The County of Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking professional consulting services to update, enhance, or rebuild its regional travel demand model. The model will support long-range transportation planning, policy analysis, and project evaluation across the island of Maui. The consultant will be responsible for developing all model components, validating model performance, and providing a user-friendly, fully documented model. The scope of work includes model development and modernization, software and data provision, multimodal network development, forecasting and scenario analysis, model validation and calibration, technical analyses and reporting, and stakeholder coordination and communication. The estimated project budget is $120,000, and the contract completion is 365 calendar days from the notice to proceed.
• The consultant will provide full travel demand modeling services to support the Maui MPO.
• The model will incorporate the Maui MPO's established Travel Analysis Zones (TAZ) and integrate contemporary datasets.
• The consultant will develop and maintain roadway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian networks consistent with current and planned infrastructure conditions.
• The model will produce baseline and forecasted conditions for annual average daily traffic, peak hour traffic, and seasonal peak conditions.
• The consultant will conduct scenario modeling for land-use policy changes, large-scale developments, infrastructure alternatives, transit expansions, climate-adaptation scenarios, and emergency-response conditions.