Regional Travel Demand Model (TDM) Development and Enhancements System
Location:
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Posted on:
Dec 31, 2025
Deadline:
Jan 12, 2026
Summary:
Development and enhancement of a regional travel demand model, including platform transition, transit network review, and data integration for Birmingham, Alabama.
(1) Vendor needs to provide regional travel demand model (TDM) development and enhancements system. – The process of transitioning from the Cube Voyager platform to the TransCAD platform. – Review transit network in the TDM and compare to existing transit network. – Make appropriate changes/improvements to transit network including the bus rapid transit system. – Review various data sources smart phone, GPS and third–party probe data and determine if the data would make significant improvements and justify the cost of the data; this could include improvements, enhancements to origin and destination data, trip generation data, trip purpose data…etc. – Assistance in making this transition as well as researching and developing potential enhancements or improvements to the model. – Replace former Cube and Voyager network file with true GIS highway network file; potentially using the ALDOT Linear Referencing System. – Develop time–of–day model based on local 24–hourly traffic distribution provided. – Gather existing AADT data and convert to weekday traffic volumes. – Balance freeway traffic volumes. – Calibrate and validate the TDM using best practices. (2) All the questions had been submitted no later than December 16, 2025.
