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A Peer Exchange on Travel Model Validation Practices was held in Washington, D.C. on May 9, 2008. The general objective of the Peer Exchange, which was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration Travel Model Improvement Program, was to provide background information and guidance for the improvement of travel model validation practices. The white paper includes examples of practices to clarify, demonstrate, and underscore the comments and recommendations of Peer Exchange participants. 
In March 2008, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and contractor staff visited five Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) with proven track records of using travel model results to support the transportation planning process. A summary report documenting the findings of the visits is now available from the FHWA. The report summarizes how travel demand models and the resulting travel forecasts have been used in the regional planning process and how the travel demand models are used to address emerging issues. The report also summarizes the levels of support the regions have dedicated to the travel forecasting process and their plans for further enhancing the travel forecasting process.
Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 95: Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes, Chapter 17 - Transit-Oriented Development explores the transit-oriented development (TOD) land use strategy and its transportation impacts in terms of regional context, land use mix, and primary transit mode. This report is part of TCRP’s Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes Handbook series. The objective of the Handbook is to equip members of the transportation profession with a comprehensive, readily accessible, interpretive documentation of results and experience obtained across the United States and elsewhere.
The Transportation Research Board has released Special Report No. 288, Metropolitan Travel Forecasting: Current Practice and Future Direction, which examines metropolitan travel forecasting models that provide public officials with information to make informed decisions on major transportation system investments and policies. The report explores what improvements may be needed to the models and how Federal, state, and local agencies can achieve them.
Bay Area/California High-Speed Rail Ridership and Revenue Forecasting Study (2006)
Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume I: Traffic Analysis Tools Primer (July 2004)
Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume II: Decision Support Methodology for Selecting Traffic Analysis Tools (July 2004)
Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume III: Guidelines for Applying Traffic Microsimulation Modeling Software (July 2004)
Transit Customers – Who, Why, Where, and How: A Market Analysis of the San Mateo County Transit District (April 2004)
Florida Statewide Intermodal Highway Freight Model (November 2002)
Ferry Ridership and Modeling for the San Francisco Bay Area (May and July 2002)
Model Validation and Reasonableness Checking Manual (1997)
Vehicle Availability Modeling (1997)
Making the Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Connection (1991)
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