Spatial Analysis of Mobility Patterns (formerly Integrated Land-Use, Transportation and Environmental Modeling: Complex Systems Approaches and Advanced Policy Applications)

The system of modern automotive transportation suffers from perpetually increasing demand. In this light, we are examining a simple cellular automata model of vehicle traffic (BML), and investigating the utility of intelligent traffic signals. The work is part of a larger effort at UVM to model traffic and its relationship to land use in Chittenden County, Vermont. As part of this larger effort, we are examining the stability of TRANSIMS, a state-of-the-art agent-based model of transportation developed by Los Alamos National Lab. UrbanSim will be coupled to TRANSIMS and used to simulate changes in land use. The sensitivity of the coupled model to the level of model complexity is being examined through comparative variation in different dynamic processes, submodels, variables, and parameters. The goal will be to develop a guidance matrix that would inform analysts of the appropriate level of model complexity required for a given practical application. Graduate students interested in becoming involved should contact the Co-PI Chris Danforth at Chris.Danforth@uvm.edu.

• Record URL:
  http://www.uvm.edu/trc/university-transportation-center/utc-current-project-list/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • http://www.uvm.edu/~transctr/research/trc_reports/UVM-TRC-10-016.pdf

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $127787.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06-G-0018

  022031

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Troy, Austin

  Aultman-Hall, Lisa

• Performing Organizations:

  UVM Transportation Center

  University of Vermont
  210 Colchester Avenue
  Burlington, VT  United States  05405
• Principal Investigators:

  Yu, Jun

• Start Date: 20070901
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20091231
• Source Data: RiP Project 14745

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Environmental impacts; Land use models; Policy analysis; Research projects
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01569479
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: UVM Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0018, 022031
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 14 2015 1:01AM