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Show Transit/Land Use/Highway II Scenario - This is the most aggressive scenario in that it combines center oriented "Smart Growth" land use pattern and modified demographic trend, LRT, and Highway II road improvements. Performance Measures To help assist the Forum in evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario, a number of measures of effectiveness were used to rate highway system performance. DailyAlltOTrips - The number of highway trips in the study area. It is used to measure how effective land use and transit strategies are in reducing the number of highway trips. Speeds - This measure represents the average travel speed in the study area. It is important because motorists tend to measure congestion by how fast they travel. Vehicle MHOS Traveled (VMT) - A measure of how much traffic is on the road system. Higher VMT can reflect either additional traffic on the highway system or increased travel as motorists seek indirect routes to avoid congestion. Congested Lane-Miles - At the Forum meetings, congested VMT was used as another surrogate to measure congestion. Since the concept of what percent of the VMT is congested is difficult to comprehend, a simpler measure of congested lane-miles is used in this report. VOlWlie-tO-CapaClty tV/C) Ratio - Another measure of congestion that shows if the roadway system is operating below or above capacity. A value above 1.0 indicates a highway facility is operating above capacity, and a value above 0.9 indicates the highway is approaching capacity. |
