Outputs

The following is a list of files produced by the model in the outputs folder under the model directory root:

File Name	File Type	Description
topsheet_summary.html	File	High-level metrics, generally a first place to find results.
metrics.html	File	Additional high-level metrics for more detailed results analysis.
access	Folder	Outputs of jobs_accessibility.py summary script
auto_jobs_access.csv	File
auto_jobs_access_person.csv	File
transit_jobs_access.csv	File
transit_jobs_access_person.csv	File
walk_bike_jobs_access.csv	File
walk_bike_jobs_access_person.csv	File
agg	aggregated Daysim outputs, used as inputs for other summaries
bike	Folder
bike_attr.csv	File	Link attributes for bike assignment
compare	aggregated Daysim outputs at various levels of geography, used to compare run results
daysim	Folder
_trip.tsv	File	Trips
_tour.tsv	File	Tours
_person_day.tsv	File	Person-day pattern
_household_day.tsv	File	Household-day pattern
_person.tsv	File	Persons
_household.tsv	File	Households
_full_half_tour.tsv	File	Full half tours (empty)
_joint_tour.tsv	File	Joint tours (empty)
_partial_half_tour.tsv	File	Partial half tours (empty)
daysim_outputs.h5	File	DaySim outputs in HDF5 format
aggregate_logsums.*.dat	File	Aggregate logsum files
archive_daysim_configuration.properties	File	DaySim configuration file
archive_park_and_ride_shadow_prices.txt	File	Park-and-ride shadow prices
archive_shadow_prices.txt	File	Shadow prices
buffered_parcels.dat	File	Buffered parcel file; this is an output from accessibility calculations and an input to DaySim
run_*.log	File	Daysim log file
emissions	Folder	regional and county-level emissions summaries, including intermediary calculations
landuse	Folder
buffered_parcels.txt	File	Parcel files with network-buffered attributes (i.e., summaries of nearby attributes within given network distances from the parcel centroid)
psrc_worker_ixxifractions.dat	File	Computer share of zonal workers living outside or inside the region
logs	Folder	Detailed log files. The "skims_log.txt" file is useful in debugging assignment convergence and run time.
network	Folder	Various network-level outputs
daily_network_results.csv	Link-level attributes summed for all time periods
network_results.csv	File	Link-level attributes by time of day period
network_shape.csv	File	Link i and j coordinates for mapping results
network_summary.xlsx	File	Summary of high level network results and screenlines
network_summary_detailed.xlsx	File	Summary spreadsheet containing various assignment-related results. This is the primary network results file to be used.
RTP	Folder	HTML outputs created for the 2018 Regional Transportation Plan, but generally useful summaries
supplemental	Folder	Supplemental trip table results
transit	Folder	Transit summaries
trucks	Folder	Intermediary truck calculations
validation	Folder	Validation CSV and HTML files

Network Outputs

This CSV output includes data for each each IJ link and time period. The data columns are defined as follows:

• i
• j
• tveh (total passenger car volumes, SOV, HOV2, and HOV3 across all classes)
• metrk (medium truck volumes)
• hvtrk (heavy truck volumes)
• speed_limit
• facility_type
  • 1: Other
  • 2: Freeway
  • 3: Expressway
  • 4: Urban Arterial
  • 5: Centroid
  • 6: Rural Arterial
• capacity
• lanes
• ij_length
• time (travel time in minutes)
• bvol (bike volume)
• tod (time of day period)
• ij (concatenation of i and j link ID)

DaySim

Trip File (_trip.tsv)

The file is ASCII delimited with a header record.

Field	Valid values	Description
hhno	1 - 9999999	The household ID number; values must be unique positive integers, and should be in ascending order; must be present in the Household file
pno	1 – 99	The person sequence number within the household; values must be unique positive integers within a household and match the hhno/pno combinations in the Person file
day	1 – 99	The survey day sequence, if using multiday survey data, or if DaySim was programmed to simulate multiple days per household (which is not a current feature)
tour	1 – 99	The tour sequence within the person-day; must match a tour present for the person-day in the Tour file
half	1 –2	The half tour (1=to the destination, 2=from the destination)
tseg	1 - 99	The trip sequence number within the half tour
tsvid	1 - 99	Links to a travel survey trip ID (not relevant in application mode)
opurp	0 – 10	The purpose at the trip origin (0=home, 1=work, 2=school, 3=escort, 4=personal business (& medical), 5=shopping, 6=meal, 7=social (& recreation), 8=recreation (H version only), 9=medical (H version only), 10=change mode at a park-and-ride lot
dpurp	0 – 10	The purpose at the trip destination (0=home, 1=work, 2=school, 3=escort, 4=personal business (& medical), 5=shopping, 6=meal, 7=social (& recreation), 8=recreation (H version only) 9=medical (H version only), 10=change mode at a park-and-ride lot
oadtyp	1 – 6	Trip origin address type (1=home, 2=usual work location, 3=usual school location, 4=other location in region, 5=out of region/missing (survey data only), 6=inserted change mode location for park-and-ride
dadtyp	1 – 6	Trip dest. address type (1=home, 2=usual work location, 3=usual school location, 4=other location in region, 5=out of region/missing (survey data only), 6=inserted change mode location for park-and-ride
opcl	-1 - 9999999	Trip origin parcel ID; must be a valid parcel ID present in the Parcel file
otaz	-1 - 9999999	Trip origin zone ID; must be a valid zone ID present in the Zone file
dpcl	-1 - 9999999	Trip destination parcel ID; must be a valid parcel ID present in the Parcel file
dtaz	-1 - 9999999	Trip destination zone ID; must be a valid zone ID present in the Zone file
mode	1 - 8	Trip mode (1=walk, 2=bike, 3=sov, 4=HOV 2, 5=HOV 3+, 6=walk to transit, 7=park-and-ride, 8=school bus, 9=other–survey only)
pathtype	1 - 8	Trip path type (1=full network, 2=no-toll network, 3=local bus, 4=light rail, 5=premium bus, 6=commuter rail, 7=ferry)
dorp	0 - 999	For auto trips, 1=driver, 2=passenger; for transit trips, is set to the total walk access+egress time, in integer minutes
deptm	0 – 1439	The trip departure time, in minutes after midnight
arrtm	0 – 1439	The trip arrival time, in minutes after midnight
endacttm	0 – 1439	The end time of the destination activity, in minutes after midnight
travtime	-1 - 9999999	The travel time by the trip mode and path type (a real number of minutes)
travcost	-1 - 9999999	The travel cost by the trip mode and path type (a real number of dollars)
travdist	-1 - 9999999	The network distance between the trip origin and destination (a real number of miles, SOV distance used for transit trips)
trexpfac	Real >= 0	The expansion factor for the trip–a non-negative real number; is set equal to hhexpfac in application mode

Relevant DaySim configuration parameters:

• OutputTripPath (string file name and path)
• OutputTripDelimiter (ASCII code, 9=tab, 32=space, 44=comma)

Tour File (_tour.tsv)

The file is ASCII delimited with a header record.

Field	Valid values	Description
hhno	1 - 9999999	The household ID number; values must be unique positive integers and should be in ascending order; must be present in the Household file
pno	1 – 99	The person sequence number within the household; values must be unique positive integers within a household and match the hhno/pno combinations in the Person file
day	1 – 99	The survey day sequence, if using multiday survey data, or if DaySim was programmed to simulate multiple days per household (which is not a current feature)
tour	1 – 99	The tour sequence within the person-day
jtindex	0 – 99	Links to the sequence number of the tour in the JointTour file records for the HouseholdDay; only relevant for the H version of the models
parent	0 - 99	If it is a work-based subtour, then the “tour” sequence number of the “parent” work tour, otherwise 0
subtours	0 - 99	For home-based work tours, the number of work-based subtours made from the work activity of that tour
pdpurp	1 - 9	The tour primary destination purpose (1=work, 2=school, 3=escort, 4=personal business (& medical), 5=shopping, 6=meal, 7=social (& recreation), 8=recreation (H version only), and 9=medical (H version only)
tlvorig	0 - 1439	The time leaving the (sub)tour origin, in minutes after midnight
tardest	0 - 1439	The time arriving at the (sub)tour destination, in minutes after midnight
tlvdest	0 - 1439	The time leaving the (sub)tour destination, in minutes after midnight
tarorig	0 - 1439	The time arriving back at the (sub)tour origin, in minutes after midnight
toadtyp	1 - 5	Tour origin address type (1=home, 2=usual work location, 3=usual school location, 4=other location in region, and 5=out of region/missing (survey data only)
tdadtyp	1 - 5	Tour destination address type (1=home, 2=usual work location, 3=usual school location, 4=other location in region, and 5=out of region/missing (survey data only)
topcl	-1 - 9999999	Tour origin parcel ID; must be a valid parcel ID present in the Parcel file
totaz	-1 - 9999999	Tour origin zone ID; must be a valid zone ID present in the Zone file
tdpcl	-1 - 9999999	Tour destination parcel ID; must be a valid parcel ID present in the Parcel file
tdtaz	-1 - 9999999	Tour destination zone ID; must be a valid zone ID present in the Zone file
tmodetp	1 - 8	Tour main mode type (1=walk, 2=bike, 3=sov, 4=hov 2, 5=hov 3+, 6=walk to transit, 7=park-and-ride, 8=school bus, and 9=other–survey only)
tpathtp	1 - 8	Tour main mode path type (1=full network, 2=no-toll network, 3=local bus, 4=light rail, 5=premium bus, 6=commuter rail, and 7=ferry)
tautotime	-1 - 9999999	The one-way auto travel time between the origin and destination (a real number of minutes)
tautocost	-1 - 9999999	The one-way auto toll cost between the origin and destination (a real number of dollars)
tautodist	-1 - 9999999	The one-way auto travel distance between the origin and destination (a real number of miles)
tripsh1	1 - 99	The number of trips segments on the half tour to the destination
tripsh2	1 - 99	The number of trips segments on the half tour from the destination
phtindx1	0 - 99	Links to the sequence number of the first half tour in the PartialHalfTour file records for the HouseholdDay (only relevant for the H version of the models)
phtindx2	0 - 99	Links to the sequence number of the second half tour in the PartialHalfTour file records for the HouseholdDay (only relevant for the H version of the models)
fhtindx1	0 - 99	Links to the sequence number of the first half tour in the FullHalfTour file records for the HouseholdDay (only relevant for the H version of the models)
fhtindx2	0 - 99	Links to the sequence number of the second half tour in the FullHalfTour file records for the HouseholdDay (only relevant for the H version of the models)
toexpfac	Real >= 0	The expansion factor for the tour–a non-negative real number; is set equal to hhexpfac in application mode

Relevant DaySim configuration parameters:

• OutputTourPath (string file name and path)
• OutputTourDelimiter (ASCII code, 9=tab, 32=space, 44=comma)

Person Day File (_person_day.tsv)

The file is ASCII delimited with a header record.

Field	Valid values	Description
hhno	1 - 9999999	The household ID number; values must be unique positive integers, and should be in ascending order; must be present in the Household file
pno	1 – 99	The person sequence number within the household; values must be unique positive integers within a household, and match the hhno/pno combinations in the Person file
day	1 – 99	The survey day sequence, if using multiday survey data, or if DaySim was programmed to simulate multiple days per household (which is not a current feature)
beghom	0 – 1	A flag if the survey diary day begins at home; not currently relevant for application mode, where all days are simulated to begin at home
endhom	0 – 1	A flag if the survey diary day ends at home; not currently relevant for application mode, where all days are simulated to end at home
hbtours	0 – 99	The total number of home-based tour records predicted for the person-day
wbtours	0 – 99	The total number of work-based subtour records predicted for the person-day
uwtours	0 – 99	The total number of home-based work tours predicted to go to the usual workplace in the person-day
wktours	0 – 99	The number of home-based work tours predicted in the person-day
sctours	0 – 99	The number of home-based school tours predicted in the person-day
estours	0 – 99	The number of home-based escort tours predicted in the person-day
pbtours	0 – 99	The number of home-based personal business tours predicted in the person-day (also includes medical tours in the Default models)
shtours	0 – 99	The number of home-based shopping tours predicted in the person-day
mltours	0 – 99	The number of home-based meal tours predicted in the person-day
sotours	0 – 99	The number of home-based social tours predicted in the person-day (also includes recreational tours in the Default models)
retours	0 – 99	The number of home-based recreation tours predicted in the person-day (only predicted by the H version of the models)
metours	0 – 99	The number of home-based medical tours predicted in the person-day (only predicted by the H version of the models)
wkstops	0 – 99	The number of home-based work stops predicted in the person-day
scstops	0 – 99	The number of home-based school stops predicted in the person-day
esstops	0 – 99	The number of home-based escort stops predicted in the person-day
pbstops	0 – 99	The number of home-based personal business stops predicted in the person-day (also includes medical stops in the Default models)
shstops	0 – 99	The number of home-based shopping stops predicted in the person-day
mlstops	0 – 99	The number of home-based meal stops predicted in the person-day
sostops	0 – 99	The number of home-based social stops predicted in the person-day (also includes recreational stops in the Default models)
restops	0 – 99	The number of home-based recreation stops predicted in the person-day (only predicted by the H version of the models)
mestops	0 – 99	The number of home-based medical stops predicted in the person-day (only predicted by the H version of the models)
wkathome	0 – 1439	The number of minutes spent working at home during the day (only predicted by the H version of the models)
pdexpfac	Real >= 0	The expansion factor for the household-day–a nonnegative real number (set equal to hhexpfac in application mode)

Relevant DaySim configuration parameters:

• OutputPersonDayPath (string file name and path)
• OutputPersonDayDelimiter (ASCII code, 9=tab, 32=space, 44=comma)

Household Day File (_household_day.tsv)

This file is applicable to the “H” version of the DaySim models that has models of joint tour and half tour generation that do not belong to single persons in the household. This file is still produced in the Default version of the models, but contains no useful information.

The file is ASCII delimited with a header record.

Field	Valid values	Description
hhno	1 - 9999999	The household ID number; values must be unique positive integers, and should be in ascending order; must be present in the Household file
day	1 – 99	The survey day sequence, if using multiday survey data, or if DaySim were programmed to simulate multiple days per household (which is not a current feature)
dow	1 - 7	The day of the week, which is relevant for survey data, but is not currently used in the DaySim models
jttours	0 - 99	The number of fully joint tour records output for the household (set only in the H version of the DaySim models)
phtours	0 - 99	The number of partially joint half tour records output for the household (set only in the H version of the DaySim models)
fhtours	0 - 99	The number of fully joint half tour records output for the household (set only in the H version of the DaySim models)
hdexpfac	Real >= 0	The expansion factor for the household-day–a nonnegative real number (set equal to hhexpfac in application mode)

Relevant DaySim configuration parameters:

• OutputHouseholdDayPath (string file name and path)
• OutputHouseholdDayDelimiter (ASCII code, 9=tab, 32=space, 44=comma)

Buffered Parcel File (buffered_parcels.dat)

This file is ASCII delimited with a header record. Real>=0 below indicates a non-negative number which does not need to be an integer value.

Field	Valid values	Description
parcelid	1-9999999	The parcel ID number; values must be unique positive integers, in ascending order (aps are allowed, but not efficient for memory)
xcoord_p	1-999999999	The x coordinate of the parcel centroid, in integer length units (typically SPF)
ycoord_p	1-999999999	The y coordinate of the parcel centroid, in integer length units (typically SPF)
sqft_p	0-999999999	The area of the parcel, in thousands of square length units (typically sq. ft., does not need to be an integer)
taz_p	1-9999999	The zone that the parcel is in; must be a valid zone_id in the “zone” file
lutype_p	0-9999999	A land-use type value; this variable currently has no mandatory use in the DaySim code and is available for region-specific usage
hh_p	Real >=0	The number of households residing on a parcel
stugrad_p	Real >=0	The number of grade school (K-8) students enrolled in schools on a parcel
stuhgh_p	Real >=0	The number of high school (9-12) students enrolled in schools on a parcel; if this is not available separately, then set to 0 and put the number of K-12 students in stugrd_p
stuuni_p	Real >=0	The number of university/college students enrolled in schools on a parcel
empedu_p	Real >=0	The number of educational employees working on a parcel
empfoo_p	Real >=0	The number of food service employees working on a parcel
empgov_p	Real >=0	The number of government employees working on a parcel
empind_p	Real >=0	The number of industrial employees working on a parcel
empmed_p	Real >=0	The number of medical employees working on a parcel
empofc_p	Real >=0	The number of (other) office employees working on a parcel
empret_p	Real >=0	The number of retail employees working on a parcel
empsvc_p	Real >=0	The number of (other) service employees working on a parcel
empoth_p	Real >=0	The number of other sector employees working on a parcel; typically contains construction, agriculture, and mining
emptot_p	Real >=0	The total number of employees working on a parcel; should equal the sum of the nine previous fields
parkdy_p	Real >=0	The number of paid public off-street parking spaces on a parcel with per-day pricing; may overlap with parkhr_p if have both types of pricing
parkhr_p	Real >=0	The number of paid public off-street parking spaces on a parcel with per-hour pricing; may overlap with parkdy_p if have both types of pricing
ppricdyp	Real >=0	The average price of public off-street parking spaces on a parcel with per-day pricing; in cents per day
pprichrp	Real >=0	The average price of public off-street parking spaces on a parcel with per-hour pricing; in cents per hour
hh_1	Real >=0	The number of households residing in buffer 1
stugrad_1	Real >=0	The number of grade school (K-8) students enrolled in schools in buffer 1
stuhgh_1	Real >=0	The number of high school (9-12) students enrolled in schools in buffer 1
stuuni_1	Real >=0	The number of university/college students enrolled in schools in buffer 1
empedu_1	Real >=0	The number of educational employees working in buffer 1
empfoo_1	Real >=0	The number of food service employees working in buffer 1
empgov_1	Real >=0	The number of government employees working in buffer 1
empind_1	Real >=0	The number of industrial employees working in buffer 1
empmed_1	Real >=0	The number of medical employees working in buffer 1
empofc_1	Real >=0	The number of (other) office employees working in buffer 1
empret_1	Real >=0	The number of retail employees working in buffer 1
empsvc_1	Real >=0	The number of (other) service employees working in buffer 1
empoth_1	Real >=0	The number of other sector employees working in buffer 1
emptot_1	Real >=0	The total number of employees working in buffer 1
parkdy_1	Real >=0	The number of paid public off-street parking spaces in buffer 1 with per-day pricing
parkhr_1	Real >=0	The number of paid public off-street parking spaces in buffer 1 with per-hour pricing
ppricdy1	Real >=0	The average price of public off-street parking spaces in buffer 1 with per-day pricing; in cents per day
pprichr1	Real >=0	The average price of public off-street parking spaces in buffer 1 with per-hour pricing; in cents per hour
nodes1_1	Real >=0	The number of intersections with 1 connecting link in buffer 1
nodes3_1	Real >=0	The number of intersections with 3 connecting links in buffer 1
nodes4_1	Real >=0	The number of intersections with 4 or more connecting links in buffer 1
tstops_1	Real >=0	The number of transit stops in buffer 1
nparks_1	Real >=0	The number of public open space areas in buffer 1
aparks_1	Real >=0	The average size of public open space areas in buffer 1 (in square length units)
hh_2	Real >=0	The number of households residing in buffer 2
stugrad_2	Real >=0	The number of grade school (K-8) students enrolled in schools in buffer 2
stuhgh_2	Real >=0	The number of high school (9-12) students enrolled in schools in buffer 2
stuuni_2	Real >=0	The number of university/college students enrolled in schools in buffer 2
empedu_2	Real >=0	The number of educational employees working in buffer 2
empfoo_2	Real >=0	The number of food service employees working in buffer 2
empgov_2	Real >=0	The number of government employees working in buffer 2
empind_2	Real >=0	The number of industrial employees working in buffer 2
empmed_2	Real >=0	The number of medical employees working in buffer 2
empofc_2	Real >=0	The number of (other) office employees working in buffer 2
empret_2	Real >=0	The number of retail employees working in buffer 2
empsvc_2	Real >=0	The number of (other) service employees working in buffer 2
empoth_2	Real >=0	The number of other sector employees working in buffer 2
emptot_2	Real >=0	The total number of employees working in buffer 2
parkdy_2	Real >=0	The number of paid public off-street parking spaces in buffer 2 with per-day pricing
parkhr_2	Real >=0	The number of paid public off-street parking spaces in buffer 2 with per-hour pricing
ppricdy2	Real >=0	The average price of public off-street parking spaces in buffer 2 with per-day pricing; in cents per day
pprichr2	Real >=0	The average price of public off-street parking spaces in buffer 2 with per-hour pricing; in cents per hour
nodes1_2	Real >=0	The number of intersections with 1 connecting link in buffer 2
nodes3_2	Real >=0	The number of intersections with 3 connecting links in buffer 2
nodes4_2	Real >=0	The number of intersections with 4 or more connecting links in buffer 2
tstops_2	Real >=0	The number of transit stops in buffer 2
nparks_2	Real >=0	The number of public open space areas in buffer 2
aparks_2	Real >=0	The average size of public open space areas in buffer 2 (in square length units)
dist_lbus	Real >=0	The distance to the nearest local bus stop in miles (999 if no stops within 3 miles)
dist_ebus	Real >=0	The distance to the nearest premium bus stop in miles (999 if no stops within 3 miles)
dist_crt	Real >=0	The distance to the nearest commuter rail station in miles (999 if no stops within 3 miles)
dist_fry	Real >=0	The distance to the nearest ferry terminal in miles (999 if no stops within 3 miles)
dist_lrt	Real >=0	The distance to the nearest light rail stop in miles (999 if no stops within 3 miles)
dist_park	Real >=0	The distance to the edge of the nearest public open space area (999 if no areas within 3 miles, or if no open space file supplied)

Relevant DaySim configuration parameters:

• RawParcelPath (string file name and path)
• RawParcelDelimiter (ASCII code, 9=tab, 32=space, 44=comma)
• UseShortDistanceNodeToNodeMeasures (set True if node distance files are available)
• UseShortDistanceCircuityMeasures (set True if circuity measures are available on the parcel file; the NodeToNodeMeasures setting takes precedence over this one)
• MaximumBlendingDistance (the maximum distance, in miles, to which the short-distance measures are used to adjust zone-to-zone skim-based travel times)

Emme Attributes

The following attributes are available in each Emme time-of-day bank:

Attribute	Definition
@sov_inc1	SOV Income Level 1 Link Volume
@sov_inc2	SOV Income Level 2 Link Volume
@sov_inc3	SOV Income Level 3 Link Volume
@hov2_inc1	HOV 2 Income Level 1 Link Volume
@hov2_inc2	HOV 2 Income Level 2 Link Volume
@hov3_inc3	HOV 2 Income Level 3 Link Volume
@hov3_inc1	HOV 3+ Income Level 1 Link Volume
@hov3_inc2	HOV 3+ Income Level 2 Link Volume
@hov3_inc3	HOV 3+ Income Level 3 Link Volume
@tnc_inc1	TNC Income Level 1 Link Volume
@tnc_inc2	TNC Income Level 2 Link Volume
@tnc_inc3	TNC Income Level 3 Link Volume
@medium_truck	Medium Truck Link Volume (Auto-Equivalent)
@heavy_truck	Heavy Truck Link Volume (Auto-Equivalent)
@trnv3	Transit Vehicles (Auto-Equivalent)
@mveh	Medium Truck Vehicles (Actual)
@hveh	Heavy Truck Vehicles (Actual)
@dveh	Delivery Vehicle Volume (optional mode)
@vmt	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled on Link
@vht	Total Vehicle Hours Traveled on Link
@trnv	Transit Vehicles (Auto-Equivalent) (duplicate, unused)
@ovol	Observed Volume (may not be up-to-date)
@bveh	Transit Vehicles (Actual)
@bkwt	Bike Weights (Intermediary Calculation for Bike Model)
@bvol	Bike Volumes on Link