Predicting impact of growth of a metropolitan area on the transportation system of one of its cities

Abstract

This paper provides a simple methodology to analyze the effects of future growth and changes in a metropolitan area on the transportation network of a single city inside the area. In order to present the analysis process, the impact of projected regional employment and population growth on the transportation network of one suburban city in Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is investigated. One of the main features of this approach is the use of the major accesses to the city to divide the rest of metropolitan area into few major zones or origin and destination which allow easier manipulation of data.