1999 Grant Recipient Information
Florida

Development and Application of Integrated Land Use and Transportation Sketch Planning Methods
Gainesville Metropolitan Area, Florida

Abstract

The TCSP planning grant is intended to support development of a set of sketch planning methods and simple model refinements to better estimate the effects of various land use, non- motorized transportation and transit strategies on travel choices and behavior. Using locally-collected travel survey data, the grant will enable development of analytical methods to post-process certain outputs of the traditional four-step travel demand forecasting process to better represent the land use-transportation connection. The goal is not methodological elegance but rather ease of rise and improved predictive power. The scale of this activity is for the Gainesville metropolitan area (under 200,000 population), though it is designed to be inherently transferable to other areas seeking quantitative answers to land use-transportation questions. This activity will address all modes of travel, particularly as they relate to different land use characteristics within the metropolitan area.

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