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Provides tools that can be used by transportation analysts to estimate the impacts of congestion pricing strategies.

New Item 7/1/09 Tool for Rush-Hour User Charge Evaluation - Statewide (TRUCE-ST)

TRUCE-ST builds on the foundation of the TRUCE 3.0 model. As indicated by the model's full name (Tool for Rush-Hour User Charge Evaluation - Statewide), users can apply TRUCE-ST to quantify the impacts of congestion pricing on urban highways statewide. For insights into the model's evolution, users of TRUCE-ST may review the User's Guide in conjunction with that for TRUCE 3.0 and the report Development of TRUCE-ST from TRUCE 3.0. The TRUCE-ST model is under review, and FHWA is seeking comments on this version. Please provide your comments to: Patrick DeCorla-Souza at 202-366-4076, or patrick.decorla-souza@dot.gov.

  • TRUCE-ST Model - Users' Guide (HTML, PDF 29KB)
  • TRUCE Model - Development of TRUCE-ST from TRUCE 3.0. (HTML, PDF 68KB)
  • TRUCE Model - Interactive Spreadsheet Version 3.0 (Excel, 252KB)

TRUCE 3.0 - Metropolitan Areas

TRUCE 3.0 builds on the foundation of the TRUCE model developed at the U.S. Department of Transportation. As indicated by the model's full name (Tool for Rush-Hour User Charge Evaluation), users can apply TRUCE to quantify the impacts of congestion pricing on urban highways. In its current form, the model considers scenarios for congestion pricing on the network of limited-access highways, or "freeways". The source for the key inputs of traffic data is the Urban Mobility Report series produced by the Texas Transportation Institute.

This enhanced model is under review, and FHWA is seeking comments on this version. Please provide your comments to: Patrick DeCorla-Souza at 202-366-4076, or patrick.decorla-souza@dot.gov.

  • TRUCE Model - Users' Guide Version 3.0 (HTML, PDF 34KB)
  • TRUCE Model - Interactive Spreadsheet Version 3.0 (Excel, 277KB)

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