8 - Trip Distribution
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Practice Questions
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What is the primary purpose of trip distribution?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens after trips are generated.
What does a trip matrix represent?
💡 Hint: Consider the format in which trips are organized.
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What is the purpose of the trip matrix in transportation modeling?
💡 Hint: What does the trip matrix contain?
True or False: The gravity model only considers the population size of the originating and destination zones.
💡 Hint: Consider what other factors affect the attraction of trips.
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Using the growth factor model, estimate the trip distribution for a city with three zones if the current trips are 100, 200, and 300, and the growth factor is 1.5.
💡 Hint: Apply the growth factor uniformly to each zone.
In a city using the gravity model, how would changes in transportation funding affect trip distribution? Illustrate with an example.
💡 Hint: Think about how improvements affect costs and attractiveness.
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