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Application of an Activity-Based Model for Highway Pricing Studies in Chicago. CMAP Region. Population: 10.5m 21 counties 2K TAZs 17K MAZs. Regional Comprehensive Plan. GO TO 2040, adopted in 2010 Notorious traffic congestion Pricing queries lead to ABM development. Why Pricing?.
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Application of an Activity-Based Model for Highway Pricing Studies in Chicago TPAC | Columbus, OH | May 2013
CMAP Region Population: 10.5m 21 counties 2K TAZs 17K MAZs
Regional Comprehensive Plan GO TO 2040, adopted in 2010 Notorious traffic congestion Pricing queries lead to ABM development
Why Pricing? • Theoretical • Turn external costs inward • Practical • Cannot build our way out of congestion
Why Develop ABM? • Advanced Model Work Plan • Pricing ABM • Transit ABM • ABM-DTA Integration • Benefits • User segmentation • Continuous value of time
Integrated Model System • CT-RAMP demand model • Coordinated Travel Regional Activity-based Modeling Platform • Highway Assignments & Skimming • Handles route choice for trucks, externals, & airport traffic
Model Flow Model Re-estimated for CMAP Pricing ABM Auto ownership model Destination choice models Time-of-day choice models Mode choice models
Road Pricing Essentials • Variation in Value of Time • ABM -continuous VOT distribution • EMME - discrete VOT classes (high & low) • Vehicle occupancy • ABM & EMME - 3 discrete classes • SOV, HOV2, HOV3+ • Route type choice • ABM & EMME explicitly treat toll & non-toll users for each segment
Value of Time • VOT by travel purpose & person type • Car occupancy accounts for cost sharing • VOT(HOV2) = 1.6 * max(individual VOT) • VOT(HOV3+) = 2.3 * max(individual VOT) • Static assignment & VOT
Route Type Choice • Currently implemented as binary choice • Toll vs. non-toll • Explicit modeling of toll users at OD level • Accounts for toll bias • Allows for VOT variation/segmentation beyond 12 assignable classes
Assignable Trip Tables • Total of 44 • 12 for passenger auto (from ABM) • 8 for trucks (EMME route type choice model) • 12 for externals (EMME route type choice model) • 12 for airports (EMME route type choice model)
Projects IL 53/120 • New highways • IL 53/120 • Elgin O’Hare West Bypass • Add lanes • I-90 • I-290 • I-55 I-90 EOWB I-290 I-55
Setting Toll Rates • Current • Set to recover construction & operating costs • Congestion pricing • Set to achieve performance objectives • Maintain free flow speed • Maximize revenue • Maximize throughput
Setting Toll Rates • Set toll based on modeled delay • Toll Rate = (Hrs of Delay * VOT per Hr) / Miles
Travel Times (AM Peak) $0.00 $0.00 $1.30 $2.76 Minutes $2.53 $3.41
Toll Rate Comparisons Toll rate ($/mile)
Other Findings • Mode Share • Small HOV increase & SOV decrease • Traffic Spillover • Arterials & General Purpose Lanes • Decreased congestion
Other CMAP Efforts • Outreach • Further study
Questions? Matt Stratton, mstratton@cmap.illinois.gov Kermit Wies, kwies@cmap.illinois.gov Peter Vovsha, vovsha@pbworld.com Ben Stabler, stabler@pbworld.com