CE 451/551 Syllabus date modified: 11/17/09 9:00 pm (please watch for modifications)

Week/

Date

Mondays 8-9am

Tuesdays (lab) 10am-12N

Wednesdays 8-9am

1: 8/24

1-1 Intro to Class and Transportation Planning

 

· Introductions

· Class policies

· Syllabus

· Questions

Lab 1: Introduction to Travel Forecasting/Modeling

· 1977 FHWA Slide Show (Intro to Transportation Planning.) Play the “part 1” pdf and wav files at the same time - advance slides on “beep”

· 1977 FHWA Slide Show (Intro to Travel Demand Modeling.) Play the “part 2” pdf and wav files at the same time - advance slides on “beep”

· FHWA CD In Class Demo: Introduction to Travel Demand Forecasting (ITDF or, the “Amarillo” CD). You may make your own copy of this CD ROM or burn a disk from the ISO CD Image file located here

· assignment: complete the rest of the ITDF certificate track.  For instructions, click here Note: individual lab – everyone turn in a certificate.

1-2 Introduction to Travel Forecasting/Modeling (cont).

 

· Lecture Slides

 

· QUIZ 1 due

· QUIZ 2 due

 

· Read: http://www.caliper.com/TCTravelDemand.htm

2: 8/31

2-1 Networks

· NHI Session 3: Networks (lecture)

· NHI Session 3: Networks (notes)

· NHI Session 3: Networks (workshop)

-  Due as homework#1, on Tuesday, Sept. 8

-  Print out pages 3-42 only and fill out by hand

· QUIZ 3 due

· QUIZ 4 due

Lab 2: FHWA/NHI Travel Demand Forecasting Workshop Note: do not meet in 134.  Must work on an XP computer that you can load software on.

· Work in teams: see 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.

· Important: before beginning, see errata Click Here

· See Lab report requirement

· TransCAD manuals not needed for this lab

· QUIZ 5 due

· QUIZ 6 due

2-2 Networks (continued)

 

· NHI Session 3: Networks (lecture, continued)

· brainstorming exercise on livability measures

 

· QUIZ 7 due

· QUIZ 8 due (note, no quiz – just let me know that you have read it)

3: 9/07

Labor Day Holiday

Lab 3:  Introducing TransCAD and Quick Start Tutorial

· Work in teams: see teams list (note:  each week one team of 3 will have a missing member due to a drop)

· 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;

· Lab report requirement

3-2 Matrix Estimation Based TransCAD model for Massa, Italy - Guest Lecture, Professor Antonio Pratelli, University of Pisa

 

· Lecture Slides

 

· QUIZ 9 due

· QUIZ 10 due

4: 9/14

4-1  Trip Generation

· NHI Session 5: Trip Generation (lecture)

· NHI Session 5: Trip Generation (notes)

· NHI Session 5: Trip Generation (workshop)

-  Answer Sheet (print out answer pages only and fill out by hand)

-  Also complete this problem: click here

-  Due as homework #2, on Wednesday, Sept 23 (note … new date)

 

· QUIZ 11 due

· QUIZ 12 due

Lab 4:  GIS Tutorials (Manual A)

· Work in teams: see teams list (note: modified from original list)

· 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

 5: 9/21

5-1 Trip Generation Lab (begin early) – sit in teams for Lab 5

 

· QUIZ 15 due

· QUIZ 16 due

Lab 5: Trip Generation

· Work in teams: see teams list

· 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).

· Assignment

· Data set #1 (right click, save as)

· Data set #2 (right click, save as)

· After lab and before the exam, read: Consultant Trip Generation Report. 

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 5

-       Answer sheet (print out answer pages only and fill in by hand only)

· QUIZ 17 due

· QUIZ 18 due

6: 9/28

6-1  Trip Distribution, continued

· NHI Session 6: Trip Distribution  (lecture continued)

· Supplemental Lecture Notes (explains attraction adjustment)

Review for Exam 1

· In class Review

· QUIZ 19 (last one)

Lab 6:  Trip Distribution

· Work in teams: see teams list

· Instructions

· Files

Exam #1

covering Weeks 1-5

 

7: 10/05

6-2 External Analysis

· NHI Session 8a: “External Trips” portion

· NHI Session 8a: (notes)

Also go over exam 2, trip distribution homework (gravity model iterations) and calibrating gravity model (friction factors, using TLFD)

 

 

Lab 7:  External Analysis

· Work in teams: see teams list

· Read NCHRP Chapter 5 – Click here for text

· Instructions

· Example answers for first (EE) part

7-2   Traffic Assignment

- first, go over PA to OD conversion

· NHI Session 10: Assignment

· NHI Session 10: Assignment (notes)

8: 10/12

8-1  Traffic Assignment (cont.)

 

Homework #4, due next Monday, 10/19: see last page of lecturechoose a partner

Lab 8:  Traffic Assignment

· Work in teams: see teams list

· Instructions

 

8-2    Transit/Mode Split

· NHI Session 7: Mode Split

· NHI Session 7: Mode Split (notes)

· NHI Session 7: Mode Split (workshop)

-       Due as homework #5, Monday, Oct. 26 (turn in last 2 pages only)

9: 10/19

9-1   Guest instructor, Prof. Edward Kannel

Traffic shift assignment method for Corridors

· Reading from NCHRP 365

· Lecture Slides

-       Due as homework #6, Wednesday, Oct. 28 (see page 20 of power point)

Time-of-Day and Directional Factoring / Peak Hour Models (if time)

· NHI Session 9: Time of Day

· Peak Hour Model spreadsheet

· NHI Session 9: Time of Day (notes)

Lab 9: Running a TransCAD Model: Ames Guest Instructor, Adam Shell, Iowa DOT

 

· Work in teams: see teams list

· Instructions

· Files

9-2   Rail Planning – Guest lecture by Tammy Nicholson, Iowa DOT

 

· Lecture Slides

10: 10/26

10-1  Calibration, Adjustment and Validation, Part 1

· Lecture Slides

 

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

· TMIP Peer Review Program

· Virginia Travel Demand Modeling Policies and Procedures Manual

Lab 10:  Creating and Running a TransCAD Model: Maquoketa

· Work in teams: see teams list

· Instructions

· Moquoketa.doc (model documentation)

· Files

10-2   Calibration, Adjustment and Validation, Part 2

 

· Lecture Slides

 

11: 11/2

11-1 review for Exam 2

· In class Review

 

Lab 11:   Visioning exercise, Room 316 Town

Power Point

Handouts

11-2  Exam #2 covering Weeks 6-10

12: 11/9

12-1  Calibration, Adjustment and Validation, Part 3

 

· Lecture Slides

Lab 12:    Des Moines Model

· Work in teams: see teams list

· Instructions

· Model documentation

· Files

Model Post Processing

· Lecture Slides

13:11/16

13-1  Freight Planning

Mr. Adam Shell and Mr. Craig O’Riley, Iowa DOT Office of Systems Planning

· video

· Freight planning (new lecture)

· Freight planning (archived lecture, 2007)

· Freight planning (notes)

Lab 13: 

· Work in teams: see teams list

· Instructions

· Data collection spreadsheet

Completed spreadsheets due Friday Dec 4.

 

13-2   Safety in Planning

· Safety Culture

· Lecture Slides

· TDM Impacts on Safety

· Transportation Planner’s Safety Desk Reference

· NCHRP 546

· PLANSAF

· Alex’s Poster

11/23

FALL BREAK

THANKSGIVING

THANKSGIVING

14: 11/30

13-2  Statewide Planning and Modeling

Phil Mescher, Iowa DOT (to be invited)

· Lecture Slides

Lab 14:  Calibration and Adjustment, Validation and Reasonableness Checks

· Work in teams: see teams list

due at beginning of Final exam

· 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.

BTS TranStats web site

For  table descriptions, see: click here

For variable levels, see: click here

12-2  The value of Data -  Mr. Ed Christopher, FHWA Olympia Fields, CTPP

·    Lecture Slides

15: 12/07

15-1  Transportation and Society, Looking Back/Looking Forward

· Lecture Slides

Lab 15:  continue with lab 14 – due at beginning of Final exam

15-2 Instructions for Final Exam

· Roadmap to Gridlock: The Failure of Long-Range Metropolitan Transportation Planning

· Inside the Blackbox, Making Transportation Models Work for Livable Communities

· A Critical Review of the Trip-Based, Four-Step Procedure of Urban Passenger Demand Forecasting

 

Final Exam: 12/15 (Tues) 7:30 AM

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)