Methodological Options and Data Sources for the Development of Long-Distance Passenger Travel Demand Models: A Comprehensive Review |
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| Authors: | Lei Zhang Frank Southworth Chenfeng Xiong Anthon Sonnenberg |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of Maryland , 1173 Glenn Martin Hall, College Park , MD , 20742 , USA lei@umd.edu;3. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 790 Atlantic Drive, SEB Building, Atlanta , GA , 30332 , USA;4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of Maryland , 1173 Glenn Martin Hall, College Park , MD , 20742 , USA |
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| Abstract: | Since the passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act in 1991, a significant number of state highway agencies have started to develop and implement statewide travel demand models to meet policy and legislative development needs. Currently, however, a lack of up-to-date multimodal and inter-regional passenger travel data hampers analysts’ ability to conduct quantitative assessments of long-distance travel infrastructure investment needs, at both the national and statewide levels. Despite these data limitations, but also largely shaped by them, long-distance travel modelling has become an increasingly popular topic in recent years. This paper reviews several methodologies for multimodal inter-regional travel demand estimation, drawing examples from both state-specific modelling within the USA and from fully national models being developed and applied in other parts of the world, notably in Europe. |
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