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Modeling Activities by State

------------ Jurisdictions ----------- Maricopa Association of Governments CalTrans Denver Regional Council of Goverments ConnDOT FDOT System Traffic Modeling Florida Model Task Force Iowa DOT Kentucky Traffic Demand Model Users Group Southeast Michgan Council of Governments Mn/DOT North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority New York Metropolitan Transportation Council NCDOT Statewide Modeling Users' Group Ohio DOT Ohio Travel Demand Model Users Group Oregon Modeling Users Group Tennessee Model User Group VTrans Hampton Roads Planning District Commission Puget Sound Regional Council KCITE Travel Demand Modelling Subcommittee Midwest Travel Model User Group OKI Regional Council of Governments Other US Model User Groups

Federal Agencies

• U. S. Deparment of Transportation
  • Federal Highway Administration
    • Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)
    • Freight forecasting
    • Freight analysis framework
    • Land use and transportation planning
    • Guidebook on statewide travel forecasting
    • Federal functional classification

• Federal Transit Administration
  • New starts modeling guidance
  • Procedures and technical methods for transit project planning

• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Clean Air Act

State Agencies

• Virginia Employment Commission
• Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
• Virginia Department of Aviation
• Virginia Port Authority
• Virginia Geographic Information Network

Research Institutes

• National Highway Institute
• National Transit Institute
• Travel Model Improvement Program
• Transportation Research Board
• Texas Transportation Institute

Data

Survey Data

• American Community Survey
• Census Transportation Planning Package
• Longitudinal Employment-Household Dynamics
• National Household Transportation Survey

GIS Data

• Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system (TIGER®)
• University of Virginia Library Geostat Center
• ESRI Data

Other

• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Census Bureau
• The Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia
• National Transit Database

Training

• NTI courses
• NHI courses
• Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program
• ESRI Training and Education

Other Learning Resources

Basic

• Travel forecasting on Wikipedia
• An Introduction to Urban Travel Demand Forecasting
• "Inside the Black Box" (Travel Modeling Primer)

Advanced

• Guidebook on Methods to Estimate Non-Motorized Travel (1999)

Modeling Software

• Citilabs
• DOT version IV commercial software from IBM