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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Access
Connectivity between a TAZ and the network. Access can be distinguished between
highway and transit networks, and between automobile and pedestrian modes.
Alightings
The number of persons getting off a transit vehicle.
Area Type
Network link code representing the type of land use in the area.
Attraction
The desirability of a zone. For non-home-based trips, attractions in a zone can be
considered synonymous with trip destinations in that zone.
Auto Occupancy Rate
Average number of persons per vehicle.
Best Path
One of many paths between a specific origin and destination pair in a transit network
determined to be the most efficient means of traveling from the origin to the destination.
The default transit path methodology used in Florida.
Boardings
The number of persons getting on a transit vehicle.
Calibration
A process where models are adjusted to simulate trip-making characteristics of
households in the model study area to match observed traffic activity in the study area.
Capacity
The maximum number of vehicles that can pass over a given section of a lane or roadway
in one direction (or in both directions for a two-lane or three-lane highway). It is the
maximum rate of flow that has a reasonable expectation of occurring. The terms
“capacity” and “possible capacity” are synonymous. In the absence of a time modifier,
capacity is an hourly volume. In expressing capacity, it is essential to state the prevailing
roadway and traffic conditions under which the capacity is applicable. The capacity
would not normally be exceeded without changing one or more of the conditions that
prevail.
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