INSIDE THE BLACKBOX: MAKING TRANSPORTATION MODELS WORK FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

Abstract

This booklet looks inside the black box of transportation modeling and explains some of the assumptions underlying the urban transportation modeling process and how it works. This primer suggests improvements that can be made to correct some of the typical biases and other problems that can affect the forecasts that modeling produces. Finally, it gives commissioners, planners, and citizens specific suggestions for how to advocate ways to improve the modeling being done in their region so as to ensure greater accuracy and sensitivity to land use and transportation policies designed to promote alternatives to driving.

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