Virginia Transportation Modeling Program
Charlottesville-Albermarle Regional Travel Model
Model Facts
Last Update: May 2007
Developer:
Michael Baker
Jr. Inc.
Completion year:
2000
Base year:
1998
Forecast year:
• 2025 Existing
and
committed
• 2025 Constrained
long-range plan
2000 population:
160,000
Area:
212 square miles
Jurisdictions:
Charlottesville
and
Albemarle
County (p*)
Internal TAZs:
246
links/nodes:
2,303/1,020
Software:
TP+
Trip purposes:
Home-based work
Home-based other
Non-home based
Time period
modeled:
Daily,
morning peak hour
afternoon peak hour
Modes:
Passenger
vehicle
*partial jurisdiction
Regional characteristics
The Charlottesville regional model includes the city of Charlottesville and a portion of Albemarle County.
Travel characteristics
The Charlottesville region is approximately 110 miles southwest of Washington D.C., and 70 miles west of Richmond, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Interstate 64 bisects the area, carrying traffic east toward Richmond and Hampton Roads and west to Interstate 81, a major north-south corridor.
Route 29 carries traffic south to Lynchburg and north toward the Washington area.
The Charlottesville area is a designated Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), which includes the city and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Greene.
The University of Virginia, located in the city limits, has an enrollment approaching 20,000 and has a major impact on travel characteristics.
Amtrak and Greyhound both have stations in the city.
