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Travel Demand Modeling Techniques

Author(s):

Akshar K Patel , SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BAKROL (ANAND); Brijen Prajapati, SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING-BAKROL (ANAND); Kanojia Nilay, SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING-BAKROL (ANAND); Shweta J Chauhan, SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING-BAKROL (ANAND)

Keywords:

Travel Demand Modeling, Travel Demand Modeling Techniques

Abstract

Transportation plays important role in the economy of any country. The GDP rate of any country is increases due to efficient road network. The urban transportation planning process depends on four stage travel demand forecasting models. The four steps are Trip Generation, Trip distribution, Modal split analysis and route assignment. This four step travel models are considered as four stage modeling method. Arising with the day, a person starts its first trip from walking. Then a number of trips are generated by a person during whole day. The aspect of this paper is to introduce basic four stage travel demand process which is very useful for urban planners. The basic literature related to each stage is discussed in very brief in this paper.

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Paper ID: IJSRDV5I20601
Published in: Volume : 5, Issue : 2
Publication Date: 01/05/2017
Page(s): 648-649

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