2019 Schedule

2019 Schedule

Sunday June 02, 2019
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Registration / Check-in

01:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Tutorial Session: Using VisionEval Tools for Strategic Planning

Vision Without Execution is Delusion

ActivitySim 1.0 Tutorial: An Open-Source Activity-Based Travel Demand Model System

There's No Pity in SIM City

Urban Freight Delivery Panel

Wall-E was Prescient

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Break

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Moving Governance Concepts into Practice: A Roundtable Discussion of New Collaborative and Open Source Initiatives

At a Round Table, Every Seat is the Head Place

DTA Development and Application Workshop

DTA is Not Short for Don't Tell Anyone

Developing and Implementing Sustainable Strategies and Solutions for Multimodal Travel Behavior Data - NextGen NHTS

Travel Surveys, They are a Changin’

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Speed Data-ing For Reals

07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Welcome / Opening Remarks / Reception

Monday June 03, 2019
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM

Breakfast

08:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Demand Modeling

AVs are Such Trail Blazers

Freight Data

Insight Into the Economy in Motion

New Modes Panel Discussion

Disruptive! Shiny! New! Tech! Discuss!

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Connected and Autonomous Vehicle and Ride Hailing Demand Modeling

All Hail...It's Pronounced Will-lam-it not William-ate

Innovative Survey Data

Transforming Data into Understanding

Transit Visualization Tutorial

Shiny Transit Tools

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch

01:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Statewide Travel Demand Modeling

Playing Oregon Trail as Kids Prepared Us for This

Data Visualization 1

Turning a Caterpillar into a Butterfly

Transit Behavior and Applications

Let's Talk Transit  

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Break

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Socio-Economic and Land Use Modeling

It's Voodoo. Donut Ask Us About Land Use

Data Visualization 2

There is Magic in Graphics

Strategic Planning Tools

Strategery

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Wine & Cheese Reception

Tuesday June 04, 2019
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM

Breakfast

08:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Visitor and School Trip Travel Demand Modeling

Secretly We Are Going to Mt Hood Instead

Innovations and Advances in Travel Behavior Data for Modeling

Numbers Have a Story to Tell

Nonmotorized Panel Discussion

No Motor, No Problem

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Pricing and Reliability in Travel Demand Models

Reliability, Integration, Pricing..It's RIP City

Validation Data

Trust but Verify

Useful Tools and Techniques When Planning Under Uncertainty

Saying Something Useful When All You Have is a Crystal Ball

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch

01:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Activity Based Travel Demand Models

Discussing ABMs Over IPAs is A-OK

Big Data 1

It's About Information

Understanding and Managing Demand for Transportation

Getting a Handle on Demand: Understanding It and Managing It

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Break

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Microsimulation & Dynamic Traffic Assignment

Is Your Simulation for Recreational or Medicinal Purposes?

Big Data 2

Extracting Wisdom

Performance Measures

Hi, How are You Doing? Quick Talks on Performance Measures and Tools

05:30 PM - 09:00 PM

Dine Around

Wednesday June 05, 2019
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM

Breakfast

08:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Miscellaneous Topics in Travel Demand Modeling

Unique Modeling Topics aka "Keep Portland Weird"

How to Be a Good Big Data Consumer

What Gets Measured Gets Managed

Multi-Modal Performance Measures

All's Well That is Well: Quick Talks and a Conversation About Multi-Modal Performance Measures

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices

You Can't Hit a Target if you Don't Know What it Is

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Closing Remarks

01:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Working with Survey Datasets in R Workshop

Two Estimates “R” Better Than One

Sunday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Tutorial Session: Using VisionEval Tools for Strategic Planning
Vision Without Execution is Delusion
Tutorial Session: Using VisionEval Tools for Strategic Planning
Presented by , ,
Tutorial Session: Using VisionEval Tools for Strategic Planning 2
Presented by Shichen Fan, Planner, Transportation and Mobility Access Group, Atlanta Regional Commission
Tutorial Session: Using VisionEval Tools for Strategic Planning 3
Presented by Kyung-Hwa Kim, Performance Analysis and Monitoring Manager, Atlanta Regional Commission
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Tutorial Session: Using VisionEval Tools for Strategic Planning 4
Presented by Brian Hurley, Senior Transportation Planner, Oregon Dept of Transportation
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Tutorial Session: Using VisionEval Tools for Strategic Planning 5
Presented by Tara Weidner, Integrated Transportation Analysis Engineer, Oregon Dept of Transportation
Sunday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
ActivitySim 1.0 Tutorial: An Open-Source Activity-Based Travel Demand Model System
There's No Pity in SIM City
ActivitySim 1.0 Tutorial: An Open-Source Activity-Based Travel Demand Model System
Presented by , ,
ActivitySim 1.0 Tutorial: An Open-Source Activity-Based Travel Demand Model System 2
Presented by Ben Stabler, Director, RSG
ActivitySim 1.0 Tutorial: An Open-Source Activity-Based Travel Demand Model System 3
Presented by Bill Keyrouze, Technical Programs Director, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
ActivitySim 1.0 Tutorial: An Open-Source Activity-Based Travel Demand Model System 4
Presented by Stefan Coe, Principal Modeler, Puget Sound Regional Council
ActivitySim 1.0 Tutorial: An Open-Source Activity-Based Travel Demand Model System 5
Presented by Bhargava Sana, Senior Modeler, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Sunday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Urban Freight Delivery Panel
Wall-E was Prescient
Urban Freight Delivery
Presented by Krishnan Viswanathan, Principal, Data and Modeling, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
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Urban Freight Delivery 2
Presented by Thomas Hill, State Modeling Manager, Florida DOT
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Urban Freight Delivery 3
Presented by Annie Nam, Manager, Goods Movement & Transportation Finance, Southern California Association of Governments
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Urban Freight Delivery 4
Presented by Jeff Frkonja, Research Center Director, Portland Metro
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Urban Freight Delivery 5
Presented by Catherine Lawson, Professor, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Sunday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Moving Governance Concepts into Practice: A Roundtable Discussion of New Collaborative and Open Source Initiatives
At a Round Table, Every Seat is the Head Place
Moving Governance Concepts into Practice: A Roundtable Discussion of New Collaborative and Open Source Initiatives
Presented by Ben Stabler, Director, RSG
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Moving Governance Concepts into Practice: A Roundtable Discussion of New Collaborative and Open Source Initiatives 2
Presented by Bill Keyrouze, Technical Programs Director, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
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Moving Governance Concepts into Practice: A Roundtable Discussion of New Collaborative and Open Source Initiatives 3
Presented by Bibiana McHugh, Manager, Mobility and LBS Services, TriMet
Moving Governance Concepts into Practice: A Roundtable Discussion of New Collaborative and Open Source Initiatives 4
Presented by Billy Charlton, , Technicshe Universität Berlin
Moving Governance Concepts into Practice: A Roundtable Discussion of New Collaborative and Open Source Initiatives 5
Presented by Tara Weidner, Integrated Transportation Analysis Engineer, Oregon Dept of Transportation
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Moving Governance Concepts into Practice: A Roundtable Discussion of New Collaborative and Open Source Initiatives 6
Presented by Elizabeth A Sall, Principal, UrbanLabs LLC
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Sunday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
DTA Development and Application Workshop
DTA is Not Short for Don't Tell Anyone
Quick Launch DTA -- Portland Metro's Attempt to Mainstream Mesoscopic Modeling
Presented by Peter Bosa, , Portland Metro
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South Puget Sound Traffic Solutions Aided by Dynamic Traffic Assignments (DTA)
Presented by Veena Tabbutt, Deputy Director, Thurston Regional Planning Council
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Implementing Open Source Dynamic Traffic Assignment Within Your Regional Travel Demand Model
Presented by Norman Marshall, Regional DTA with Feedback, Smart Mobility Inc.
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Sunday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Developing and Implementing Sustainable Strategies and Solutions for Multimodal Travel Behavior Data - NextGen NHTS
Travel Surveys, They are a Changin’
Developing and Implementing Sustainable Strategies and Solutions for Multimodal Travel Behavior Data – NextGen NHTS
Presented by Stacey Bricka, , MacroSys
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Developing and Implementing Sustainable Strategies and Solutions for Multimodal Travel Behavior Data: NextGen NHTS 2
Presented by Daniel Jenkins, Program Manager, FHWA
Developing and Implementing Sustainable Strategies and Solutions for Multimodal Travel Behavior Data: NextGen NHTS 3
Presented by Sepehr Ghader, Research Scientist, University of Maryland
Developing and Implementing Sustainable Strategies and Solutions for Multimodal Travel Behavior Data: NextGen NHTS 4
Presented by Becky Knudson, Senior Transportation Economist, Oregon DOT
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Developing and Implementing Sustainable Strategies and Solutions for Multimodal Travel Behavior Data: NextGen NHTS 5
Presented by Josie Kressner, President, Transport Foundry
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Sunday 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speed Data-ing For Reals
Monday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Demand Modeling
AVs are Such Trail Blazers
Poking at the Future of Autonomous Vehicle Effects Like a Lab Rat
Presented by Ron Milam, Director of Evolving the Status Quo, Fehr & Peers
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Practical methods for incorporation of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in an Activity-Based Travel Model and Scenario Analysis
Presented by Gaurav Vyas, Senior Data Scientist, Inro
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Modeling Impact of SAVs on VMT in Utah
Presented by Jason Chen, Consultant, RSG
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Cubetown Tour-Based Model with Automated Vehicle Component
Presented by William Allen, Director of Services, Citilabs
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Modeling Connected and Automated Vehicles in Chittenden County Vermont
Presented by Jason Charest, Senior Transportation Planning Engineer, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
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Analysis of Potential Autonomous Vehicle Impact in Calgary, Alberta
Presented by Kristina Hill, Senior Transportation Engineer, City of Calgary
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Monday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Freight Data
Insight Into the Economy in Motion
Identifying Truck Bias In LBS Data
Presented by Byron Chigoy, Associate Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Combined Firm and Establishment Synthesis Model for The Behavioral-Based National Freight Model
Presented by Maren Outwater, Consultant, RSG
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Advanced Geospatial Analytics to Identify Freight Activity Areas in Florida
Presented by Makarand Gawade, Transportation Planner, HDR, Inc. and Chris Edmonston, Strategic Intermoda System Planning Manager, Florida Department of Transportation
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Behavioral/Agent-Based Supply Chain Freight Modeling Synthesis and Guide
Presented by Maren Outwater, Vice President, RSG
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Visualization of Truck GPS Origin-Destination
Presented by Chi Ping Lam, Principal Data Analyst, Houston-Galveston Area Council
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Monday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
New Modes Panel Discussion
Disruptive! Shiny! New! Tech! Discuss!
Modeling Support for Next Generation Transit System: A Quick Response Tool to Incorporate New Technologies and Modes
Presented by Jinghua Xu, Senior Forecasting Practice Leader, Fehr & Peers
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An Empirical Assessment of a Campus Automated Shuttle Deployment Initiative: Performance Evaluation and Recommendations for Future Deployment
Presented by Nikhil Menon, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research
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AVs and Microtransit - Revolution or Evolution?
Presented by Pedro Camargo, Principal Consultant (Model development), Veitch Lister Consulting
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Evaluation Metrics and Analysis Report for the FTA MOD Sandbox TriMet OpenTripPlanner Project - An Integrated, Multimodal Transportation Application
Presented by Bibiana McHugh, IT-GIS Manager, TriMet
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Analysis of Potential Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) on Transit
Presented by Pooneh Famili, Data scientist, WSP
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Case Studies for Developing Transit Asset Management Plans
Presented by Charlie Sullivan, Senior Transportation Planner, CDM Smith
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Monday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Connected and Autonomous Vehicle and Ride Hailing Demand Modeling
All Hail...It's Pronounced Will-lam-it not William-ate
Connected/Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Impacts in a Statewide Model
Presented by Michelle Bina, Senior Associate, Cambridge Systematics
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Exploratory Modeling of Autonomous Vehicles in Trip-Based Models
Presented by Vince Bernardin, Director, RSG
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Including the TNC Mode in Mode Choice Models Estimated Using Smartphone-Based Household Travel Survey Data
Presented by Mark Bradley, Senior Director, RSG
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Incorporating New Mobility into the Four-Step Modelling Framework: Metro Vancouver Case Study
Presented by Mohamed Salah Mahmoud, Senior Modeller, TransLink and Ali Darwiche, Planner, McElhanney
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Incorporating Transportation Network Companies and Autonomous Vehicles into San Francisco's Activity-Based Model
Presented by Dan Tischler, Senior Transportation Planner, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
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Monday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Innovative Survey Data
Transforming Data into Understanding
Using a Behavioral Analysis to Help Inform Sampling Priorities for your Next Household Travel Survey
Presented by Stacey Bricka, Consultant, Consultant and Becky Knudson, Senior Transportation Economist, Oregon DOT
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Dual-Mode Survey of Park and Ride Users
Presented by Kevin Stefan, Senior Modelling Specialist, HBA Specto
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Onboard, Online: Cost-Effective Origin-Destination Research Using Online Sample
Presented by Alex Levin, Senior Analyst, RSG
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First Large-Scale Survey of TNC Users, a Case Study from the San Francisco Bay Area
Presented by Elizabeth Greene, Director, RSG
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Ohio Long-Distance Travel Survey
Presented by Elizabeth Greene, Director, RSG
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Survey Data Imputation with the MICE Package in R: Does It Work?
Presented by Andrew Rohne, Senior Consultant , RSG
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Monday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Transit Visualization Tutorial
Shiny Transit Tools
Shiny Transit Tools: Building and Using Open Source Interactive Data Visualization Websites
Presented by Eric Lind, Manager, Research & Analytics, Metro Transit
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Monday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Statewide Travel Demand Modeling
Playing Oregon Trail as Kids Prepared Us for This
Development of Economic Analysis Postprocessor for Statewide Model
Presented by Akbar Bakhshi, Transportation Planning Engineer, The Corradino Group and Scott Thomson, Transportation Engineer Specialist, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
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The Integration of Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization Models into the Georgia Statewide Travel Demand Model
Presented by Ali Etezady, PhD student, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Oregon Statewide Integrated Model: Conception to Implementation
Presented by Rick Donnelly, Vice President and Technical Fellow, WSP and Becky Knudson, Senior Economist, Oregon DOT
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Virginia Statewide Transportation Model
Presented by Feng Liu, Principal, Cambridge Systematics
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An Agile, Data-Driven Ensemble Modeling Framework for the Illinois Statewide Travel Demand Model
Presented by Vince Bernardin, Director, RSG and Sheng Chen, Planning Analyst, Illinois DOT
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Monday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Data Visualization 1
Turning a Caterpillar into a Butterfly
Open-Source Interactive and Narrative Visualization Tool for Activity-Based Travel Demand Model: Application in SCAG ABM Development
Presented by Yang Wang, Transportation Modeler, Southern California Association of Governments
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A Nimble Spatial Analysis Framework for Transportation Planning Analyses
Presented by James McLane, Senior Information Analyst, North Central Texas Council of Governments
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Answering ODOT's Mobility Questions using iPeMS Analytics
Presented by Michael Mauch and Joel McCarroll, Senior Analytics Consultant, Iteris
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Dive Deep Without Drowning in Data: Effective Visualization of Model Predictions
Presented by Raghu Sidharthan, Data Scientist, WSP
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Rapid Visuals of Regional Traffic Flows with Open-Source Tools
Presented by Gabor Debreczeni, Senior Economist, WSP
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Dynamic Reporting using R Markdown
Presented by Gargi Singh, Assistant Transportation Researcher, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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A Data Visualization Dashboard for the Treasure Coast Regional Activity-Based Model
Presented by Ken Kaltenbach, Senior Vice President, The Corradino Group
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Activating Big Data for Active Transportation with a Statewide Data Platform
Presented by Laura Schewel, CEO, StreetLight Data
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Being a Big Data Detective to Understand Dynamic Vissim Inputs
Presented by Maggie Lin, Transportation Engineering Associate, DKS Associates
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Monday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Transit Behavior and Applications
Let's Talk Transit  
Relating Transit Capacity Measurements to Users' Experience of Crowding
Presented by Bruce Kaplan, Chief Transportation Planner, Central Transportation Planning Staff
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Does Transit State of Good Repair Impact Highway System Reliability?
Presented by Nazrul Islam, Community Planner/Transportation Specialist, Federal Transit Administration
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Developments with STOPS Version 2.5
Presented by Jeffrey Roux, Community Planner, Federal Transit Administration
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Access to Opportunities and User Benefits in Public Transit Performance Assessment
Presented by Alex Karner, Assistant professor, University of Texas at Austin
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Monday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Socio-Economic and Land Use Modeling
It's Voodoo. Donut Ask Us About Land Use
Practical Methods to Integrate Transportation-Land Use/Regional Economics with a Travel Demand Model for Evaluating Policy Outcomes in Atlanta
Presented by Guy Rousseau, Modeling Manager, Atlanta Regional Commission
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The Use of Ensemble Modeling in Socio-Economic Forecasting
Presented by Joseph Flood, Transportation Engineer, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
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A Deployed Population Synthesis Approach that Matches Person Control Totals and Avoids Known Pitfalls
Presented by Jim Lam, Director, TransCAD Applications and Support, Caliper Corporation and Rama Balakrishna, Senior Transportation Engineer, Caliper Corporation
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A Vehicle Ownership Model as a Pre-Step of Travel Demand Modeling
Presented by Reid Ewing, Professor, University of Utah
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Integration of Land Use and Transportation in Miami Dade SMART Plan
Presented by Tewarie Edmonson, Transportation Planner II, Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization and Srin Varanasi, Vice President of Corradino Group, Corradino Group
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Monday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Data Visualization 2
There is Magic in Graphics
San Francisco's Web-Based Travel Demand Calculation and Visualization Tool
Presented by Amelia Baum, Undergraduate Student, University of California - Berkeley
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An Exploratory Study Using Big Data for Improved Safety and Operational Efficiency: A New Zealand Case Study
Presented by Sal Hernandez, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
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Planning-Level Traffic Forecast Data
Presented by Jennifer Murray, Traffic Forecasting Section Chief, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
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Scenario Analysis and Visualization of Hundreds of Scenarios with the VisionEval Multi-Run Module and Scenario Viewer
Presented by Ben Stabler, Director, RSG
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Project Tracking Using a Hierarchal Data Model
Presented by Seth Hostetter, Director of Safety Analytics and Mapping, New York City Department of Transportation
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External Study Interactive Website/Dashboard
Presented by L.D. White, Research Specialist IV, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Is This Really Where You are Going? An Open-Source Tool to Visualzie and Validate On-Board Survey Data
Presented by Jingyan (Dora) Wu, Data Scientist III, WSP
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Modeling Parking Demand and Supply - A Survey Design Approach
Presented by Chang-Jen Lan, Traffic Engineer, Town of Jupiter
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Monday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Strategic Planning Tools
Strategery
Climate Change Adaptation: Oregon Transportation Infrastructure Impacts and Strategies
Presented by Geoff Crook, Sustainability Program Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation
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Transportation Policy Analysis for a Carbon Free Boston
Presented by Martin Milkovits, Principal, Cambridge Systematics
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Central Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization Strategic Assessment with VisionEval
Presented by Kelly Clarke, Senior Transportation Planner, Lane Council of Governments
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A Comparison of Two Strategic Planning Tools: RPAT and System Dynamics Model
Presented by Yanping zhang, , Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO, NC and Nicholas Flanders, , North Carolina State University
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Incorporating Emerging Travel Modes in Strategic Planning Models Using Data from Stated Choice Experiments
Presented by Joe Broach, Senior Researcher & Modeler, Portland Metro
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Tuesday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Innovations and Advances in Travel Behavior Data for Modeling
Numbers Have a Story to Tell
CTPP: It's Not Just for Four Step Anymore
Presented by Shimon Israel, Senior Transportation Planner, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
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Innovations in Address-Based Sampling to Support Travel Surveys
Presented by Christopher Coy, Consultant, RSG
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Analytical Benefits of Smartphone-Based Travel Survey from a Smaller Region
Presented by Lethal Coe, Senior Planner, Whatcom Council of Governments
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Using Big Data in Freeway Corridor Studies
Presented by Ray Delahanty, Project Manager, WSP
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Evaluating Route Changes Using High-Resolution Transit Data
Presented by Travis Glick, PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant, Portland State University
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Developing Long Distance O-D Travel for Statewide Models Using Passive Data
Presented by Ed Hard, Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Tuesday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Nonmotorized Panel Discussion
No Motor, No Problem
Cycling Network Model for London (Cynemon)
Presented by Vipul Modi, Senior Transportation Engineer, Citilabs
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Mesoscopic Traffic Modeling to Support Bicycle Facility Planning
Presented by Mat Dolata, Transportation Engineer, WSP
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A New Approach to Analyze the Impact of Active Transportation Programs
Presented by Yongping, Zhang, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Modeling Bicycle Route Choice and Bike-Transit Mode in Travel Models
Presented by Binny Paul, Consultant, RSG
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Tuesday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Visitor and School Trip Travel Demand Modeling
Secretly We Are Going to Mt Hood Instead
Visitor Models from Passively Collected Data
Presented by Hadi Sadrsadat, Consultant, RSG
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Modeling University Students Living in Dormitories in an Activity-Based Travel Demand Model
Presented by Sang Gu Lee, Travel Modeler, Denver Regional Council of Governments
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Modeling Major University as a Special Trip Generator
Presented by Peter Vovsha, Assistant Vice President, WSP
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K-12 Schoolzone Partition in the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Model
Presented by Hua Yang, Principal System Modeler, North Central Texas Council of Governments and Hua Yang, , North Central Texas Council of Governments
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Observing Difficult-to-Survey Travel Market Segments with Passive Data and Machine Learning
Presented by Reid Keller, Senior Modeler, Forecasting, TransLink
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Segmented University Models in WATS and CAMPO TDMs
Presented by Stephen Tuttle, Senior Consultant, RSG
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Visitor Modeling Using Big Data
Presented by Jason Lemp, Senior Associate, Cambridge Systematics
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Tuesday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Validation Data
Trust but Verify
Generating Origin-Destination Matrices in Seconds
Presented by Anita Van Asperdt, Generate Origin-Destination Matrices Interactively, Moonshadow Mobile and Amanda Deering, Transportation Engineering Assistant, DKS Associates
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Development of a Cost-Effective Method to Estimate External Trips for Small to Medium Sized Urban Areas
Presented by Yongqiang Wu, Senior Manager, CTS Engineering
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Using Multiple Years of Truck GPS data for Freight Model Development and Validation
Presented by Colin Smith, Director, RSG
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Impact of E-Shopping on Travel Demand
Presented by Peter Vovsha, Vice President, Inro
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Consistency Guarantee of Transportation Modeling Calibration and Validation Using Multi-Source Data in a Computational Graph Approach
Presented by Xin Wu, Post Doc, Arizona State University
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Dissecting the Texas Special Generators Travel Survey Data
Presented by Stella Nepal, Associate Transportation Researcher, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Tuesday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Useful Tools and Techniques When Planning Under Uncertainty
Saying Something Useful When All You Have is a Crystal Ball
A Framework for Planning, Modeling, and Communicating CAV Impacts: NCHRP 896
Presented by Thomas Williams, Senior Planner, DKS Associates
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Leveraging Automated Analysis Methods for Exploratory Modeling and Analysis with TMIP-EMAT
Presented by Rachel Copperman, Principal, Cambridge Systematics
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Use of a Response Surface Model to Quantify Forecasting Error Intervals for Disparate Impacts Analysis
Presented by John Gliebe, Chief Transportation Planner, Central Transportation Planning Staff
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Exploratory Scenario Planning in the Long Range Transportation Planning Process: The Atlanta Region's Analysis Experience
Presented by Kyung-Hwa Kim, Performance Analysis and Monitoring Manager, Atlanta Regional Commission
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Planning in the Face of Shifting Global Trade and Technology: Making Use of Data to Examine Economic Resiliency and Support Transportation Planning
Presented by Scott Middleton, Senior Analyst, EDR Group
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Tuesday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Pricing and Reliability in Travel Demand Models
Reliability, Integration, Pricing..It's RIP City
Modeling Framework for Determining Individual User Response to Highway Network Changes
Presented by Dejan Dudich, Transportation Analysts/Modeler, Oregon Department of Transportation
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Travel Time Reliability in Regional Models and Construction of Origin-Destination (OD) Reliability Measures
Presented by Matt Stratton, Transportation Modeler, WSP
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Toll Choice Modeling for North Carolina Statewide Model Update
Presented by Sumit Bindra, Consultant, RSG
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Modeling the Estimated Benefits of Integrated Corridor Management Strategies on Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas
Presented by Jeff Shelton, Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Toll Optimization Algorithm for Evaluating Road Pricing Scenarios: Application to SacSim
Presented by Albab Noor, Analyst, RSG and Albab Noor, , RSG
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Travel Time Reliability Sensitivity Testing in an Activity-Based Model: A San Diego Study
Presented by Wu Sun, Principal Researcher and Modeler, San Diego Association of Governments
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Traffic and Revenue Model Forecasts for I-95 Express Lanes in South Florida
Presented by Ozge Cavusoglu, Transportation Planner, CDM Smith
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Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Activity Based Travel Demand Models
Discussing ABMs Over IPAs is A-OK
Analysis and Modeling of Trip Chaining and Mode Choice in a Transit-Rich Region
Presented by Sijia Wang, Data Scientist, WSP
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Comparing Transit Model Elasticities: Activity Versus Trip Based Models
Presented by Patrick Coleman, Senior Consulting Manager, AECOM and Jonathan Ehrlich, Manager of Travel Modeling and Research , Metropolitan Council
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Parallelization of the ActivitySim Activity-Based Travel Modeling Framework
Presented by Ben Stabler, Director, RSG
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Improving Travel Models on the Activity-Supply Side Through Establishment Surveys
Presented by Gayathri Shivaraman, Data Scientist, WSP
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Transitioning from ABM to ABM (to ABM?)
Presented by Bhargava Sana, Transportation Modeler, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
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Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Big Data 1
It's About Information
Visualization of the Oregon Metro Benefit Cost Analysis Toolkit for the Regional Transportation Plan
Presented by Kyle Hauger, Sr. Researcher and Modeler, Portland Metro
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Using Travel Time and Origin-Destination Data in Transportation Planning: An Metropolitan Planning Organization's Example
Presented by Ying Su, Associate Planner / Modeller, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
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External Travel Study Process: TxDOT Travel Survey Program
Presented by Michael Martin, Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Practical Application of Archived Probe Vehicle Data
Presented by Richard Arnold, Transportation System Analysis Engineer, Oregon Department of Transportation
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Identifying Truck Stop and Service Station Locations to Improve Passively Collected Commercial Truck GPS Data
Presented by Theodore Mansfield, Senior Analyst, RSG
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Comparison of Speed Data from NPMRDS for Dallas-Fort Worth Before and After January 2017
Presented by Francisco Torres, Data Applications Manager, North Central Texas Council of Governments
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Using Big Data to Understand External Trips in Whatcom County, Washington State
Presented by Teresa Tapia, Senior Customer Success Manager, StreetLight Data
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Map Matching using Linear Referencing System
Presented by Gargi Singh, Associate Transportation Researcher, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Understanding Travel Using Location Based Services Data
Presented by Krishnan Viswanathan, Principal, Cambridge Systematics
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Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Understanding and Managing Demand for Transportation
Getting a Handle on Demand: Understanding It and Managing It
Does Travel Demand Management Really Work?
Presented by Drew Cooper, Senior Transportation Planner, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
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Vehicle Trip and Parking Reduction Benefits of TOD and Smart Growth Development: A Case Study in Philadelphia
Presented by Brad Lane, Project Manager, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
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Innovative Methods Towards Building and Evaluating Congestion Charging Scenarios: The Case of Metro Vancouver
Presented by Ilan Elgar, Manager of Transportation Forecasting, TransLink
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Evaluating Congestion Pricing Feasibility in the Portland Metro Region
Presented by Mat Dolata, Transportation Engineer, WSP and Mike Mason, Transportation Planner, ODOT
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Telework, Co-Working, and Relocation: How Will Economic and Technological Changes Alter Work Trips?
Presented by Michelle Bina, Travel Demand Modeler, Cambridge Systematics
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Ride-Hail as a Regular Daily Alternative: The Role of Auto-Dependency
Presented by Negaar S. Minaei, Transportation Planner, CDM Smith
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Tuesday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Microsimulation & Dynamic Traffic Assignment
Is Your Simulation for Recreational or Medicinal Purposes?
Pseudo DTA Assignment Methodology
Presented by Christopher Hiebert, Chief Transportation Engineer, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
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Improving the Consistency between Regional and Operational Models
Presented by Jennifer Murray, Traffic Forecasting Section Chief, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
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Modeling the Conversion of I-375 from a Freeway to a Surface Street
Presented by Sarah Binkowski, Modeling and Mobility Manager, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments and Danielle Booms, Transportation Engineer, HNTB Corporation
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Estimating Simulation Demand: Converting Demand Model Forecasts into Usable Data for Microsimulations
Presented by Roberto Miquel, Regional Team Leader, CDM Smith
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Forecasting Traffic Impacts for Work Zones
Presented by Jim Henricksen, AICP, Metro District Director of Travel Behavior Analysis, MnDOT and Paul Morris, PE, Principal, SRF Consulting Group
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Dynamic Traffic Assignment Models using StreetLight OD Data
Presented by Sulabh Aryal, Transportation Planning Manager, PlanRVA and Srin Varanasi, Vice President, The Corradino Group
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Tuesday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Big Data 2
Extracting Wisdom
The Effect of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) on Congestion in San Francisco
Presented by Joe Castiglione, Deputy Director for Technology, Data & Analysis, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
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Using Passive GPS Data to Understand Truck Flows in Nebraska
Presented by Steven Trevino, Senior Analyst, RSG
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Finding Uses for Temporal Elements of Big Data
Presented by Jonathan Avner, Associate, Whitman, Requardt, and Associates
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Empirical Analysis of External Travel and State Highway 130 in Austin, Texas Using Cellular Data
Presented by L.D. White, Research Specialist IV, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Using Big Data to Estimate Weekend VMT for Crash Analysis
Presented by Joseph Flood, Transportation Engineer, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
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Using Big Data to Understand Travel Behavior to Parks
Presented by Catherine Manzo, Senior Director, Customer Success, StreetLight Data
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Using Big Data in Transit Market Research - Findings from Los Angeles
Presented by Jason Lemp, Senior Associate, Cambridge Systematics
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One Store and Shop All: Multiple Uses of StreetLight Data for Model Validation and Beyond
Presented by Amar Sarvepalli, Senior Travel Demand Modeler, AECOM
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Managing and Visualizing Big Data
Presented by scott thomson, Model Team Lead, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Robert Frazier, , HDR
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Tuesday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Performance Measures
Hi, How are You Doing? Quick Talks on Performance Measures and Tools
Planning for a Rural County When the Regional Travel Demand Model is Not the Optimal Tool
Presented by Chris Reed, Principal Transportation Planner, North Central Texas Council of Governments
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Planning-Level Capacity Estimates for a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Future
Presented by Brian Dunn, Transportation Planning Analysis Manager, Oregon Department Of Transportation
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Hourly Volume Estimation Methodology for Calculating Annual Hours of Peak Hour Excessive Delay
Presented by Christopher Hiebert, Chief Transportation Engineer, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
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Georgia and the PM3 Modeling Process
Presented by Sheldon Harrison, Senior Associate, Cambridge Systematics
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Reporting Commodity Flows on Oregon Highways
Presented by Alex Bettinardi, Senior Integrated Analysis Engineer, Oregon Department of Transportation
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Analyze This: Multi-Geographic/Temporal Resolution (MG/TR) Performance Assessment
Presented by Catherine Lawson, Associate Professor, University at Albany
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Development of An Enhanced and Efficient Traffic Forecasting Tool
Presented by Johnny Han, Technical Vice President, The Corradino Group
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Developing Visions for Indiana Statewide Corridors
Presented by Roy Nunnally, Director, Technical Planning & Programming Division, Indiana Department of Transportation
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Oregon GHG Monitoring using VisionEval Tools
Presented by Tara Weidner, Integrated Transportation Analysis Engineer, Oregon Department of Transportation
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CAV Impact and Demand Side Story (Traveler and Travel Pattern Changes)
Presented by Mei Ingram, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Transportation Research and Education
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Wednesday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Miscellaneous Topics in Travel Demand Modeling
Unique Modeling Topics aka "Keep Portland Weird"
Economic Impacts of Interstate-84 Closure Due to Wildfire
Presented by Becky Knudson, Senior Transportation Economist, Oregon Department of Transportation
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Intrazonal or Interzonal? Improving Intrazonal Travel Forecast in a Four-Step Travel Demand Model
Presented by Reid Ewing, Distinguished Professor, University of Utah
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Minimizing Vehicular Traffic via Optimized Land Use Development for a Sustanable and Equitable Future
Presented by Babu Veeregowda, Vice President and North East Division Chief Transportation Engineer, HNTB Corporation
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Innovative Ridership Estimation Modeling for an Automated People Mover in a Mixed-Use Development
Presented by Donald Parker, Transportation Planner III, North Central Texas Council of Governments
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Synthesis of CAV Traffic Simulation
Presented by Niels Bostrom, Principal, CDM Smith
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Cloud Control: Building Robust and Flexible Modeling Platforms
Presented by Brice Nichols, Senior Modeler, Puget Sound Regional Council
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A Tale of Two Models: A Comparison of Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments Update Four-Step Model and New Tour-Based Model
Presented by Mary Lupa, Supervising Planning, WSP
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A Comparison of Travel Behavior in Two Different Metropolitan Areas
Presented by Yanmei Ou, Transportation Analyst, Sacramento Area Council of Governments
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24-Hour Transit Assignments - Process and Application to Equity Analysis
Presented by Thaya Patton, Senior Researcher and Modeler, Portland Metro
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Challenges of Modeling a Closed System: Grand Cayman's Multi Resolution Modeling Platform
Presented by Scott Thompson-Graves, Vice President, Whitman, Requardt, and Associates
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Using Big Data in an Activity-Based Model Speed Validation: A San Diego Study
Presented by Wu Sun, Principal Researcher and Modeler, San Diego Association of Governments
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Wednesday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
How to Be a Good Big Data Consumer
What Gets Measured Gets Managed
Wednesday 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Multi-Modal Performance Measures
All's Well That is Well: Quick Talks and a Conversation About Multi-Modal Performance Measures
Towards Human-Scale Transport Metrics
Presented by Suzanne Childress, Principal Data Scientist, Puget Sound Regional Council
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Transit Performance and Reliability Evaluation for Arterial Corridors
Presented by Natalia Zuniga-Garcia, Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
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Implementing Multimodal Performance Planning in the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization
Presented by Charlie Sullivan, Senior Transportation Planner, CDM Smith
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Accessibility vs. Origin-Destination Information: Do They Measure the Same Thing?
Presented by Shuang Guo, Assistant Transportation Researcher, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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Assessment of Multimodal Connectivity at Amtrak Cascades Stations
Presented by Paul Krueger, Freight and Passenger Rail Planner, Washington State Department of Transportation
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Performance-Based Multimodal Planning and Implementation of Rosslyn Streets Reconfiguration
Presented by Christine Sherman Baker, Principal Planner, Arlington County
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The Equity Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles
Presented by Jesse Cohn, Senior Transportation Planner, Fehr & Peers
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Wednesday 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices
You Can't Hit a Target if you Don't Know What it Is
Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices
Presented by David Schmitt, Director, CTG
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Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices 2
Presented by Jawad Mahmud Hoque, Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky
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Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices 3
Presented by Elizabeth Sall, Principal, UrbanLabs
Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices 4
Presented by Matt Bihn, Principal Planner, Planning & Development, Metro Planning and Development
Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices 5
Presented by James Ryan, , Federal Transit Administration
Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices 6
Presented by Lisa Zorn, Assistant Director, Travel & Urban Models and Surveys, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Forecasting Accuracy: Implementing New Practices 7
Presented by Keith Killough, ,
Wednesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Working with Survey Datasets in R Workshop
Two Estimates “R” Better Than One
CTPP Crash Course
Presented by Penelope Weinberger, Working with survey datasets in R, AASHTO
Generate and Visualize Travel Behavior Estimates from Household Travel Survey Data Sets using R
Presented by Anthony Fucci, , Westat
Generate and Visualize Travel Behavior Estimates from Household Travel Survey Data Sets using R 2
Presented by Alex Cates, Data Scientist, Westat