KySTM Stakeholders Meeting

July 22, 2003

Presentation Overview• Welcome and Overview

• History/Use of KySTM

• Statewide Model State of the Practice

• Update on KySTM Current Actifvities

• KySTM Brainstorming

KYSTM History• 1971

– 1st model, designed by Alan Voorhees & Associates

– Used for system applications (e.g. VMT forecasting) & projects

– Extensive origin-destination– Large budget & staff

• 1991– Low budget update– Kentucky study area– Used trip table factored from older model

KYSTM History

• 1997– Major update– Used for I-66 corridor study– 9 state study area– Truck model

• 1999– Recalibrated– 2030 design year

KYSTM Applications

• New Routes– I-66; I-74; I-875; I-69; London to Ashland;

KY 313 Extension

• Provide volumes, VMT & VHT

KYSTM Applications

KYSTM Applications• Corridor Studies

– US 119 (Letcher County Tunnel)– US 68 (Lexington to Columbus)

KYSTM Applications• System Questions

– Truck flow for commercial vehicle monitoring site optimization

KYSTM Model Specifications

• Size: 1,530 zones, 823 KY zones, 28282 one-way links, 9 states

• Software: MinUTP

• Future Year: 2030

• Network: 1991 KY net + NHPN outside KY

• Assignment: AON

• Trucks: based on Reebie and calibrated to Vehicle Classification counts

• Other: used matrix est.; no new data collection

Recent Updates

• 2001 I-66 Corridor Calibration

• 2002 Combine Zones

• 2003 Network

• 2003 TransCAD Update