City of West Des Moines Subarea Model
Researcher(s)
Principal investigator: Neal Hawkins, 515-294-2744, hawkins@iastate.edu (project list)
Co-principal investigators:
- Reginald Souleyrette, 515-294-5453, reg@iastate.edu (project list)
Project status
Completed
Start date: 10/01/03
End date: 03/31/04
Sponsor(s)/partner(s)
Sponsor(s):City of West Des Moines, Iowa
About the research
Abstract: The City of West Des Moines is Iowas fastest growing city. The development of Iowas largest regional mall (Jordan Creek Town Center) and Wells Fargos 10,000+ employee office complex in less than two years created the need for accurate and rapid transportation planning processes. This project integrated the regions top-down travel demand model with bottom-up traffic impact spreadsheets and geographic information systems to provide the detail and scope required to plan and size transportation facilities ranging from 6+2 lane urban arterials and innovative internal circulation and access to non-traditional freeway interchange and urban intersection designs.