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As Maryland continues to grow, providing a high quality, reliable transportation system will be vital. Careful Planning and data driven processes are critical in order to ensure safety, mobility, and multi-modal choices for the movement of people and goods. The Maryland Statewide Transportation Model (MSTM) provides the analytical framework that can facilitate Maryland policies and transportation challenges. | As Maryland continues to grow, providing a high quality, reliable transportation system will be vital. Careful Planning and data driven processes are critical in order to ensure safety, mobility, and multi-modal choices for the movement of people and goods. The Maryland Statewide Transportation Model (MSTM) provides the analytical framework that can facilitate Maryland policies and transportation challenges. | ||
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Revision as of 18:05, 4 February 2014
Contents
WELCOME TO THE MARYLAND STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION MODEL (MSTM) WIKI
This wiki site is an "unofficial" site designed to facilitate and promote collaboration, research and public outreach of the Maryland Statewide Transportation Model. This site is not funded by the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA), and comments and discussion do not necessarily reflect those of SHA or the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT).
Overview
It is estimated that Maryland's population will grow by approximately 1.1 million by year 2040. Employment is also growing, and during this same timeframe it is expected that approximately 0.4 million jobs will be added. State agencies such as the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Department of Planning are proactively working to accomodate this growth in the most efficient manner, whil minimizing the strain on the transportation system. After Several years of developmetn, calibration and validation, the Maryland Statewide Transportation Model (MSTM) has been integrated into many SHA's policies, programs, and projects (providing an analytical framework to inform decision makers). MSTM is a multi-layer travel demand model working at national, statewide and urban levels to forecast and analyze key measures of transportation system performance
MSTM provides comprehensive demand modeling & forecasting capabilities in and around Maryland for:
- corridor status
- freight movement
- transportation/land use charges
- impacts of external factors and policies
- long-range plan and project prioritization
- transportation system performance measurement
- scenario analysis
- support for MPOs and local initiatives
The model privides an analytic framework that can facilitate Maryland's policies and address the State's transportation challeneges.
As Maryland continues to grow, providing a high quality, reliable transportation system will be vital. Careful Planning and data driven processes are critical in order to ensure safety, mobility, and multi-modal choices for the movement of people and goods. The Maryland Statewide Transportation Model (MSTM) provides the analytical framework that can facilitate Maryland policies and transportation challenges.
