2024 Spring Meeting: April 5, 2024

Friday, April 5, 2024
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ODOT, Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH, 43235

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introductions

  • Approval of last meeting’s minutes
  • New Business / Requests for membership
  • Website Update / Email List

10:15 – 11:00 What is a Data Model and Why is it Useful – David Ory (WSP)

11:00 – 11:40 A Work-from-Home Retrofit for Tour and Activity-Based Models – Gregory Erhardt (UK)

11:40 – 12:00 Break

12:00 – 12:40 Recent AGENT Applications and New Directions in Travel Demand Modeling Beyond Logit Models – Gaurav Vyas (Bentley)

12:40 – 12:50 TRB 2024 Annual Meeting Highlights – from TRB attendees

12:50 – 1:00 Other Business

  • Discuss Future Meetings
  • Refreshment fund report
  • CPD certificates

1:00 Lunch at BD’s Mongolian Grill, 6242 Sawmill Rd, Columbus, OH 43017

Cube Agent Training: April 3 and 4

Cube/EMME Agent Training will be on April 3 and 4 at the ODOT building, 1980 W. Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio.

Important notes:

  • Training will be the entire business day.
    Starts at 10:00 AM on April 3.
    Starts at 8:30 AM on April 4.
  • You will need your own computer.
  • Lunch will be in the ODOT Cafeteria.
  • Coffee will be provided. You can bring a bottle to fill with water, and the ODOT Cafeteria is available.
  • The OTDMUG Meeting will be April 5.
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Winter 2023 Meeting Agenda

Friday, December 8, 2023
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ODOT, Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH
DO NOT KNOCK ON THE DOOR – Text Rebekah or someone else inside if you can’t get in!

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introductions

  • Approval of last meeting’s minutes
  • New Business / Requests for membership
  • Website Update / Email List
  • Nomination/Election of Vice-Chair and Secretary (2024/2025)

10:15 – 11:25 Network Management Tool for the Ohio Statewide Model – Jonathan Avner (WRA) and Vince Bernardin (Caliper)

11:25 – 11:40 Network Coding Coordination for the Ohio Statewide Model and MPO Models – Rebekah Straub (ODOT)

11:40 – 12:00 Break

12:00 – 12:25 The Ohio Statewide Model Dashboards – Rob Bostrom (CDM Smith)

12:25 – 12:50 Adding Counts to Model Networks with Automated Count Propagation along Freeways – Diego Galdino/Zhuojun Jiang (ODOT)

12:50 – 1:00 Other Business

  • Discuss Future Meetings
  • Refreshment fund report
  • CPD certificates

1:00 Lunch – El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant, 3580 W Granville Rd, Columbus, OH 43235

Spring Meeting Friday, March 22, 2024, at Don Scott Airport

Refreshments provided by OTDMUG refreshment fund – Please remember to donate!

2023 Autumn Meeting – SE Training

Friday, September 8, 2023
9:00 am – 2:40 pm
ODOT, Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH

Developing Socio-Economic Inputs for TDMs

9:00 Welcome and introductions

9:05 – Module 1 – Extracting Census Data to TAZs and Checking the Result (Rob Uhlhorn, MVRPC)

9:55 – Module 2 – Extracting Employment Data to TAZs and Consistency Checking (Cheri Mansperger, MORPC/Zhuojun Jiang, ODOT)

10:45 – Break

11:00 – Module 3 – Forecasting Future Land Use & Socio-economic Data for Models (Sam Granato, ODOT)

11:20 – Module 4 – MORPC’s Land Use Data Forecasting (Adam Porr/Raj Roy, MORPC)

12:00 – Lunch at Clove Indian Bisto (6642 Sawmill Rd) or your own choice nearby

1:00 – Module 5 – Inter/Intra File Consistency Checking in GIS and Spreadsheets (Greg Giaimo, WSP)

1:50 – Module 6 – External Station Forecasting (Nino Brunello, ODOT/Chijioke Ifepe, CDM Smith/Dan Slicker, SCATS)

2:40 – CPD Certificates

*All training modules will be in lecture format, some with live demonstration.

December Meeting: December 8th, 2023 at Don Scott

Refreshments provided by OTDMUG refreshment fund – Please remember to donate.

Spring 2023 Meeting Agenda

Friday, March 17, 2023
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ODOT, Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introductions

  • Approval of last meeting’s minutes
  • New Business / Requests for membership
  • Website Update / Email List

10:15 – 11:15 Cube 7.0 – Cube Py and Other Changes, Ahmed Mohideen (Bentley)

11:15 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:30 Agent Software, Gaurav Vyas (Bentley)

12:30 – 12:45 Python-based Tool for Automatic Transit Coding using GTFS for Travel Demand Models, Diego Galdino (MORPC)

12:45-12:50 Software Discussion – Rebekah Straub (ODOT)

12:50 – 1:00 Other Business

  • StreetLight Access Form
  • Discuss June Meeting and Other Training
  • ODOT Updates
  • Refreshment fund report
  • CPD certificates

1:00 Lunch at BD’s Mongolian Grill – 6242 Sawmill Rd.

June Extended Summer Workshop Meeting TBD

Refreshments provided by OTDMUG refreshment fund – Please remember to donate

Winter 2022 Meeting Agenda

Friday, November 18, 2022
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ODOT, Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH

10:00 – 10:20 Welcome and introductions

  • Approval of last meeting’s minutes
  • New Business / Requests for membership
  • Website Update / Email List
  • Nomination/Election of Chairman and Event Coordinator (2023/2024)

10:20 – 11:00 Establishment Synthesizer – John Gliebe (Cambridge Systematics)
11:00 – 11:40 Eclipse Model – Jonathan Avner/Roberto Miquel (WRA)
11:40 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 12:40 State of the State: An Update on SWM, OMS and 3C Models – Greg Giaimo (ODOT), Jonathan Avner (WRA), Zhuojun Jiang (ODOT)

12:40 – 1:00 Other Business

  • Discuss Future Meetings
  • ODOT Updates
  • Refreshment fund report
  • CPD certificates

1:00 Lunch at Local Cantina Dublin, 4537 Bridge Park Ave, Dublin, OH 43017

Spring Meeting Friday, March 17, 2023, at Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH

Refreshments provided by OTDMUG refreshment fund – Please remember to donate

Autumn 2022 Agenda

Friday, September 9, 2022
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ODOT, Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH

**** Text Message Rebekah if no one is at the door. ****

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introductions

  • Approval of last meeting’s minutes
  • New Business / Requests for membership
  • Website Update / Email List

10:15 – 10:50 Traffic Forecasting for the New Intel Facility – Zhuojun Jiang (ODOT)

10:50 – 11:35 A Look at Toledo’s Integrated ActivitySim-TransModeler ABM-DTA Model – Vince Bernardin (Caliper)

11:35 – 11:55 Break

11:55 – 12:30 Marysville Corridor CAV Modeling – Rob Bostrom (CDM Smith)

12:30 – 12:45 Network Calculator Update – Greg Giaimo (ODOT)

12:45 – 1:00 Other Business

  • Discuss Future Meetings
  • ODOT Updates
  • Refreshment fund report
  • CPD certificates

1:00 Lunch at Cap City Fine Diner, 6644 Riverside Dr, Dublin, OH 43017

Winter Meeting Friday, November 18 at Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH

Refreshments provided by OTDMUG refreshment fund – Please remember to donate

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