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MPO staff outlines new traffic model and reliance on National Household Travel Survey data

Technical Transportation Committee, Area Plan Commission for Tippecanoe County · November 20, 2025
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MPO staff said the agency is building a new traffic model and will use the 2022 National Household Travel Survey for trip‑type inputs (work trips ~29% of total); staff encouraged respondents to complete the 2025 NHTS to improve local data and flagged anomalous long‑distance trip counts for follow‑up.

Doug, representing MPO/TIP staff, told the Technical Transportation Committee the MPO is developing a new traffic model and must rely on trip‑type data to calibrate trip generation.

Because the area lacks a recent local household travel survey, Doug said staff used the 2022 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) to estimate…

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