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Conclusions <br />As with all models, these are tools to evaluate the impacts of future change. The results <br />should be used with caution. A model is only as good as the data and assumptions that <br />were used to develop the model and the forecasts of the future year inputs. Caution <br />should especially be used when evaluating the future. Will the forecast land use really <br />occur as projected? Will travel behavior stay essentially the am ? Shc;>ulcl adjustments <br />be made to account for these changes? <br />These models should be considered working tools. They are now c;: m pleted and ready <br />for application and use. When they are used for pecific ·tu d i , th i'eS ults should be <br />examined and analyzed. If conditions have dtanged in an area or t h ee •-is ting data is out <br />of date, compensation or improvements ho uld b made in the model and its res ult. <br />Kittitas County, Washington Transportation Model -May 2009 Page 49