CE 451/551 Syllabus date modified: 11/02/08 4:00 pm (DRAFT – will change)

Week/

Date

Mondays 8-9

Tuesdays (lab) 10-12

Wednesdays 8-9

1: 8/25

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). For a copy of this CD ROM you can keep, order here (click on “Order Documents” and choose “Intro to Travel Demand Modeling CD” or any other publication you’d like)

· assignment: complete the rest of the ITDF certificate track over the next 3 weeks (due at beginning of lab 4). For instructions, click here

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

 

· Lecture Slides

 

· QUIZ 1 due

· QUIZ 2 due

 

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

2: 9/1

Labor Day Holiday

Lab 2: Introducing TransCAD and Quick Start Tutorial

· 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

 

· QUIZ 3 due

· QUIZ 4 due

2-2 Networks

· NHI Session 3: Networks (lecture)

· NHI Session 3: Networks (notes)

· NHI Session 3: Networks (workshop)

-  Due as homework#1, next Wednesday, Sept. 10

-  Print out pages 3-42 and 3-47 only, and fill in by hand

-  Submit to Kathy Petersen, room 382

· QUIZ 5 due

· QUIZ 6 due

3: 9/08

3-1 Trip Generation

· NHI Session 3: Networks (lecture, continued)

· NHI Session 5: Trip Generation (lecture)

· NHI Session 5: Trip Generation (notes)

· NHI Session 5: Trip Generation (workshop)

-  Due as homework #2, next Monday, Sept. 15

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

-  Submit to Kathy Petersen, room 382

· QUIZ 7 due

· QUIZ 8 due

Lab 3: Complete TransCAD GIS Tutorials (Manual A)

· Read the sections and complete the “60 second tutorials” in Manual A (note, page 58.3 means 30% of the way down on page 58; page 99 means all of page 99). For instruction, click here.

3-2 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

· QUIZ 9 due

· QUIZ 10 due

4: 9/15

4-1 NO CLASS – please submit quizzes and catch up on your labs/homework

 

· QUIZ 11 due

· QUIZ 12 due

Lab 4 ON YOUR OWN (no partners or formal lab meeting): FHWA/NHI Travel Demand Forecasting Workshop

· Program Download instructions (click here)

· 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: see errata Click Here

· See Lab report requirement

4-2 Trip Generation – continued

· NHI Session 5: Trip Generation (lecture, continued)

· Read Manual A: Chapter 19 (before lab 5 begins)

· QUIZ 13 due

· QUIZ 14 due

5: 9/22

5-1      Trip Distribution

· NHI Session 6: Trip Distribution  (lecture)

· NHI Session 6: Trip Distribution (notes)

· NHI Session 6: Trip Distribution (workshop)

-       Due as homework #3, next Monday, Sept. 29

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

· QUIZ 15 due

· QUIZ 16 due

Lab 5: Trip Generation

· 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, continued

· NHI Session 6: Trip Distribution  (lecture continued)

· Supplemental Lecture Notes (explains attraction adjustment)

· QUIZ 17 due

· QUIZ 18 due

6: 9/29

6-1 Review for Exam 1

· In class Review

· QUIZ 19 (last one)

Lab 6:  Trip Distribution

· Instructions

· Files

Exam #1

covering Weeks 1-5

 

7: 10/06

6-2 External Analysis

· NHI Session 8a: “External Trips” portion

· NHI Session 8a: (notes)

 

 

Lab 7:  External Analysis

· Read NCHRP Chapter 5 – Click here for text

· Instructions

· Example answers for first (EE) part

 

7-2   IE Analysis (for lab 7)

 

Traffic Assignment

· NHI Session 10: Assignment

· NHI Session 10: Assignment (notes)

8: 10/13

8-1  Traffic Assignment (cont.)

 

 

Lab 8:  Traffic Assignment

· 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 #4, next Wednesday, Oct. 22 (turn in last 2 pages only)

· Supplemental Lecture Notes

9: 10/20

9-1   Time-of-Day and Directional Factoring / Peak Hour Models

· NHI Session 9: Time of Day

· NHI Session 9: Time of Day (notes)

 

Traffic shift assignment method for Corridors

· Reading from NCHRP 365

· Lecture Slides

-       Due as homework #5, next Monday, Oct. 27 (see page 20 of power point)

Lab 9: Running a TransCAD Model: Ames

· Instructions

· Files

9-2   Model Post Processing

· Lecture Slides

 

10: 10/27

10-1  Calibration and Adjustment, Part 1

· Lecture Slides

 

References:

· Calibration and Adjustment of System Planning Models

· 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

· Instructions

· Moquoketa.doc (model documentation)

· Files

 

 

 

10-2  Calibration and Adjustment, Part 2

· Lecture Slides

 

11: 11/3

11-1 review for Exam 2

· In class Review

 

Lab 11:   Des Moines Model

· Instructions

· Model documentation

· Files

11-2  Exam #2 covering Weeks 6-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

12: 11/10

12-1 Validation and Checks

· NHI Session 11: Validation

· NHI Session 11: Validation (notes)

Lab 12:   Calibration and Adjustment, Validation and Reasonableness Checks

· Instructions (3 week lab)

 

References:

· BA’s Model Validation and Reasonableness Checking Manual

· What’s “new” in the BA report

· FHWA Model Certification Checklist

· See also lectures 10-1 (and its references), 10-2 and 12-1

12-2  Data Sources

·    Lecture Slides

 

13:11/17

13-1  Freight Planning

Adam Shell and Craig O’Riley (invited)

Iowa DOT

· video

· Freight planning (new lecture)

· Freight planning (last year’s lecture)

· Freight planning (notes)

Lab 13: continuation

 

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

 

13-2   Safety in Planning

· Safety Culture

· Lecture Slides

· TDM Impacts on Safety

· Transportation Planner’s Safety Desk Reference

· NCHRP 546

· PLANSAF

11/24

FALL BREAK

THANKSGIVING

THANKSGIVING

14: 12/1

13-2  Statewide Planning and Modeling

Phil Mescher, Iowa DOT

· Lecture Slides

Lab 14: continuation

14-1  MPO Plans and Documents

Tom Kane, Director, Des Moines Area MPO

· Lecture Slides (may be revised)

15: 12/08

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

· Lecture Slides

 

 

Lab 15: Calibration and Validation Workshop

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: 12/18 (Thurs) 7:30 AM