Linking Land Use and Travel in Ohio: Incorporating Vehicle Choice and Decline Components

US Transportation Collection2015PDFResearch PaperAkar, GulsahGordon, Steven I.Zhang, YuanChen, NaPark, Mi YoungOhio State University. City and Regional Planning DepartmentOhio Supercomputer CenterOhio. Department of TransportationUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway AdministrationOhio. Department of TransportationOhioLand use planningVehicle miles of travelTrip generationTrip lengthLand usePopulationEmploymentVehicle choiceVMTTrip distancesLand allocationPopulation and employment distributionFHWA/OH-2015/23State Job Number 134826This study adds two new components to the Regional Land Use Allocation Decision Analysis Tool, which was developed for ODOT in 2013. This tool uses information on infrastructure availability (accessibility, sewer, water services), current land-use policies where available, and environmental constraints to allocate regional and county forecasts of population and employment to 40 acre cells in each metropolitan region of Ohio. This information is then used in subsequent transportation models to estimate the number of auto trips, trip distances and the resulting VMT. This study adds two critical components to this model: vehicle choice and a better understanding of the impacts of declines in population and employment. The outputs of the revised land-allocation tool provide population and employment distribution to forecast auto trips, vehicle type distribution and trip distances at the TAZ level for each future scenario.128