Background
NYMTC has developed the Best Practice Model (BPM) in response
to the Federal Requirements of Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act (ISTEA) and Clean Air Act (CAA) of the 1990s.
This model predicts changes in the future travel patterns
in response to changes in the demographic profiles and transportation
systems in the region. The study area includes 28 counties
in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. This model was done
in phases
| Phase
1 |
| The Interim
Analyses Model IAM was put in place in 1994 as a workable
model with available data. It was not a four step model.
The trip tables were synthesized from the trip tables
of the various existing models in the region. A straight
line highway network was used to run the assignments to
meet the conformity regulations. |
| Phase
2 |
| A household
interview survey was conducted in 1996-1997 in the region
along with speed, traffic counts, and cordon count data
collection. These data were processed and a state of the
art model called the Best Practice Model (BPM) was put
in place in early 2002. The model is a choice based model
and comprises of 3586 transportation analysis zones in
the 28 counties. The GIS based highway network contains
52,794 links and includes all minor arterial and higher
facility roadways. The transit route system has 1,176
routes and consists of many different types of services
including commuter rail, express bus, local bus, subways,
ferries, PATH, and aerial tramway. |
The BPM will provide the decision makers and the planners
of this region with a very valuable tool, for the long range
plans, subarea and corridor analysis.
The newsletter below provides a short description of the
Best Practice Model.
A summary
of the Best Practice Model (PDF: 296K)
