What is multimodal analysis?
Adding alternatives to single-occupant vehicle modes is a way to reduce highway travel demand and preserve roadway capacity. Multimodal systems are particularly effective in areas with high levels of tourism or recreation. For example, developing National Park shuttle systems and bicycle, pedestrian or transit access to trailheads can help relieve roadway capacity constraints. Multimodal analysis tools are used to assess and evaluate the performance of transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities in a given community or region. These tools can range from a question-and-answer checklist to detailed multimodal performance measures. Multimodal level of service standards can be used to indicate problems and ways to improve each mode. Establishing transit, bicycle, or pedestrian level of service analysis methods and requirements allows for a systematic identification of impacts or benefits to alternative modes of transportation. Level of service criteria and target performance measures can b
