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MHN Coding

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Node Coding

Several domains are coded into the MHN to specifically control for the node attributes.

NODE

Node IDs in the MHN are restricted to <= 29999 (as nodes >= 30000 are reserved for the MRN).

Of the node IDs in the MHN, 1-3632 are special nodes which refer to zone centroids. 3633-3649 refer to point-of-entries (POEs).

SUBZONE

(From the travel model appendix) "Trip generation zones (or subzones) are the smallest level of geography used in the travel demand model. Subzones are quarter-section-sized geographies that CMAP uses for household and employment forecasting." There are 17418 subzones. A subzone of 0 means that there is no corresponding subzone for that node.

ZONE

There are 3649 modeling zones. 1-3632 are part of the CMAP region, while 3633-3649 are POEs (corresponding to the node IDs). The modeling zones were built by aggregating the subzones.

CAPZONE

The capacity zones were also built by aggregating the subzones.

Code Description
0 Unassigned
1 Chicago CBD
2 Chicago central area
3 Chicago
4 Inner-ring suburbs
5 Chicago urbanized area (IL)
6 Chicago urbanized area (IN)
7 Other urbanized area (IL)
8 Other urbanized area (IN)
9 Rural CMAP region
10 Rural Lake County (IN)
11 External area
99 Point of entry

Link Coding

While physically, a road does not change throughout the day, the attributes of a road (such as the toll) might vary depending on the time-of-day (TOD). The MHN is set up so that the attributes are flexible enough to accommodate those variations.

TOD Description
1 Overnight: 8PM - 6AM
2 AM start shoulder: 6AM - 7AM
3 AM peak: 7AM - 9AM
4 AM end shoulder: 9AM - 10AM
5 Midday: 10AM - 2PM
6 PM start shoulder: 2PM - 4PM
7 PM peak: 4PM - 6PM
8 PM end shoulder: 6PM - 8PM

Several domains are coded into the MHN to specifically control for the link attributes.

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