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Page 47 of 93 <br /> E. Transportation System Modeling and <br /> Data Maintenance <br /> Source of Funds TOTALS <br /> FTA Local Local <br /> Sec LTD FHWA STP State LCOG Match UPWP <br /> 5303 Match PL STP-U Match TGM Total Total Total <br /> $ 30,000 $ 7,500 $106,441 $110,000 $ 12,590 $246,441 $ 20,090 $266,531 <br /> -OBJECTIVE <br /> Acquire, maintain, update, and analyze data describing and relating to the <br /> performance and characteristics of the regional transportation system. Maintain <br /> multimodal transportation modeling capabilities for application to policy and <br /> facility. planning issues. Utilize models and data bases to provide technical <br /> assistance to MPO planners and partner agencies. <br /> 'DISCUSSION <br /> LCOG is responsible for updating and maintaining the regional travel model for <br /> the MPO area. The model is needed to monitor RTP implementation and <br /> transportation system performance and to ensure air quality conformity in <br /> accordance with the Clean Air Act. The MPO travel model is a traditional 4- <br /> step model that estimates auto, transit, bike and walk performance within the <br /> MPO area. In order to meet the requirements of exercising an integrated land <br /> use-transportation process, this model is interfaced with aland-use allocation <br /> model (LUAM) that distributes growth in households and employment over <br /> buildable lands within the MPO area in accordance with the land use plans and <br /> growth policies adopted by the local governments. <br /> Many different data sets are needed to calibrate and validate each update of <br /> current and future travel forecasts. These data sets include demographic, ethnic, <br /> socio-economic, and travel behavior data that characterize travel needs and <br /> impacts of the transportation system on various groups of people. An inventory <br /> of current land uses, household distribution by density and structure type, <br /> employment by sector, pipeline projects, comprehensive land use plans and <br /> other development policies that constrain or encourage certain types of growth <br /> are just a few of the data sets needed. Infrastructure networks pertaining to each <br /> travel mode must be maintained and updated to reflect their status as new <br /> projects are completed and as future projects are planned. <br /> Over the next 5 years, the MPO is planning a significant effort to upgrade the <br /> land use and travel models in order to transition to state-of--the-art products. <br /> Accompanying this effort is one to track and archive varig(as regional data sets to <br /> both measure changes in travel patterns and conditions, and to provide the <br /> needed inputs to the new models. Tasks in this UPWP begin this 5-year <br /> program. <br /> <br /> Central Lane MP0 Unified Planning Work Program FY 2010 and 2011 <br /> <br />