIT: New Starts • EMME/2: Matrix Calculations

  19. SR-167 HOT Lanes

  20. Performance Measures • Highway • VMT/VHT • Delay Calculation • Travel Time • Screenline Analysis • Transit • Travel Time • Cluster Analysis • Screenline Analysis

  21. Interface with Micro-Simulation • Sub-Area Analysis • Integration Application to Seattle Downtown • Feedback Between Packages • Link Free Flow Speeds • Capacities • Intersection Volumes • Growth Factors • Hourly Volumes

  22. ENIF Applications • Network analysis tool • Coding Networks, Comparing Networks among various scenarios, Quality Control/Quality Assurance • Evaluation tool • Displaying & Evaluating the Results, Comparing Results among various scenarios • Enhanced Graphics • Presenting & Communicating Network Assumptions and Results to team members and clients

  23. Concluding Remarks • EMME/2 Provided Excellent Capabilities for: • Multimodal Applications • Testing Hypothetical Situations • Transit/Ferry Forecasting Analyses • Flexibility with Tolling Applications • ENIF Versatile Functionalities • New EMME

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