Development of an Urban Truck Travel Model for the Phoenix Metropolitan Area

摘要

The primary objectives of the Phoenix urban truck travel model project were toconduct a travel survey of commercial vehicles operating within the Phoenix metropolitan area and to use the data collected in the survey to develop commercial vehicle trip generation, distribution, and traffic assignment models. The models are designed to be incorporated into the UTPS-based travel model system maintained by the Maricopa Association of Governments Transportation and Planning Office (MAGTPO), which predicts highway and transit system usage throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. The report describes the entire urban truck travel model project, including the methods used to collect commercial vehicle travel data, summaries of the survey results, and model development using the survey data. The report also discusses the issue of the transferability of the results of the project to other urban areas. Thus, the commercial vehicle travel patterns identified in Phoenix, and the travel forecasting models based on these patterns, may also be useful in other urban areas which have similarities to Phoenix with respect to their mix of commercial and industrial activities, and their history of growth and development into major metropolitan regions.