Fundamentals of Transportation/Planning/Homework

Homework

1. Explain the four-step transportation planning model?

2. What are the outputs of the planning model and what they are used for?

3. What are the strength and weaknesses of this type of the forecasting procedure?

4. List 4 applications of transportation planning models.

5. List 4 typical data sources used in estimating, calibrating, and validating transportation planning models.

6. What is the rational planning model, and how does the four-step transportation planning model relate to it?

7. Identify 5 ways in which the conventional 4-step transportation planning model is imperfect.