Virginia Transportation Modeling Program
Lynchburg Regional Travel Model
Model Facts
Last update: May 2007
Developer:
Michael Baker Jr. Inc.
Completion year:
2005
Base year:
2000
Forecast year:
2030
2000 population:
215,000
Area:
352 square miles
Jurisdictions:
City of Lynchburg and Amherst (p*), Bedford (p)
and Campbell (p) counties
Air quality status:
In-attainment
Internal TAZs:
282
links/nodes:
2,820/1,072
Software:
TP+
Trip purposes:
Home-based work
Home-based other
Non-home based
Heavy truck
Timeperiod modeled:
Daily, morning peak hour,
afternoon peak hour
Modes:
Passenger vehicle,
heavy truck
*partial jurisdiction
Regional characteristics
The Lynchburg Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), in the western piedmont region of Virginia, includes the city of Lynchburg, and the urbanized portions of Amherst, Bedford and Campbell counties.
The MPO handles transportation issues for the urbanized portion of the Region 2000 Regional Commission.
The travel demand model provides traffic forecasts for various corridor and environmental impact studies, and serves as the primary forecasting tool for the Lynchburg MPO's long range transportation planning.
Travel characteristics
Highway access to the metropolitan area is provided by a number of significant federal highways routes, including U.S. Routes 460, 29, 221 and 501.
The thoroughfare system in the study area is supplemented by state primary Routes 24, 128, 130, and 291.
There are no HOV or toll facilities in the Lynchburg MPO.
The Greater Lynchburg Transit Company provides public bus service in Lynchburg as well as nearby Madison Heights.
Greyhound Lines provides inter-city transit throughout Central Virginia.
Passenger air service is available at Lynchburg Regional Airport, located in Campbell County south of the city.
Kemper Street Station, in Lynchburg, gives residents access to Amtrak rail passenger service. Freight is transportedt through the region primarily by truck and rail, Two rail lines, Norfolk Southern and CSX, use Lynchburg as a freight junction and transfer point.
The largest flow of home-to-work trips in the area occurrs between Lynchburg and the surrounding counties.
A major commercial strip is positioned along the Route 29 corridor in Campbell and Amherst counties.
Other major traffic generators include Liberty University, Lynchburg College and River Ridge Mall.
