City of Bellevue, City of Kirkland, City of Redmond (BKR) Peer Review

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Disclaimer

The views expressed in this document do not represent the opinions of FHWA and do not constitute an endorsement, recommendation or specification by FHWA. The document is based solely on the discussions that took place during the peer review sessions and supporting technical documentation provided by the City of Bellevue, City of Kirkland, and City of Redmond (BKR).

1.2 Acknowledgments

The FHWA would like to acknowledge the peer review members for volunteering their time to participate in this peer review. Panel members include:

• Billy Charlton - Puget Sound Regional Council;
• Bud Reiff - Portland Metro;
• Joe Castiglione – San Francisco County Transportation Authority;
• Ken Lindmark – City of Calgary;
• Kyung-Hwa Kim - Atlanta Regional Council.

Additional biographical information of each peer review panel member is located in Appendix C.

1.3 Report Purpose

This peer review was supported by the Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP), sponsored by FHWA. TMIP sponsors peer reviews so planning agencies can receive guidance from and ask questions of officials from other planning agencies across the nation. The peer review process is specifically aimed at providing feedback to agencies on travel modeling endeavors.

The primary objective of the BKR peer review was for the Peer Review to review and comment on the BKR model design plan and help BKR decide what type of model to develop.

The peer review panel convened for two half-days (February 24^th, 2016 and February 25^th, 2016). During that time, BKR presented a model development plan and asked for comment on the plan. The panel discussed these items and offered a series of formal recommendations to BKR.

1.4 Report Organization

The remainder of this report is organized into the following sections:

• Overview of the BKR Model - This section highlights the uses of the model and discusses key characteristics of the BKR region.
• Expectations of a New BKR Model - This section discusses BKR’s existing model, desires for a new model, and the agency’s goals for the current peer review.
• Peer Review Discussion - This section details the key discussions of the peer review panel with BKR over the course of the peer review meeting.
• Peer Review Recommendations - This section highlights the official recommendations made by the peer review panel. Some of the key discussion points are revisited here, but some new details also are added.

Four appendices also are included:

• Appendix A–List of Peer Review Panel Participants;
• Appendix B–Peer Review Panel Meeting Agenda;
• Appendix C–Peer Review Panel Member Biographies; and
• Appendix D–Documentation Provided to Panel Members by the City of Bellevue and Documents Referenced in this Report.