Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) Peer Review

Table of Contents

• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Disclaimer
  • 1.2 Acknowledgements
  • 1.3 Report Purpose
  • 1.4 Report Organization
• 2.0 Overview of Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB)
  • 2.1 BRTB Responsibilities
  • 2.2 Regional Characteristics
  • 2.3 Current Modeling Activities
  • 2.4 BMC's Goals for the Current Peer Review
• 3.0 Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) InSITE Model Overview and Validation Status
  • 3.1 InSITE model overview
  • 3.2 Model Validation
• 4.0 Peer Review Panel Recommendations
  • 4.1 Model Structure
  • 4.2 Data
  • 4.3 Validation
  • 4.4 Sensitivity Testing
  • 4.5 Application Advice
• Appendix A List of Peer Review Attendees
  • A.1 Peer Review Panel Members
  • A.2 Local Staff, Partner Agency Staff, and Academic Partners
  • A.3 Agency Consultants
  • A.4 TMIP Peer Review Support Staff
• Appendix B Peer Review Panel Meeting Agenda
• Appendix C Peer Review Panel Biographies
  • C.1 Ken Cervenka, Federal Transit Administration
  • C.2 Ram Pendyala, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • C.3 Erik Sabina, Colorado Department of Transportation
  • C.4 Peter Vovsha, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
  • C.5 Kermit Wies, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (retired)
  • C.6 Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park
• Appendix D Documentation Provided to Panel Members by BMC

List of Figures and Tables

• Figure 2–1: Baltimore and Washington Region Urban Areas
• Figure 2–2: Baltimore and Washington 2040 Forecasts
• Figure 2–3: Inter-Regional Commute Patterns
• Figure 3–1: BMC InSITE Model Structure
• Figure 3–2: BMC InSITE Activity-Based Model Components
• Table 3–1: Person type definitions
• Table 3–2: Tour type, primary activity purpose, and intermediate stop purpose