Travel Modelling Group Technical Advisory Committee Meeting October 30, 2012 October 30, 2012

Report Outline Progress update: Work plan update Other items XTMF EMME Tool Development Documentation Durham Model Update Network Coding Transit Assignment Subversion Server/Wiki EMME4 Work plan update Other items Next meeting

XTMF New features: Can view past runs Can organize past runs Built-in link to documentation Built-in update function Collapsable panels Undo functionality Integrated modelling (e.g., ILUTE/TASHA interaction) Estimation cluster node fail-safe October 30, 2012

XTMF Work In-Progress: On-going performance optimization Future Work: Better integration with documentation Context-sensitive help / detailed module descriptions inside the GUI Custom icons for modules Drag and drop October 30, 2012

Emme Tool Development Completed work: Centroid connector generation tool Fare-based assignment network (V3) generation tool Scenario initialization tool October 30, 2012

Emme Tool Development Work In-Progress: Integrated tools for use from XTMF, including advanced variable scripting JSON specification building Non hard-coded matrices with flexibility for multiclass (freight) assignment Transit assignment is "on the shop floor" at the moment, particularly fare-based assignment October 30, 2012

Emme Tool Development Future Work: Ensure that existing tools are valid and optimized for Emme 4 Separate assignment tools for V2 & V3 transit October 30, 2012

Documentation Completed Work: Complete list of all modules: descriptions, names, and parameters Explanations of arbitrary parameters How-to use XTMF October 30, 2012

Documentation Work In-Progress: Keep up-to-date as additional modules and functionality are added Future Work: Include descriptions of all complex parameter types A full definition of the ontology October 30, 2012

Durham Model Update Completed Work: Trip generation is coded into XTMF Trip distribution is coded into XTMF October 30, 2012

Durham Model Update Work In-Progress: Mode choice Network Assignment Data entry (parameters) Documentation October 30, 2012

Durham Model Update Future Work: Run validation Knowledge transfer October 30, 2012

Historical Networks Converted to NCS11: 2006, 2001, 1996 Still outstanding: 1991, 1986 October 30, 2012

2011 Base Network Completed Jurisdictions: Toronto (road & transit) Peel (road & transit) York (road & transit) Durham (road & transit) Hamilton (road & transit) October 30, 2012

2011 Base Network Work In-Progress: Need to code streetcar ROWs on St. Clair and the Queensway in Toronto Still need data from Halton Region Final version for validation by TAC still outstanding 2006 GO Bus network is nearly complete October 30, 2012

2012 Network Future Work: Request / receive 2012 road network data Transit data available as GTFS for most operators; Durham and Halton excepted October 30, 2012

Transit Assignment Updating Completed Work: Testing of new assignment procedures provided in Emme 3.4.1 Future Work: Develop a detailed work plan October 30, 2012

Subversion Server / TMG Wiki Subversion server holds common data, with the TMG projects serve to store model run data for each region User groups restrict access to data as needed October 30, 2012

Emme 4 Emme 4 is the first non-beta version of Modeller TMG Tools are targeting Modeller functionality DMG is currently working on deploying the license server for Emme 4, it should be available soon October 30, 2012

2012-13 Workplan