Implementing the Solano Napa Model in Cube
Transcript of Implementing the Solano Napa Model in Cube
Transportation leadership you can trust.
presented byLawrence Liao, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Implementing Solano Napa Model In Cube App Manager
presented at
FUTURA 2011
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Solano and Napa Counties
Members of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) – the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in San Francisco Bay Area
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Model Area
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Solano Napa Travel Demand Model
Provides traffic forecasts for major roadways in Solano and Napa counties
4-Step model • Land use data prepared in Excel • Auto Ownership & Trip Generation models use
MTC BAYCAST programs• Other 3 steps in TP+ scripts
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MTC 4-Step Model
BAYCAST-90 denotes the 1990 Bay Area household travel survey-based travel demand models
32-bit Fortran programs
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Original Model Folder Structure
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Original User’s Guide
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Objectives
Make SNTDM work on client’s (64-bit) and model users’ (32-bit) computers
Streamline the modeling process
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Challenges
64-bit Windows 7 doesn’t support 32-bit BAYCAST-90 programs natively• DOSBOX• WindowXP Virtual Machine
Using App Manager to control entire modeling process which includes:• Excel spreadsheets• 32-bit BAYCAST-90 programs• TP+ scripts (easy)