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Evolution of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Model 13th Annual International EMME/2 User’s Conference Houston, Texas October 28-30, 1998 by Karoly Krajczar Greater Vancouver Regional District Burnaby, B.C. 1. Introduction This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) Transportation Model and focuses on the recent enhancements that were completed in 1998 as part of the GVRD’s Transportation Model Enhancement Program. This paper describes how the improvements were identified and prioritized and provides a summary of the model enhancements. The other papers in this session will elaborate on three of the major enhancements (Transit captivity, HOV, Park and Ride). 2. Evolution of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Model The 1970’s The GVRD has a long history in the development and application of transportation models dating back to the mid-1970’s. In 1975, the GVRD’s first computer-based transportation model was developed in conjunction with the University of British Columbia (UBC) Computer Science Department. The model consisted of 125 traffic zones, a road and transit network and algorithms to implement a traditional four-step transportation planning model for the morning peak period. Specialized software was written to implement the model on the UBC mainframe computer. The model had limited graphical capabilities, with output consisting primarily of tables of link volumes and other attribute data. In 1979, the model underwent a significant re-calibration in preparation for the GVRD Rapid Transit Project which was a comprehensive set of studies of future rapid transit lines and technology options for the GVRD. At this time, the traffic zone system was expanded to 152 zones, the transit assignment algorithm was enhanced and the four-step model was re-calibrated. The model was calibrated using travel data from the 1978 North Vancouver Origin-Destination Survey and a series of studies by the City of V