1. Versatile Applications of EMME/2 and ENIF: Seattle Experience Madhavi Sanakkayala Heather Purdy & Sujay Davuluri Parsons Brinckerhoff, Seattle

2. Presentation Layout  EMME/2 Applications –Multimodal Travel Forecasting –Special Analysis –Performance Measures –Interface with Micro-Simulation  ENIF Applications  Conclusions

3. Seattle Area Map

4. MAJOR FACILITIES

5. Multimodal Travel Forecasting  Highway Focus  Transit Focus  Pricing Focus  Combined Focus

6. Highway Focus  Capacity Enhancement –New Facility  I-605 –Replacement Facility  SR 520, SR 99 –Roadway Widening  I-405

7. EXAMPLES

8. Highway Focus – Continued…  Unconstrained Capacity Analysis – –Maximum possible Auto Demand on the Highway System – –No Highway Constraints – –All-or-Nothing Assignments – –Used for determining the future highway capacity needs

9. Unconstrained Demand

10. Transit Focus  System Planning –Light Rail –Commuter Rail –Bus Rapid Transit –Ferries –Park & Ride Facilities  Project-Level Planning –Sound Transit’s Projects (Express Buses, Commuter Rail & Light Rail)

11. Transit Planning

12. Washington State Ferries

13. Transit Focus – Continued…  Unconstrained Capacity Analysis – –Maximum possible Transit Demand – –Highway network used to replicate a ubiquitous transit network – –Used for evaluating the future transit needs   For Potential New Markets   For Improving Current Markets

14. Unconstrained Transit

15. Transit Focus – Continued…

16. Pricing Focus  Tolls - Congestion Management Focus –Limited capacity enhancement opportunities –Tolls on major facilities –Based on marginal delay –Delay reduction  Tolls - Revenue Maximizing Focus –Used for SR-520 Floating Bridge Replacement Project –Generalized Cost Assignment Approach

17. Congestion Management Tolling

18. Special Analysis  HOT/Managed Lanes –Unused HOV capacity –Allocate to GP traffic with tolls  Matrix Estimation –Estimating base year OD matrix  User Benefits –SUMMIT: New Starts –EMME/2: Matrix Calculations

19. SR-167 HOT Lanes

20. Performance Measures  Highway –VMT/VHT –Delay Calculation –Travel Time –Screenline Analysis  Transit –Travel Time  Cluster Analysis –Screenline Analysis

21. Interface with Micro-Simulation  Sub-Area Analysis –Integration Application to Seattle Downtown  Feedback Between Packages –Link Free Flow Speeds –Capacities  Intersection Volumes –Growth Factors –Hourly Volumes

22.  Network analysis tool – Coding Networks, Comparing Networks among various scenarios, Quality Control/Quality Assurance  Evaluation tool – Displaying & Evaluating the Results, Comparing Results among various scenarios  Enhanced Graphics – Presenting & Communicating Network Assumptions and Results to team members and clients ENIF Applications

23. Concluding Remarks  EMME/2 Provided Excellent Capabilities for: –Multimodal Applications –Testing Hypothetical Situations –Transit/Ferry Forecasting Analyses –Flexibility with Tolling Applications –ENIF Versatile Functionalities  New EMME