RSG Inc. » Transportation » Travel & Land Use Forecasting
Travel demand forecasts provide the basis for many significant infrastructure investments and planning efforts. RSG works extensively with state DOTs, MPOs, municipal governments, and others to ensure that their planning process is backed by accurate, detailed, demand analyses. Our forecasts have been used for understanding transportation and land-use interactions and developing transportation supply-and-demand alternatives. We pride ourselves on delivering solutions tailored to our clients’ needs, as well as building tools and providing training to empower our clients—all while setting the industry standard for quality and defensibility.
Areas of Expertise
- Travel demand forecasts for long-range plans, toll studies, transit New Starts studies, corridor studies, and air quality conformity
- Best practice land-use allocation modeling
- Advanced practice choice modeling for transit, toll, and land-use modeling
- Extension of the state-of-the-practice in modeling with custom software, including GIS linkages, integration of micro- and meso-scale emissions models, and automated linkages to microsimulation packages
- Client training on the use of models and forecasts
Examples of Our Work
- Developed a transportation, land-use, and air quality model with peak spreading and truck demand in order to forecast travel and understand induced/cumulative impacts
- Calibrated and implemented an UrbanSim model used for a regional visioning exercise and for MPO long-range forecasting
- Collected toll market preference data, developed toll choice models, and forecast toll feasibility and revenue
