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Transportation Analysis Zones

Transportation Analysis Zones. Changing Boundaries For Our Future. Purpose of the Zone. Determines the granularity of the supported network Used to aggregate useful land use and census data for modeling Constrained by physical features (natural and manmade) and census subdivisions

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Transportation Analysis Zones

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  1. Transportation Analysis Zones Changing Boundaries For Our Future

  2. Purpose of the Zone • Determines the granularity of the supported network • Used to aggregate useful land use and census data for modeling • Constrained by physical features (natural and manmade) and census subdivisions • Single source of data for base and future year modeling • May nest within other modeled areas or provide the basis for sub-area analysis

  3. Zone Modifications • Changing census block definitions • New freeways or other barriers • Land use changes or special generators • Need for increased or decreased network granularity • Nesting for other agency modeling efforts (e.g. Collar Counties, Statewide)

  4. Getting New Data • What data do you require now? Use super-TAZs to avoid suppression? • What data might you require in the future if your modeling practices change? • If you have TAZ boundaries that nest with another agency’s TAZ boundaries, which agency defines the TAZs for both agencies? • What information technology will you use? (TIGER/TAZ-up software, GIS, tables, …)

  5. Sherburne County (one collar county) St. Cloud Area

  6. Will there be more nesting or overlapping jurisdiction issues? Y E S Metropolitan Areas Expand, Even Across State Lines

  7. Perhaps You Can Help • Identify potential future planning area overlap • Share names of key contacts - Wisconsin DOT, Minnesota DOT, State Demographer, MPOs, … • Determine what data are needed & where • Decide who does what and at what scale • Coordinate our efforts with state and federal agencies in order to obtain data • Other actions?

  8. If we make corrections or adjustments to the data we need to share that with our ‘nesting partner’. What worked well last time? It’s still early. ? What about our external stations? What should we watch out for this time? There are new challenges out there.

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