SMALL-AREA APPLICATIONS USING 1990 CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

The 1990 Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) was a valuable resource for the Gainesville Urbanized Area during the recently completed development and adoption of the 2020 Transportation Plan. The CTPP provided detailed information about socioeconomic and travel characteristics that was unavailable from other sources. These data were of value during several stages of development of the plan, which was adopted by the Gainesville Urbanized Area metropolitan planning organization on December 14, 1995. A case study of how the CTPP was used for the Gainesville Urbanized Area in its long-range transportation planning efforts is presented. The focus is on how the CTPP was used to validate the travel demand model in preparation for the development and evaluation of multimodal alternatives for the Gainesville Urbanized Area 2020 Transportation Plan.