Development of an ActivityBased Model in the Lake Tahoe Region

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Development of an Activity-Based Model in the
Lake Tahoe Region
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Lake Tahoe Region

• TRPA
• 55,000 Residents
• 282 TAZs
• Nearby Cities
• Winter activities
• Summer activities
• Whos here

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Lake Tahoe Region

• TRPA
• 55,000 Residents
• 282 TAZs
• Nearby Cities
• Winter activities
• Summer activities
• Whos here

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Tahoe Model Overview

• Activity-based resident models
• Activity-based non-resident models
• Seasonal resident
• Day visitor
• Overnight visitor
• External Worker

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Resident Models Data needed
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Resident Models

• Winter and Summer version
• TransCAD interface
• Monte-carlo simulation
• Implemented in JAVA
• Asserted coefficients based on our work for
  MORPC.
• Main effort was on calibration and validation

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Mid-Ohio Region

• MORPC
• 1,400,000 residents
• 2000 TAZs
• Model used since 2005

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Intra-household Interactions
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Time Windows
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MORPC Core Demand Models
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Comparison of Individual Maintenance Tour
Destination Choice Results

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Maintenance Tour Destination Choice Results
External/Internal tours
MORPC Model Applied to Tahoe
Calibrated Tahoe Model
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Indiv. Maint. DC Coefficients
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Comparison Mode Choice for Low-Inc Work Tours
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Comparison of Mode Choice for Low-Income Work
Tours
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Comparison Mode Choice School Tours
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Mode Choice - School Tour Coefficients
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Comparison Shopping Tour Participation
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Comparison Shopping Tour Participation
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Comparison At-Work Tour Participation and Type
Frequency Rates
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Comparison of At-Work Tour Participation and Type
Frequency Rates
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