Virginia Transportation Modeling Program
Winchester Regional Travel Model
Developer:
WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff
Completion Year:
2017
Base Year:
2015
Forecast Year:
2040
2015 Population:
106,316
Jurisdictions:
Winchester City and Frederick County
Air Quality Status:
Early Action Compact (EAC)
Internal TAZs:
169
Software:
CUBE Voyager
Trip Purposes:
Home-Based Work (HBW)
Home-Based School(HBS)
Home-Based Shop(HBSH)
Home-Based Other (HBO)
Non-Home Based (NHB)
Non-Home Based Other(NHBO)
Time Period Modeled:
AM Mid-day PM Night
Modes:
Passenger Vehicle Transit
*partial
Regional Characteristics
The Winchester model covers the Winchester-Frederick County MPO area which includes the City of Winchester, Town of Stephens City, and Frederick County. The Winchester modeling area is not adjacent to or overlapping with any existing models. The closest existing model is Washington, DC.
Travel Characteristics
Located in the northern part of the Shenandoah Valley along the I-81 Corridor, Winchester is a small growing metropolitan area. The principal north-south transportation routes are I-81 and US 522 while US 50 and State Route 7 are the major East- West routes. A major trip generator is Shenandoah University with its 4,000 students. The model area population increased from about 83,000 in 2000 to 106,000 in 2015, a 28 percent increase. For the future year, the model area’s population is projected to increase 64 percent to 174,000 from 2015 to 2040.
Model Contacts
Yifang Yuan
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