Calgary Regional Road Network Scenarios for Future Horizons

Calgary and its surrounding region's road network assumptions for five future forecast horizons from 2015 to 2076. The data, representing collector roads and above, is produced by Calgary's Transportation Forecasting unit for the Regional Transportation Model. It was last updated in February 2023.

Use Cases

• Simulating traffic flow and congestion for a given HORIZON YEAR based on ROAD CLASS and NUMBER OF LANES.
• Analyzing freight network accessibility by filtering for TRUCK ROUTE designations across different forecast scenarios.
• Modeling travel times and network capacity using POSTED SPEED and ROAD CLASS data for scenario comparison.

Strengths

• Covers five distinct forecast horizons spanning 61 years from 2015 to 2076.
• Includes multiple key road attributes like NUMBER OF LANES, ROAD CLASS, and TRUCK ROUTE.

Limitations

• Excludes local roads, providing an incomplete picture of the full street network.
• Data is a representation of assumptions, not an exact replica of the real-world network.
• Row count and geographic precision are unknown.

Provenance

Source

data.calgary.ca / City of Calgary Transportation Forecasting.

Collection Method

Assumptions and inputs for the Regional Transportation Model computer simulation.

Time Range

Future scenarios for horizons: 2015, 2028, 2039, 2048, 2076.

Freshness

Last updated February 2023; update frequency is null.

Geography

Calgary city and surrounding region, Alberta, Canada.