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Travel Demand Forecasting: Theory and Concepts

 
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Once you have completed the trip assignment analysis, you have a picture of the volume of traffic that each element of your transportation system can expect to service in the future. This gives you insight into the ramifications of changing the transportation system. For example, widening a highway will increase capacity and shift more traffic onto that highway in the future. Using travel demand forecasting, you can explore the impacts of alternatives before their construction.