Next meeting: Summer of 2017

Archived meetings & presentations:

2017:

February 7 Agenda

• Pros and Cons of Alternative Origin-Destination Passive Data Collection Methods, Rob Schiffer, Stantec Consulting Inc.
• The Kingsport Long Range Plan, Preston Elliott, RPM and Zhiyong Guo, Kimley-Horn
• TDOT's New Staff, Future Plans and Opportunities for Collaboration With MPOs, David Lee, TDOT
• Challenges and Successes Incorporating Big Data into Travel Models, Vince Bernardin, RSG Inc.

2016:

October 19 Agenda

• Visualization Techniques for Transportation Planning, Kyle Ward WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff
• ARC’s Experience with the PECAS Land Use Model, Jim Skinner, Atlanta Regional Commission
• Travel Models and the Application of Performance Measures: MPO Experiences, Stephanie Ivey, University of Memphis
• Travel Demand Modeling for the Mt Juliet Comprehensive Transportation Plan, Robert Schiffer, Stantec Consulting Inc.
• Update on Traffic Forecasting Activities at TDOT, Chin-Cheng Chen, Long Range Planning Division, TDOT

April 28 Agenda

• Latent Population Segments with Homogenous Residential and Work Locations, Sabya Mishra & Mihalis Golias, University of Memphis
• Transition from TBM to ABM, MPO/TPO Roundtable Discussion
• TDOT Highway Deficiency Tool, Chin-Cheng Chen, Long Range Planning Division, TDOT

2015:

December 1 Agenda

• Incorporating Reliability Analysis Into Planning, Dr. Richard Margiotta, Cambridge Systematics
• Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Activity-Based vs Trip-Based Models and Everything In Between, Vince Bernardin, RSG
• National Performance Management Research Data Set Applications in Tennessee, Chin-Cheng Chen, Long Range Planning Division, TDOT
• Traffic Impact Assessment - Integration for Planning and Microsimulation: Implementation and Application, Dan Morgan, Caliper Corporation
• TNMUG Business – Revisiting the Calibration – Validation Guidelines and Development of a Checklist for Model Documentation and Model Review.
  Download handouts:
  • Addendum to Tennessee Guidelines
  • Proposed Changes to Minimum Travel Demand Model Updated 2012 Report
  • TDOT Travel Demand Model Application Checklist

July 15 Agenda

• MPO Applications of the TN Statewide Travel Demand Model, Vince Bernardin and Steven Trevino, RSG

• MPO Roundtable, MPO Staff Members

• Update of TDOT Planning Activities (Performance measures, uniform file structure,
  statewide model post-processor), Chin-Cheng Chen, Long Range Planning Division, Tennessee Department of Transportation
• Algorithms and Tools for Processing Truck GPS Data, Mihalis Golias & Sabya Mishra, University of Memphis

February 5 Agenda

• Development of Truck Model for the Memphis MPO, Dan Beagan, Cambridge Systematics
• Establishing the Health Benefits of Active Transportation in Nashville – Application of Integrated Transportation and Health Modeling (ITHIM), Dr. Jeff Whitfield, National Center for Environmental Health  
• Discussion: Coordination of TDOT & MPO Data Collection/Procurement for Performance Measurement, Model Development and Beyond
  Angie Midgett & Bob Rock, TDOT; Jerry Everett, CTR
• Use of AirSage Data in the Owensboro Kentucky Travel Model, Jon Storey and Ken Kaltenbach, The Corradino Group
• Best Practices on Integrated Land Use and Travel Demand Modelling, Mihalis Golias & Sabya Mishra, University of Memphis

2014:

October 9 Agenda

• Development of Truck Model for the Memphis MPO, Dan Beagan, Cambridge Systematics
• Update of Tennessee Statewide Model, Preston Elliott, RPM & Vince Bernardin, RSG
• Use of Travel Demand Models in the Evaluation of MAP-21 Performance Measures: A Survey of MPO Practices, Dr. Stephanie Ivey, University of Memphis & Dr. Daniel Badoe, Tennessee Tech University
• TDOT Data That Planners Should Know About; TDOT Data & Studies for Transportation Planning, Chin-Cheng Chen, Brian Terrell and Jeff Murphy, TDOT Long Range Planning Division

May 8 Agenda

• Transportation Planning Uses of the National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS), Nicole Katsikides, FHWA; Terri Johnson, HERE; Jeff Short, ATRI
• INRIX Data - Uses for Transportation Planning, Pete Costello, INRIX
• AirSage Data – Transportation Planning Applications, Daniel Fisher, AirSage
• Chattanooga - Planning for Data Collection, Yuen Lee, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency & Kenneth Voorhies, Cambridge Systematics
• Tennessee Statewide Model Update, Current Status and Coming Events, Preston Elliott, RPM & Vince Bernardin, RSG

2013:

November 14 Agenda

• What You Always Wanted to Know About the Tennessee Statewide Model Update, But Were Afraid to Ask, Preston Elliott, RPM & Vince Bernardin, RSG
• Standardization of Travel Demand Models – The North Carolina Experience, Rhett Fussell, PB
• Results from the Nashville Travel Activity Survey, Michael Skipper, Nashville MPO
• TDOT’s Freight Advisory Committees and Other Freight Planning Initiatives, Bob Rock, TDOT Long Range Planning