STOPS Model
This report describes the 2019 interim calibration of the Simplified Trips-on-Project Software (STOPS) model for forecasting transit ridership in Miami-Dade County and surrounding areas. This implementation of STOPS is designed to support ongoing planning, development, and funding applications for Miami-Dade County’s Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) plan. Ridership forecasting for the SMART corridor projects commenced with STOPS models calibrated to match observed 2015 transit ridership. As part of the federal approval process for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service in the South Dade Transitway, STOPS was updated to represent observed 2017 transit ridership demand.
To continue planning in the remaining corridors, the Miami-Dade TPO began a large-scale transit ridership origin-destination survey in 2020 and planned to use this information to develop a new STOPS incremental (survey-based) forecasting model with a 2020 base year. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent disruption to transit ridership patterns have delayed both the survey and the model update projects. In the meantime, the TPO prepared an interim 2019 STOPS synthetic (Census- and count-based) model implementation using the best available pre-Pandemic information.
For additional information, please email Hector DiDonato or call 305-375-1886.
To continue planning in the remaining corridors, the Miami-Dade TPO began a large-scale transit ridership origin-destination survey in 2020 and planned to use this information to develop a new STOPS incremental (survey-based) forecasting model with a 2020 base year. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent disruption to transit ridership patterns have delayed both the survey and the model update projects. In the meantime, the TPO prepared an interim 2019 STOPS synthetic (Census- and count-based) model implementation using the best available pre-Pandemic information.
For additional information, please email Hector DiDonato or call 305-375-1886.