General News
- Pittsburgh Lays Off Only Traffic Engineer
- Portland Gives Developers Option to “Buy” Out of Bicycle Parking Space Requirement
- Rewards Program Successful in Increasing Ridesharing Interest
- Driver Noncompliance Renders Laser Technology-Based Warning System Ineffective
- Barrier Systems Debuts New Crash Cushion System
- Cubic Awarded Contract to Link LA Buses to County’s Regional Smart Card Mass Transit Ticketing System
- Untested Compressed-Air Vehicle Company Pursues Further Production Licenses
- Recent Consultant Contracts Awarded
Intelligence
- Washington , D.C. Metro Area Envisions Increasing Telecommuters to 20% of Workforce
- Kansas DOT Initiates Transportation Revolving Fund for Local Communities
- European Commission Sets Goal To Reduce Traffic Fatalities in Europe by 50%; Launches European Road Safety Charter
- WSDOT Evaluates Its Major Construction Projects, Asks for Citizen Feedback
- FHWA Updates Test Version of Highway Safety Design Software
- Texas DOT Establishes New Guidelines for Potential Toll Projects
- FHWA Launches New GIS in Transportation Website
Survey: Transportation Demand Modeling and Planning Issues
- Present population of metropolitan area
- Does MPO conduct travel demand modeling in-house or use another organization (e.g. state DOT, consultant)?
- What transportation demand modeling software does MPO (or the organization that conducts travel demand modeling for MPO) presently use for transportation planning purposes (e.g., TRANSCAD, EMME/2, TRANPLAN, VISUM, CUBE)?
- How long has MPO (or the organization that conducts travel demand modeling for MPO) been using this software?
- What are most useful improvements to travel demand software using at present?
- Is MPO (or the organization that conducts travel demand modeling for MPO) planning to change to different software over the next two years? If “yes,” which software>
- What is your opinion about the development of TRANSIMS at this stage?
- Does MPO plan to start using/testing TRANSIMS components over the next two years?
- Typically, what is your best estimate of the percentage of the projects/original concepts of projects (e.g. capital projects, operational projects, growth strategies) included in metropolitan area’s TIP and LRTP that originate from MPO staff?
- Has MPO asked for a travel modeling peer review (through the TMIP program) in the past or does it plan to do so within the next two years?
- The FHWA is considering having quality assurance in travel demand modeling become part of the certification process of transportation planning in transportation management areas. What is your opinion on this issue?
- How important is it for improved techniques to be developed (by software vendors and/or funded research) for each of the following: integration of land use and transportation models; activity based modeling; peak spreading;
- integration among micro-simulation, travel demand modeling, and transportation planning; modal split
- required accuracy of input data for the demand modeling process; freight modeling; trip chaining; interaction among congestion on a transportation network, number of trips generated (activities taking place), and trip distribution (where the activities take place); speed balancing; parking cost modeling; and carpool modeling.
Report Synopses
- The New Transit Town: Best Practices in Transit-Orientated Development
- Can Cars Come Clean? Strategies for Low-Emission Vehicles
- Verifying the Accuracy of Regional Models Used in Transportation and Air Quality
- Getting to Smart Growth II: 100 More Policies for Implementation
RFPs
- Regional State of the Commute Baseline Survey
- Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning Services (RFQ)
- Design of Multi-Use Trails
- Travel Demand Modeling Consultant (RFQ)
- RFQ for Scheduling and Run Cutting Software
- Local Government Agenda Monitoring
- Southern California Inter-Regional Rail Study
- Commute Solutions Program Regional State of the Commute and TDM Baseline Study
- Implementation of TDM Programs and Provision of Technical Assistance and Training
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