guidance and thoughtful discussions about graduate research and coursework. His meticulous dedication to research has taught me the importance of in-depth studies. His wholehearted support signifies beyond fully funding my Master's studies: the respect for my diverse involvement at USF and efforts of guiding my professional growth. My gracious thanks are to Divyakant Tahlyan for his rigorous commitment to research on transportation modeling, and Mohammadreza Kamali for his initial work on deriving routes and counting the number of unique routes. My hearty appreciation is extended to Drs. Robert Bertini, Pei-Sung Lin, Seckin Ozkul, for participating in my thesis committee, reinforcing the value of research, and offering me full concentration on completing this work. The data used in this research was obtained from projects funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). This study partially contributes to the report of the research project funded by the
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