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Welcome to the Model Research and Development Unit. Our Unit
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- To provide transportation modeling expertise
to the Metropolitan Planning Organizations and
municipalities within North Carolina as needed in order to
meet the requirements in Section 134, Title 23, U.S. Code,
NC General Statutes 136-66, and the 1990 Clean Air Act. This
work includes, but is not limited to: (1) design and
development of state-of-the-practice multimodal travel
demand models; (2) integration of GIS tools and technologies
into supply side forecasting, demand side forecasting, and
transportation plan development; (3) development of
technical modeling tools to facilitate the analysis of the
existing transportation system through capacity analysis,
multimodal alternatives, land use and transportation
interactions, air quality determinations, environmental
streamlining, and project level travel forecasts which are a
vital input to the TIP development process.
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- To serve as the Branch's technical experts
in travel demand modeling, land use modeling, air quality
modeling, TransCAD scripting language, GIS, statistical
analysis, database tools, and mapping tools through
identifying and developing tools for advancing the state of
the art in these areas as well as providing individual
technical guidance and assistance to Statewide Planning
project engineers.
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- To direct the development of complex
regional multimodal travel models to include the Triangle,
Triad, and Metrolina regions that will be used for detailed
corridor studies, HOV analysis, toll analysis, and/or
regional rail studies.
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- To conduct high level research into travel
demand modeling techniques, land use feed back loops,
multimodal travel analysis, data enhancement techniques, and
the development of model user interfaces.
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- To provide GIS expertise in the area of
travel demand modeling, land use modeling, air quality
modeling, and the integration of GIS tools, technologies,
and data structures into other areas of the branch.
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- Coordinate training classes and serve as the
liaison between NCDOT, the TransCAD software vendor, and the
MPOs.
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- To develop and implement best practices and
standard operating procedures for travel demand modeling in
North Carolina based on federal guidelines, state of the
practice research, and local needs.
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- To administer consultant contracts related
to travel demand modeling, GIS, and data collection and
analysis.
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