To better plan for the region's future transportation needs, NYMTC collects, stores, and analyzes data and provides forecasts using its state-of-the-art activity-based travel demand model called the New York Best Practice Model (NYBPM). NYMTC also conducts various surveys that provide information on travel behavior characteristics, which are essential for travel demand modeling and transportation planning in general, and its federally-mandated products in particular.