{"id":{"repo_id":"vt","oai_identifier":"oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/56183"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/vt/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/56183","repository":{"repo_id":"vt","name":"Virginia Tech","base_url":"https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"Quadatt II: a transportation planning tool","abstract":"There is an increasing need for a methodology which will provide quick and inexpensive forecasts of inputs from a variety of alternative transportation plans. QUADATT II (<u>Qu</u>ick <u>A</u>nd <u>D</u>irty <u>A</u>nalysis <u>T</u>echniques for <u>T</u>ransportation — Version II) is a set of simplified models which has been compiled in order to fulfill this need. The QUADATT II procedure was applied for this analysis to thirty transportation zones in the metropolitan area of Roanoke, Virginia. Five transit configurations were designed as input to QUADATT II, and the resultant impacts were evaluated. Based on the results of this application it was determined that QUADATT II provides reasonable trends in activity distributions and transportation characteristics related to a given set of alternative transportation plans, and does so at a much reduced level of cost and time over that of the typical large scale studies.","abstract_html":"There is an increasing need for a methodology which will provide quick and inexpensive forecasts of inputs from a variety of alternative transportation plans. QUADATT II (&lt;u&gt;Qu&lt;/u&gt;ick &lt;u&gt;A&lt;/u&gt;nd &lt;u&gt;D&lt;/u&gt;irty &lt;u&gt;A&lt;/u&gt;nalysis &lt;u&gt;T&lt;/u&gt;echniques for &lt;u&gt;T&lt;/u&gt;ransportation — Version II) is a set of simplified models which has been compiled in order to fulfill this need. The QUADATT II procedure was applied for this analysis to thirty transportation zones in the metropolitan area of Roanoke, Virginia. Five transit configurations were designed as input to QUADATT II, and the resultant impacts were evaluated. Based on the results of this application it was determined that QUADATT II provides reasonable trends in activity distributions and transportation characteristics related to a given set of alternative transportation plans, and does so at a much reduced level of cost and time over that of the typical large scale studies.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Schlappi, Mark Leland"],"institution":"Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University","degree_name":"Master of Science","degree_level":"masters","degree_discipline":"Civil Engineering","degree_department":"Civil Engineering","school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1973,"date_issued":"1973","date_published":"1973","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:19:07Z","subjects":[],"languages":["en"],"rights":["In Copyright"],"rights_urls":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56183","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.department","label":"Department","values":["Civil Engineering"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Schlappi, Mark Leland"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2015-08-07T14:18:07Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2015-08-07T14:18:07Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1973"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.dcmitype","label":"Dc Type Dcmitype","values":["Text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Civil Engineering"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["masters"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Science"]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["en"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["In Copyright"]},{"key":"dc:rights.uri","label":"Rights URI","values":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56183"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["There is an increasing need for a methodology which will provide quick and inexpensive forecasts of inputs from a variety of alternative transportation plans. QUADATT II (<u>Qu</u>ick <u>A</u>nd <u>D</u>irty <u>A</u>nalysis <u>T</u>echniques for <u>T</u>ransportation — Version II) is a set of simplified models which has been compiled in order to fulfill this need. The QUADATT II procedure was applied for this analysis to thirty transportation zones in the metropolitan area of Roanoke, Virginia. Five transit configurations were designed as input to QUADATT II, and the resultant impacts were evaluated. Based on the results of this application it was determined that QUADATT II provides reasonable trends in activity distributions and transportation characteristics related to a given set of alternative transportation plans, and does so at a much reduced level of cost and time over that of the typical large scale studies."]},{"key":"dc:description.degree","label":"Dc Description Degree","values":["Master of Science"]},{"key":"dc:format.mimetype","label":"Dc Format Mimetype","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Quadatt II: a transportation planning tool"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.department":["Civil Engineering"],"dc:creator":["Schlappi, Mark Leland"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2015-08-07T14:18:07Z"],"dc:date.available":["2015-08-07T14:18:07Z"],"dc:date.issued":["1973"],"dc:description.abstract":["There is an increasing need for a methodology which will provide quick and inexpensive forecasts of inputs from a variety of alternative transportation plans. QUADATT II (<u>Qu</u>ick <u>A</u>nd <u>D</u>irty <u>A</u>nalysis <u>T</u>echniques for <u>T</u>ransportation — Version II) is a set of simplified models which has been compiled in order to fulfill this need. The QUADATT II procedure was applied for this analysis to thirty transportation zones in the metropolitan area of Roanoke, Virginia. Five transit configurations were designed as input to QUADATT II, and the resultant impacts were evaluated. Based on the results of this application it was determined that QUADATT II provides reasonable trends in activity distributions and transportation characteristics related to a given set of alternative transportation plans, and does so at a much reduced level of cost and time over that of the typical large scale studies."],"dc:description.degree":["Master of Science"],"dc:format.mimetype":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56183"],"dc:language.iso":["en"],"dc:publisher":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"dc:rights":["In Copyright"],"dc:rights.uri":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dc:title":["Quadatt II: a transportation planning tool"],"dc:type":["Thesis"],"dc:type.dcmitype":["Text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Civil Engineering"],"thesis:degree_level":["masters"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Science"],"thesis:institution_name":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:19:07Z"}