DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DYNAMIC METHODOLOGIES FOR EVALUATING ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

The modified TRANSIT1 simulation model is developed and implemented to test a wide range of transportation-related energy conservation policies and evaluate their impacts across time. The dynamic structure is based on a set of nonlinear differential equations describing the demand-supply-resource-energy interactions in a transportation system. Time delays associated with fluctuations in travel demand and management responsiveness to those fluctuations are explicitly included. Congestion effects on highway travel times are incorporated by connecting TRANSIT1 to the freeway FREQ6 programs.