FSUTMS Comprehensive Modeling Workshop - Cambridge ...

Overview
►Assignment is the sixth step in the model chain
►Trip assignment is the process whereby trips
(usually described by mode, origin, and destination)
are assigned to various available paths or routes in
a network according to an assignment model.
FSUTMS uses the Equilibrium Highway
Assignment Process.
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Overview – Use of Assignment Results
► What are the results of trip assignment?
Number of daily (24-hour) trips on each link in the network.
Number of trips per period on each link in the network for a
Time-of
of-Day (TOD) assignment.
► What are assignments used for in modeling?
Network validation
Development and testing of transportation system alternatives
Analysis of traffic impacts
Estimation of traffic forecasts for roadway design
Generating volumes for use in traffic simulations
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