Introduction
Urban transportation modeling systems consist of four steps: trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assigned. This project is only concerned with the third step, mode choice. Mode choice analysis allows a modeller to take the number of trips from the origin destination tables and determine the mode used. These modes can include, but are not limited to: automobile, bus, train, air, bicycling, or walking.
Mode choice analysis plays a very important part of the urban transportation modeling system. With accurate data, a good modeller can predict the type and amount of traffic flow in and out of various Traffic Analysis Zones. This allows cities and provinces to plan for the major transportation investment projects. These projects can include adding an extra lane to a busy roadway, or assigning a designated carpool lane. It can also include improvements and expansions to rail systems if high train use is predicted.
The analysis is also important to officials and policy makers. It allows city officials to plan transit service changes, decreasing or increasing service based on demand. It also allows policy maker to encourage more sustainable mode choices through pricing policy. By increasing or decreasing the fees associated with certain modes, such as auto transit, a traveler’s probability of using another mode, such as public transit, changes.
Methods of Analysis
Mode choice analysis is mainly influenced by human circumstances and
The town of Halton Hill’s population includes the areas of Georgetown and Acton and other communities such as Erin, Oakville, Burlington and Milton regions. This is what is considered to be my community because these are the many places that I am visiting most often and they are always referred to together as “Halton Hills Region” (p.5, 2011). With the substantial increase in population in the Halton Hills region, more specifically Georgetown, there should be a strong demand for a public transit system to counteract all of the environmental disturbances that are being caused due to this increase. One of the things that is happening is that there are so many trees they are cutting down in order to expand and grow the population with houses being built. Statistics are showing that the population of Halton Hill’s region will expand by 54% over the next 20 years (p.5, 2011). By the year 2031, employment rates will increase by 75%, leaving Halton with 42,100 jobs being offered (p.5, 2011). With this rapid influx of citizens, this will only increase the demands of travel to get to these work places as well as other destinations (p.5, 2011). Over the past couple of year’s the traffic congestion on the major roads in Halton Hills such as Trafalgar Road and Regional Road 25 with individuals trying to get to and from work. There used to be very little traffic in these areas, however since Halton Hill’s has continued to expand, the utilization of automobiles has significantly increased due to the fact there is no public transit system. The Transportation Demand Management in Halton Hill’s is noticing the increase in automobiles stating that there needs to be a major shift in more efficient ways of transportation, yet there still has been nothing improvised (p.7, 2011). The Transportation Demand
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