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COMMITTEE ON
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FORECASTING
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NEW ON THE SITE TRB 2010 INNOVATIONS IN TRAVEL MODELING CONFERENCE
2010
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COMMITTEE CHAIR: Tom Rossi (email) TRB STAFF CONTACT: Kim Fisher (email)
SCOPE The focus of this committee includes the development, application, and dissemination of improved demand forecasting techniques, within the integrated context of the interaction of transportation demand with the land-use form, demographic composition, and technological state of the activity-travel environment. All aspects related to theory, data estimation, and application are of direct interest to the committee, with an emphasis on research developments that have the potential to be implemented in the near future.
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INNOVATIONS IN TRAVEL MODELING 2010 TEMPE, ARIZONA MAY 9 - MAY 12
The Third International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) will be held in Tempe, Arizona during May 9-12, 2010. This conference series is the premier forum for sharing the latest developments in travel modeling, networking with fellow professionals, and identifying research and implementation challenges and issues associated with deploying cutting-edge computational methods to meet evolving planning contexts. The first two conferences in this series were held in Austin, Texas (2006) and Portland, Oregon (2008). The third conference will further build on the successes of the previous two conferences to serve as a venue for the modeling community to exchange information on promising modeling methods to address emerging policy questions. The conference will feature a series of sessions that address a wide range of topics related to innovations in travel modeling. Conference details can be found here.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE CONFERENCE 2010 WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINA SEPTEMBER 22 - SEPTEMBER 24
The 12th National "Tools of the Trade" Conference, sponsored by TRB Committee ADA30, will be held in historic Williamsburg, VA from September 22-24, 2010. This is a national conference providing ready-to-use, economic and practical techniques for transportation professionals in small (under 50,000) and medium-sized (50,000-250,000) communities. Session topics may include:
METROPOLITAN SURVEY ARCHIVE
Surveys are important resources that provide us with valuable information about travel preferences or change in travel behavior of people, over a period of time, across the population. Surveys entail large investment both in terms of time and money. In order to maintain these valuable resources the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Federal Highway Administration, both part of United States Department of Transportation, have funded a project at the University of Minnesota to develop a Metropolitan Travel Survey Archive to store, preserve, and make publicly available, via the internet, travel surveys conducted by metropolitan areas, states and localities. The archive can be found at http://www.surveyarchive.org/. For any questions, clarifications or information related to the project, you can contact the principal investigator Dr. David Levinson.
TRB SPECIAL REPORT 288
TRB Special Report 288, Metropolitan Travel Forecasting: Current Practice and Future Direction, examines metropolitan travel forecasting models that provide public officials with information to inform decisions on major transportation system investments and policies. The report explores what improvements may be needed to the models and how federal, state, and local agencies can achieve them. According to the committee that produced the report, travel forecasting models in current use are not adequate for many of today’s necessary planning and regulatory uses. The findings of the surveys of metropolitan planning organizations used to help develop this report are available online. On Wednesday, January 16, 2008, a TRB 2008 panel discussed the new report. Their presentations can be found here.
TRB RESEARCH NEEDS STATEMENTS
In 2007, the Research Agenda subcommittee assembled four Research Needs Statements and submitted them to TRB on behalf of ADB40. This subcommittee will update and expand upon these statements on an ongoing basis, with input from ADB40 members and friends. Click here to see the current Research Needs Statements.
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