Inputs

VE-RSPM inputs can be grouped into two categories, reflecting the timeline when the data is required:

• Land Use Inputs

• Transportation Inputs

Land Use Inputs

These include data based on the geography and the base and future year demographics and community design data used to establish the basic households, their location and attributes, otherwise known as the socio-economic data (SED). This data is needed early in the process to set-up the model framework.

Other assumptions and transportation inputs for the base and future year reflecting existing conditions and adopted local plans respectively. These inputs require a mix of data and decisions by the metropolitan area.

Some inputs must be provided and customized for the local area. In other cases, inputs are noted as “default”, indicating that default values are available from ODOT’s work with the OSTI, although local adjustment in special cases is an option.

In introducing each group of inputs, a table is provided listing the specific VE-RSPM filenames with a short description of their contents, as well as the “geography” or spatial level of detail. Also listed is whether or not ODOT default data is available for input as well as data sources for those inputs that MPOs will need to develop. The table also notes default inputs where local data could override default values. This information provides MPO and local government staff and decision makers with information to estimate the local/regional level of effort required for setting up a local VE-RSPM model.

A detailed spreadsheet with the Oregon specific list of input files is also provided: [VE File Summary](https://github.com/ORScenPlg/VETechWiki/raw/main/resources/VE-RSPM_File_Summary_20190708.xlsx)

see https://github.com/VisionEval/VisionEval-Dev/blob/readme-dev/docs/tutorials/verspm/Inputs_and_Parameters.md#input-files

RSPM DEMOGRAPHIC AND LAND USE INPUTS

Demographics	File	Description
Population by age (HH & non-institutional Group Quarters)	azone_hh_pop_by_age.csv	Number of Household persons within 6 age groups by year by Azone
	azone_gq_pop_by_age.csv	Number of Non-Institutional Group Quarters persons by 6 age groups by year by Azone
Average Household size, %1-person households	azone_hhsize_targets.csv	Average household size & share of 1-person households by year by Azone
Licensure drivers rate (optional)	region_hh_driver_adjust_prop.csv	Licensed share of driving age persons in 5 age groups relative to model estimation year (2001 NHTS) by year
Average Per Capita Income	azone_per_cap_inc.csv	Annual Per Capita Income by type (HH, GQ) by Year by Azone
Employed share of HH workers	azone_relative_employment.csv	(optional) Employed share of Household workers in 5 age groups relative to model estimation year (2001 NHTS) by year by Azone

Land Use Inputs

Employment by type (Total, Retail, Service)	bzone_employment.csv	Number of Total, Retail, and Service employment by year by Bzone
Dwelling Units by type (SF, MF);	bzone_dwelling_units.csv	Number of Dwelling Units by type (SF, MF, GQ) by Year by Bzone
Income Quartiles (for allocating households to DUs)	bzone_hh_inc_qrtl_prop.csv	Share of Dwelling Units (HHs) in Per Capita Income quartiles by year by BZone
Share of households in Urban Mixed Use areas (optional)	bzone_urban-mixed-use_prop.csv	Share of HHs in Urban Mixed Use Neighborhoods by Year and Bzone
Built Form Ds (Design & Transit)	bzone_network_design.csv	Design D (D3bpo4, pedestrian-oriented network measure as defined by EPA Smart Location Database) by year by Bzone
	bzone_unprotected_area.csv	Land Area (water and large protected lands removed) by location type (Urban, Town, Rural) by year by Bzone
Acres, Centroid Lat-Lon	bzone_lat_lon.csv	Bzone Centroid Latitute/Longitude by year by Bzone

azone_per_cap_inc.csv

Used in the PredictIncome step of the VESimHouseholds module. This file contains information on regional average per capita household (HHIncomePC) and group quarters (GQIncomePC) income by forecast year in year 2010 dollars. The data can be obtained from the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis for the current year or from regional or state sources for forecast years. In order to use current year dollars just replace 2010 in column labels with current year. For example, if the data is obtained in year 2015 dollars then the column labels in the file shown below will become HHIncomePC.2015 and GQIncomePC.2015.

AZONE_PER_CAP_INC.CSV Layout

Geo	Year	HHIncomePC.2010	GQIncomePC.2010
RVMPO	2010	32164	7500
RVMPO	2038	43334	10000

OREGON Income Index

The Oregon VE-State model assumed per capita income by county. For Oregon MPO RSPM models, locals estimate base year per capita income by MPO using census data. Forecast percent improvement is the same regardless of starting value.

Below table is the statewide income growth index to convert the input values for “azonepercap_inc.csv”, based on their base year calculated values.

Index relative to 2010 for use in VE-RSPM
2010	1
2015	1.057915
2020	1.107752
2025	1.159942
2030	1.214563
2035	1.271811
2040	1.331726
2045	1.394463
2050	1.460142

Oregon Specific information: These updated values should be used in the MPO Reference scenario.

• Manual changes to replace 2010 Transit & Design Ds from EPA SLD.

• Unprotected acres from Place Type input file (PlaceType_Acreage.xlsx).

• Income growth should be calculated to match statewide assumptions per Appendix A.

Transportation Inputs

Actions
Single occupancy vehicle (SOV) diversion	azone_prop_sov_dvmt_diverted.csv	Bike, Personal Electric Vehicle. Etc. diversion of Single Occupancy vehicle tours by year by Azone.[In VE-State, applies to “urban” and “town” but not “rural” loc types within the AZone]
Car service characteristics	azone_carsvc_characteristics.csv	Car Service Rate ($/mile) by level (high, low, ave), average Car service vehicle age, and limits on shifting to car service (LtTruck, Auto) by Year by Azone
Car service availability	bzone_carsvc_availability.csv (azone_carsvc_availability.csv)	Car Service Level of service (High, Low) by Year by Bzone for RSPM (Azone by Area Type for VE-State)
Car service access times	azone_vehicle_access_times.csv	Minutes to call-up vehicles by type (owned, High/Low CarSvc) by year by Azone
ITS operations	marea_operations_deployment.csv	Deployment (0-1,1=100%VMT coverage) of operations programs on Fwy (Ramp metering, Incident Response) and Arterials (Signal Coordination, Access Mgmt) programs by year by Marea
% VMT covered by Drivers in Eco-Drive programs	marea_speed_smooth_ecodrive.csv	Deployment (0-1,1=100%VMT coverage) of Speed Smoothing (Fwys, Arterials) and Eco-Driving (LDV, HD Trucks) programs by year by Marea
ITS speed smoothing (Freeway ATM, Art Signal optimization) (optional)	other_ops_effectiveness.csv	Delay reduction (0-1) anticipated with full deployment of user-defined other operations program by road type (Fwy, Art), congestion type (Reoccurring, non-reoccuring) by 5 congestion levels by year by Azone
Parking restrictions	bzone_parking.csv (marea_parking-avail_by_area_type.csv and marea_parking-cost_by_area_type.csv)	Parking restrictions:Free spaces per dwelling unit type (SF, MF, GQ), share of workers paying for parking and in cashout program, and average parking fee by Year by Bzone (Marea by Area Type for VE-State)
Road lane-miles	marea_lane_miles.csv	Freeway and arterial lane-miles by Year and metropolitan area
Demand management	bzone_travel_demand_mgt.csv (azone_travel_demand_mgt.csv and marea_travel_demand_mgt_by area_type.csv)	Share of participants in home Individualized Marketing programs (HHs) and work-based Transportation Demand Management programs (workers) by year by Bzone (Azone and Marea by Area Type for VE-State)
Transit service	marea_transit_service.csv	Annual Transit Service revenue-miles by service mode (demand responsive, bus, rail, etcl) by year, and Marea.
	bzone_transit_service.csv (NA for VE-State)	Transit D (D4c, accessible hourly PM peak service frequency as defined by EPA Smart Location Database) by year and Bzone
Transit fuels and powertrains	marea_transit_fuel.csv	Option 1(mix) 1of2: Fuel mix (share of GGE) for Transit Vehicles (Van, Bus, Rail) for ICE/HEV(diesel, gas, CNG – no rail CNG) by stock year
	marea_transit_biofuel_mix.csv	Option 1(mix) 2of2: Biofuels share of Transit fuels (ethanol, biodiesel, RNG) by stock year and Marea
	marea_transit_powertrain_prop.csv	Powertrain mix (share of ICE, HEV, EV DVMT) for Transit Veh (Van, Bus, Rail) by stock year and Marea
Transit fuel carbon intensity	marea_transit_ave_fuel_carbon_intensity.csv	Option2(CI direct): Carbon Intensity of composite Transit Fuel (g/MJ) by stock year and marea
Pricing
Congestion charges	marea_congestion_charges.csv	Congestion Charges ($/mile) by road type (Fwy, Arterial) by 5 congestion levels by year by Marea
Proportion of external costs paid	region_prop_externalities_paid.csv	Share of Social Externalities covered in household fees (carbon, other) by year modelwide
Carbon pricing (social recovery cost) (optional)	region_co2e_costs.csv	Environmental and social cost of CO2e emissions per metric ton carbon by year modelwide.
PAYD insurance participation	azone_payd_insurance_prop.csv	Shareof HHs in Pay-as-you-Drive Auto Insurance programs by Year by Azone
Vehicle related taxes	azone_hh_veh_own_taxes.csv	Annual auto ownership fees (fixed and sales tax rate) by Year by Azone
VMT tax or road usage charge	azone_veh_use_taxes.csv	Mileage Based Fee by type (fuel tax, VMT fee, Ev surcharge) by year by Azone
Retail costs for fuel	azone_fuel_power_cost.csv	Vehicle energy costs for fuel ($/gallon), electricity ($/kwhr) by year by Azone (exclusive of taxes)
Road costs	region_road_cost.csv	Infrastructure costs (BaseModernization, PreservationOpsMtncc, Other, Arteraial per LnMi, Fwy per LnMi) used to estimate LDV VMT fee to fully recover road costs.
Vehicles and Fuels
Charging infrastructure	azone_charging_availability.csv	Availability (0-1) of vehicle charging by dwelling typ (SF, MF, GQ) by stock year by azone
Electricity carbon intensity	azone_electricity_carbon_intensity.csv	Carbon Intensity of Electricity (g/MJ) by stock year by azone
Car service powertrains	region_carsvc_powertrain_prop.csv	LDV-Carservice Vehicle (Auto/LightTruck) powertrain (Ice/Hev/Phev/Bev) shares by stock year by marea.
Commercial service powertrains	region_comsvc_powertrain_prop.csv	LDV-ComSvc Vehicle (Auto/LightTruck) powertrain (Ice/Hev/Bev) shares by stock year by marea
Heavy truck powertrains	region_hvytrk_powertrain_prop.csv	HD Truck powertrain (ICE, HEV, EV) shares by stock year
% of light trucks in household fleet	azone_hh_lttrk_prop.csv	Share of household LDV that are Light Trucksby year by Azone
% of light trucks in car service fleet	region_carsvc_lttrk_prop.csv	Share of CarSvc LDV that are Light Trucksby year by Azone
% of light trucks in commercial service fleet	region_comsvc_lttrk_prop.csv	LDV-ComSvc share of vehicles that are Light Truck by stock year by Azone
Mean age of household vehicles	azone_hh_veh_mean_age.csv	Mean Age of household vehicles by type (auto, light truck) by year by Azone. [NOTE: CarSvc age is in azone_carsvc_characteristics.csv]
Mean age of commercial service vehicles	region_comsvc_veh_mean_age.csv	Mean Age of household vehicles by type (auto, light truck) by year by Azone
Avergae fuel carbon intensity	region_ave_fuel_carbon_intensity.csv	LDV (HH, CarSvc, ComSvc, Van) + HD (Truck, Bus, Rail) composite carbon Intensity of Fuel (g/MJ) by stock year by marea
Base year set up
Base year urban VMT	marea_base_year_dvmt.csv	Marea DVMT by type (LDV, HD Truck) overwrite of base year 2010 Hwy Statistics default (NA recommended for VE-RSPM) and urbanized area name
Base year DVMT split by functional class	marea_dvmt_split_by_road_class.csv	Starting share of DVMT by type (LDV, HvyTrk, Bus) by road type (Fwy,Arterial, other), LDV share is adjusted by congestion model.
Base year VMT	region_base_year_dvmt.csv	Region Freight Vehicle DVMT growth rates-basis (ComSvc-Pop or Inc, HHdvmt; HvyTrk-Pop or Inc) and overwrite of base year 2010 Hwy Statistics default of region Heavy Truck DVMT (NA recommended for VE-RSPM) and state name.