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Week/ Date |
Mondays
8-9am 206 Town |
Tuesdays
(lab) 10am-12N 134 Town |
Wednesdays
8-9am 206 Town |
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1: 8/23 |
Instructor on travel this week.
Following is your assignment for the first week of class, due (in print form) on Monday
August 30 at 8:00: CE
451/551 Assignment #1: Click here |
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2: 8/30 |
2-1
Introduction to Planning, Travel Forecasting/Modeling · Read: http://www.caliper.com/TCTravelDemand.htm · Planning and Modeling Review Lecture
Slides · Long Range Planning Lecture
Slides |
Lab 2: FHWA/NHI Travel Demand Forecasting Workshop Must work on a computer that you can load software on (will
not work on Town computers due to permissions). · Work
in teams of two: teams list · Program
Download instructions (click here) · Lab
Instructions: Click Here
(note: it is helpful to view these instructions on a neighboring computer or laptop,
or print them out) – see the lab report requirement below, before
beginning. · See Lab report requirement · TransCAD manuals not needed for this lab |
2-2
Networks · Networks (lecture) · TAZ design (please read) · NHI
Session 3: Networks (notes – for study review)) · NHI Session 3:
Networks (workshop) - Due as homework#1, on Wednesday,
Sept. 8 Print out the first page (3-42) only and fill
out by hand
· QUIZ 1 due · QUIZ 2 due · QUIZ 3 due · QUIZ 4 due |
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3: 9/6 |
Labor Day Holiday |
Lab 3: Introducing
TransCAD and Quick Start Tutorial · Work
in teams of three: teams list · Read Manual
A (GIS user’s guide) Chapter 1; · Read and
complete the exercises in Manual A, Chapter 2. · Read Manual
B (Travel Demand Modeling with TransCAD 5.0 user’s guide) Chapter 1; · QUIZ 5 due · QUIZ 6 due · QUIZ 7 due · QUIZ 8 due (note, no quiz – just let me know that you have read it) |
3-2 ·Finish last slides of
Network Lecture · QUIZ 9 due · QUIZ 10 due |
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4: 9/13 |
4-1 Trip Generation NHI
Session 5: Trip Generation (lecture) · NHI Session
5: Trip Generation (notes – for study review) · NHI
Session 5: Trip Generation (workshop) - Answer Sheet (print
out answer pages only and fill out by hand) - Also complete this problem: click here - Both due as homework #2, on
Wednesday, Sept 24 · QUIZ 11 due · QUIZ 12 due |
Lab 4: GIS Tutorials
(Manual A) · Work
individually or in teams of three · Read the sections and complete the “60 second tutorials” in
Manual A (Manual B not needed for this lab). For instructions, click here. |
4-2 Trip Generation, Continued · Read Manual
A: Chapter 19 (before lab 5 begins) · QUIZ 13 due · QUIZ 14 due |
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5:
9/20 |
5-1 Rail Planning – Guest lecture by Tammy Nicholson,
Iowa DOT · QUIZ 15
due · QUIZ 16
due |
Lab 5: Trip
Generation · Work
in teams: teams list/seating chart · Both TransCAD
manuals needed for this lab · Refer to
Manual A, Chapter 19 (especially focus on summary statistics, correlation
matrices and model estimation and evaluation). · Data set #1 (right click, save as) · Data set #2 (right click, save as) |
5-2 Trip
Distribution · NHI Session 6:
Trip Distribution (lecture) · NHI
Session 6: Trip Distribution (notes) · NHI
Session 6: Trip Distribution (workshop) - Due as homework #3, October 4 - Answer
sheet (print out answer pages only and fill in by hand only) · QUIZ 17 due · QUIZ 18 due |
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6: 9/27 |
6-1 Trip Distribution, continued · NHI Session 6:
Trip Distribution (lecture continued) · Supplemental Lecture
Notes (explains attraction adjustment) Review
for Exam 1 |
Lab 6: Trip Distribution · Work
in teams: teams list/seating chart · Files |
Exam #1 covering Weeks 1-5 |
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7: 10/04 |
6-2
External Analysis · NHI Session 8a:
“External Trips” portion |
Lab 7: External Analysis · Work
in teams: teams list/seating chart · Read NCHRP
Chapter 5 – Click here for text |
7-2 Traffic Assignment - first, go over PA to OD
conversion · NHI
Session 10: Assignment (notes) |
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8: 10/11 |
8-1 Traffic Assignment (cont.) |
Lab 8: Traffic Assignment · Work
in teams: teams list/seating chart |
8-2 Transit/Mode Split · NHI Session 7: Mode
Split (notes) · NHI Session 7:
Mode Split (workshop) -
Due as homework #4, Monday, Oct. 25 (turn in last 2 pages only) |
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9: 10/18 |
9-1 Guest instructor, Prof. Edward Kannel Traffic shift assignment method for Corridors -
Due as homework #5, Wednesday, Oct. 27 (see page 20 of power point) Time-of-Day and Directional Factoring / Peak Hour Models
(if time) · NHI
Session 9: Time of Day (notes) |
Lab 9: Running a TransCAD
Model: Ames Guest Instructor, Adam
Shell, Iowa DOT · Work in teams: teams list/seating chart · Files |
9-2 Statewide Planning and Modeling Phil Mescher, Iowa DOT (to be invited) |
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10: 10/25 |
10-1
Calibration,
Adjustment and Validation, Part 1 References: · Calibration and Adjustment of
System Planning Models · BA’s Model Validation and
Reasonableness Checking Manual · Minimum Travel Demand Model
Calibration and Validation Guidelines for the State of TN · Virginia
Travel Demand Modeling Policies and Procedures Manual |
Lab 10: Visioning exercise, Room 316 Town ·
Handouts |
10-2 Calibration,
Adjustment and Validation, Part 2 |
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11: 11/1 |
11-1 review for Exam 2 |
Lab 11: Creating and Running
a TransCAD Model: Maquoketa · Work
in teams: teams list/seating chart · Moquoketa.doc (model documentation) · Files |
11-2 Exam #2 covering Weeks 6-10 |
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12: 11/8 |
12-1 |
Lab 12: Des Moines
Model · Work
in teams: teams list/seating chart · Files |
Model Post Processing |
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13:11/15 |
13-1 The value of Data
- CTPP ·
Comsis Conversion Factors
Report (for using census
data in transportation planning) ·
Example NHTS Brief (example of what you can do with
the census data) |
Lab 13: · Work
in teams: teams list |
13-2 Safety in Planning · Transportation
Planner’s Safety Desk Reference · PLANSAF |
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11/23 |
FALL BREAK |
THANKSGIVING |
THANKSGIVING |
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14: 11/29 |
14-2 Dynamic Traffic
Assignment http://www.fsutmsonline.net/images/uploads/mtf-files/dta_primer.pdf
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Lab 14: Developing an
evacuation model for the City of Ames · Work
in teams: teams list/seating chart due Tuesday,
Dec. 14 · Instructions (2 week lab) |
14-2 Freight Planning Mr. Adam Shell and Mr. Craig O’Riley,
Iowa DOT Office of Systems Planning · video · Freight
planning (lecture) |
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15: 12/06 |
15-1 Transportation
and Society, Looking Back/Looking Forward |
Lab
15: continue with lab 14 – due Tuesday,
Dec. 14 |
15-2 Transportation and Society, Looking
Back/Looking Forward Final Exam High
Speed Buses |
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Possible
lectures: |
Planner Expectations: Iowa DOT District Planners/Planning Job
Opportunities Guest
Lecture – Phil Mescher, Principal Transportation Planner, Iowa DOT – for
power point, click
here Checklist
of topics of interest to district planners: click
here 14-1 MPO Plans and Documents Tom Kane,
Director, Des Moines Area MPO (to be invited) · Lecture Slides (may be
revised) TBA (tentative: Ed Christopher, FHWA Olympia Fields, CTPP, NHTS
and the future of data) Validation Lab · Instructions (2 week lab) References: · What’s “new” in the BA report · FHWA Model Certification
Checklist · See also lectures 10-1 (and its references), 10-2 and 12-1 CTPP for Story County Note: Story County FIPS code is 169. For table descriptions, see: click here For variable levels, see: click here |
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