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STOPS - Supporting Information

Purpose

STOPS uses the zone-level demographic estimates for the current year and, optionally, some horizon year to scale the rows and columns of the 2012-2016 American Community Survey (ACS) Journey-to-Work data to estimate travel flows for the year of interest. STOPS uses...

STOPS – Data from the Census

Purpose

STOPS uses two kinds of data from the Census. First, it uses 2012-2016 American Community Survey (ACS) Journey-to-Work data that tabulate worker flows and transit shares from the period. STOPS updates both the flows and the shares to account for demographic growth and for changes in...

What’s new in STOPS version 2.53

Version 2.52 and 2.53 is an update that adds the ability to use 2012-2016 American Community Survey Census Transportation Planning Products and includes a GIS interface to ESRI’s ArcGIS Professional (version 3.2.2 and later). 

STOPS User Guide Version 2.53 full-resolution version

The Simplified Trips-on-Project Software (STOPS) is a series of programs designed to estimate transit project ridership using a streamlined set of procedures that bypass the time-consuming process of developing and applying a regional travel demand forecasting model.

STOPS User Guide Version 1.50 full-resolution version

The Simplified Trips-on-Project Software (STOPS) is a series of programs designed to estimate transit project ridership using a streamlined set of procedures that bypass the time-consuming process of developing and applying a regional travel demand forecasting model.

STOPS - Documentation and Software

User Guide

The User Guide gives step-by-step instructions for the installation of the software, assembly of the required data, and preparation of the forecasts.

STOPS User Guide Version 2.53 (PDF) full-resolution version Software

The software comes in a compressed ("...

An Overview of STOPS

The 2013 Final Rule on major capital investment projects revised the measures that FTA uses to evaluate and rate proposed major transit projects. Among the revised measures, the Final Rule specifies that mobility benefits are now measured as the predicted number of trips that would use the...