Grantee Research Project Results
2007 Progress Report: Integrating Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Modeling
EPA Grant Number: R831837Title: Integrating Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Modeling
Investigators: Waddell, Paul , Layton, David F , Bhat, Chandra , Outwater, Maren , Pendyala, Ram
Current Investigators: Waddell, Paul , Bhat, Chandra , Outwater, Maren , Pendyala, Ram , Layton, David F
Institution: University of Washington , The University of Texas at Austin , University of South Florida
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: September 16, 2004 through September 15, 2007 (Extended to September 15, 2008)
Project Period Covered by this Report: December 1, 2006 through December 1,2007
Project Amount: $700,000
RFA: Regional Development, Population Trend, and Technology Change Impacts on Future Air Pollution Emissions (2004) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Climate Change , Air
Objective:
The proposal focuses on one of the key research questions identified in the RFA: “How might models that project changes in land-use and activity locations be improved to better reflect and integrate lifestyle, economic production, and public policy factors that drive vehicle miles traveled?” Our proposal addresses this research topic by building on UrbanSim, an Open Source urban simulation system developed in the last several years at the Center for Urban Simulation and Policy Analysis (CUSPA) at the University of Washington. We propose to integrate into this platform an activity-based travel model component and a network assignment component, and tightly couple this system to air emissions models. These objectives have not changed since the project was proposed.
Progress Summary:
The following are highlights of the period from December, 2006 to December, 2007:
• Published six papers in peer-reviewed journals from the research in this project over this period,
with several more technical working papers completed and in preparation for journal sumbission
• Converted the UrbanSim model for the Puget Sound to use parcels and buildings, allowing much
finer-grained measures of accessibility and travel.
• Created a new real estate development model that uses parcel-level detail and a development
template approach in order to represent the heterogeneity in real estate that exists in the urban
landscape, and which influences attractiveness, property values, and accessibility.
Budget:
Expenditures on this project between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007 totaled $ 132,480,
and the cumulative expenditures by November 30, 2007 were $250,264.
Quality Assurance:
Quality assurance in the development of the database used for the calibration of UrbanSim for the
Puget Sound region was provided by engaging the staff of the Puget Sound Regional Council, and a
Technical Advisory Committee consisting of local planners and other experts. Extensive model
validation is underway on the UrbanSim application in the Puget Sound, and this will be used as a
baseline for this EPA project.
Journal Articles on this Report : 7 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
| Other project views: | All 60 publications | 21 publications in selected types | All 18 journal articles |
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de Palma A, Picard N, Waddell P. Discrete choice models with capacity constraints: an empirical analysis of the housing market of the greater Paris region. Journal of Urban Economics 2007;62(2):204-230. |
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de Palma A, Motamedi K, Picard N, Waddell P. Accessibility and environmental quality: inequality in the Paris housing market. European Transport 2007;36:47-74. |
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Pinjari AR, Pendyala RM, Bhat CR, Waddell PA. Modeling residential sorting effects to understand the impact of the built environment on commute mode choice. Transportation 2007;34(5):557-573. |
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Pinjari AR, Pendyala RM, Bhat CR, Waddell PA. Modeling the choice continuum: an integrated model of residential location, auto ownership, bicycle ownership, and commute tour mode choice decisions. Transportation 2011;38(6):933. |
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Sevcikova H, Raftery AE, Waddell PA. Assessing uncertainty in urban simulations using Bayesian melding. Transportation Research Part B:Methodological 2007;41(6):652-669. |
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Waddell P, Bhat CR, Eluru N, Wang L, Pendyala RM. Modeling interdependence in household residence and workplace choices. Transportation Research Record:Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2007;2003:84-92. |
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Waddell P, Ulfarsson GF, Franklin JP, Lobb J. Incorporating land use in metropolitan transportation planning. Transportation Research Part A:Policy and Practice 2007;41(5):382-410. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
RFA, Health, PHYSICAL ASPECTS, Scientific Discipline, Air, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, RESEARCH, Health Risk Assessment, climate change, Air Pollution Effects, Risk Assessments, Monitoring/Modeling, Monitoring, Physical Processes, Environmental Monitoring, Ecological Risk Assessment, ecosystem models, integrated assessments, particulate matter, remote sensing, air quality modeling, atmospheric measurements, model-based analysis, motor vehicle emissions, fine particles, automobile exhaust, exposure, global change, model assisted estimation, air pollution, green house gas concentrations, air quality model, modeling, human exposure, climate models, extreme heat events, environmental stressors, human activity, landscape characterization, air quality assessments, airborne urban contaminants, human health risk, land use, air quality, ambient air pollution, public health effects, ozone concentrations, transportation, atmospheric chemistryProgress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.