Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization (FMPO) 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 Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization (FMPO)
  • 2.1 FMPO Responsibilities
  • 2.2 Regional Characteristics
• 3.0 Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization (FMPO) Model Overview
  • 3.1 Model Background and Status
  • 3.2 Planned Model Updates
  • 3.3 Model Applications
  • 3.4 FMPO's Goals for the Current Peer Review
• 4.0 Peer Review Discussion
  • 4.1 Trip Generation
    • 4.1.1 University Trips
    • 4.1.2 School (K-12) Trips
    • 4.1.3 Freight
    • 4.1.4 Seasonality
  • 4.2 Trip Distribution
  • 4.3 Time of Day
  • 4.4 External Trips
  • 4.5 Mode Choice
  • 4.6 Networks and Assignment
    • 4.6.1 Highway Assignment
    • 4.6.2 Transit
    • 4.6.1 Dynamic Traffic Assignment
    • 4.6.2 Zonal Structure
  • 4.7 Speed Feedback
  • 4.8 Calibration and Validation
    • 4.8.1 Data Collection
    • 4.8.2 Model Calibration and Validation
  • 4.9 Model Update Schedule
  • 4.10 Interim Year Forecasts
  • 4.11 Model Use for TIA
    • 4.11.1 Model Administration with TIA process
    • 4.11.2 TIA process trip generation
    • 4.11.3 Post Processing Model Outputs for TIA inputs
    • 4.11.4 Radius of Impact
    • 4.11.5 TIA and Model Interaction
    • 4.11.6 Background Traffic / Proportional Share Calculations
    • 4.11.7 Non-Auto
• 5.0 Peer Review Panel Recommendations
  • 5.1 Model Assessment
    • 5.1.1 High Priority Model Improvements
    • 5.1.2 Medium Priority Model Improvements
    • 5.1.1 Low Priority Model Improvements
  • 5.2 Model Integration with the TIA Process
    • 5.2.1 Post Processing
    • 5.2.2 Model uses in TIA
• Appendix A List of Peer Review Panel Participants
  • A.1 Peer Review Panel Members
  • A.2 FMPO, City of Flagstaff, County/Federal, Transit Agency Staff
  • 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 Paul Basha, City of Scottsdale, Arizona
  • C.2 Mei Ingram, Triangle Regional Model Service Bureau
  • C.3 Alan Horowitz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • C.4 Sean McAtee, Cambridge Systematics
• Appendix D Documentation Provided to Panel Members by FMPO

List of Figures and Tables

• Figure 2-1: FMPO Geography
• Figure 2-2: Daily Congestion on FMPO Network
• Figure 4-1: Traditional Mode Choice Nest Formulation
• Table 2-1: Level of Service Volume/Capacity Thresholds