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Title: An integrated computer modeling environment for regional land use, air quality, and transportation planning

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/477695· OSTI ID:477695
 [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Resource Systems Group, Inc., White River Junction, VT (United States)

The Land Use, Air Quality, and Transportation Integrated Modeling Environment (LATIME) represents an integrated approach to computer modeling and simulation of land use allocation, travel demand, and mobile source emissions for the Albuquerque, New Mexico, area. This environment provides predictive capability combined with a graphical and geographical interface. The graphical interface shows the causal relationships between data and policy scenarios and supports alternative model formulations. Scenarios are launched from within a Geographic Information System (GIS), and data produced by each model component at each time step within a simulation is stored in the GIS. A menu-driven query system is utilized to review link-based results and regional and area-wide results. These results can also be compared across time or between alternative land use scenarios. Using this environment, policies can be developed and implemented based on comparative analysis, rather than on single-step future projections. 16 refs., 3 figs., 2 tabs.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Financial Management and Controller, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
477695
Report Number(s):
SAND-97-0886; ON: DE97006212; TRN: 97:003489
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English