Autumn 2020 Virtual Meeting Agenda

Friday, September 11, 2020
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Zoom Meeting – email Lisa for the link

10:00 – 10:15  Welcome and introductions

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

10:15 – 10:30 Using Both the NPMRDS (Performance Measurement) and New XD Network Data to Populate Network Speed Fields for the 2020 Base Year, Sam Granato (ODOT)

10:30 – 11:15  Use of GPS Trajectory (waypoint) Data for Route Choice Analysis and Other Applications, Sam Granato (ODOT)

11:15 – 11:45 Breakout Rooms/Coffee Break – See General Instructions below for details

11:45 – 12:15  Imputing Light Commercial Vehicles from Big Data, Andrew Rohne (RSG)

12:15 – 12:45  TRB Review, Greg, Sam, Andrew, Jonathan, Rob, Bill, Rebekah, others

12:45 – 1:00    Other Business

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

1:00 – 2:00      Breakout Rooms/Lunch – See General Instructions below for details

Tentative November Meeting Friday, November 13, 2020 (also via Zoom)

General instructions on how this will work – with emphasis on Breakout Rooms

You will join the Zoom meeting just like any other Zoom Meeting.  You are highly encouraged to be on a video device and to have your name reflect your real name.  One of the main goals of OTDMUG is to facilitate comradery and connections between MPO, ODOT and Consultant staff.  Therefore, this meeting has several “Breakout Room” sessions. 

When you join the Zoom meeting, Rebekah will make you a Co-Leader.  This will allow you to move between whatever Breakout Rooms you would like to join.

Breakout Rooms are as follows:

  • Small MPO stuff – This is where small MPO staff can meet and talk to other small MPO staff and associated ODOT staff. 
  • Large MPO stuff – This is where larger MPO staff can meet and talk to other large MPO staff and associated ODOT staff.
  • Modeling/Technical – This is where you can talk to other people about the presentations or if you just want to “talk shop” in general.
  • Small Group 1 – This is a general room.  You can chat/message someone and say “hey, meet me in SG1 so we can catch up.”  Anyone can use this room.
  • Small Group 2 – See above.
  • Sports/Beverages – If you just want to chat with other people about sports (or the lack thereof) and beverages or anything else of the sort.
  • Weather/Other – This is another room like the one above, where you are assured that the topic will be fun and generally non-technical.  You might want to check in and see how your colleagues are handling the home-schooling scene.

RULES

The goal is to foster connections!!  OTDMUG officers have worked very hard to ensure that we can continue this goal.  You are very strongly encouraged to attend at the very minimum until 1:15pm.  This meeting is scheduled until 2pm.  Remember, you used to have to drive.

During Breakout Room sessions, Rebekah will open the Breakout Rooms.  Unfortunately, Zoom requires that you are assigned to a Breakout Room to start with.  You will be assigned to a random room (or perhaps to Weather, whatever is easiest for Rebekah).  After that, you are able to move to whatever room you would like to move to.  You will be able to see who is in that room after you join.  (I can’t recall if you can see who is in that room before you join.)  You can always chat/message a specific person and ask them to meet you in a specific room.  That’s what those Small Group rooms are for.  Or, they can just be extra Sports/Beverage or Weather/Other rooms.  There are no rules for those two – could be technical, could be family related.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME IN EVERY ROOM AT ALL TIMES!!!  That is to say, Consultants are welcome in MPO rooms, and large MPO staff can chat with small MPO staff in the small MPO room at any time.  You are welcome and wanted in every room at any given time.  Seriously, we want you to chat with us!!  You will make Rebekah and many others very, very sad if you skip the Breakout Room time.  You are encouraged to randomly join a room and then join in on the discussion.  Just like you would at the meeting.

Feel free to have your tea/coffee and bagel/doughnut in the morning.  You are encouraged to get your lunch for the lunch breakout session.  If you take off from work at 1pm, feel free to have a happy hour beverage with you (and give its review in the Sports/Beverages room)!  If you have any questions or would like to try out the technology beforehand, send Rebekah an email and she will answer or make a trial meeting for those that want to try it out in advance.

Winter 2019 Agenda

Friday, November 8, 2019 – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

MORPC, Conference Room
111 Liberty St. #100, Columbus, OH 43215

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-Chairman and Secretary (2020/2021)

10:15 – 11:30 Activity Sim – Ben Stabler (RSG)

11:30 – 11:45 Break

11:45 – 12:15 US 33 Corridor – CAV Implementations – Lori Duguid (Baker)

21:15 – 12:45 US 33 CAV Microsimulation Modeling – Rob Bostrom (CDM Smith)

12:45 – 1:00    Other Business

  • Desire for 4 hour training class on Cube Voyager Highway Assignments (in person or via web)
  • Refreshment fund report
  • CPD certificates

1:00     Lunch at The Old Mohawk, 819 Mohawk St. St., Columbus, OH  43206

Spring Meeting Friday, March 13 at MORPC, 111 Liberty St. #100, Columbus, OH 43215

Fall 2019 Agenda

Friday, September 20, 2019
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

MORPC, Conference Room
111 Liberty St. #100, Columbus, OH 43215

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 LRTP Accessibility Analysis – Rob Uhlhorn (MVRPC)

11:00 – 12:45  Workforce Accessibility and Mobility – Ali Makarachi & Derek Taylor (NOACA)

11:45 – 12:00 Break

12:00 – 12:45 EV Charging Port Locations Analysis – Ali Makarachi & Derek Taylor (NOACA)

12:45 – 1:00    Other Business

  • Refreshment fund report
  • CPD certificates

1:00     Lunch at Pierogi Mountain, 739 S. 3rd St., Columbus, OH  43206

Winter Meeting Friday, November 8 at MORPC
111 Liberty St. #100, Columbus, OH 43215

Refreshments provided by OTDMUG refreshment fund – Please remember to donate

Spring 2019 Meeting Agenda

Friday, March 15, 2019
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ODOT, Broad Street Garage Complex, Large Training Room
1616 W. Broad St., 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 CAV Microsimulation – Modeling the Latest Research – Rob Bostrom (CDM Smith)

11:15 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:00  NCHRP 08-110: Traffic Forecast Accuracy Assessment – Jawad Hoque (UK)

12:00 – 12:30 Problems and Solutions for Large-Scale Transportation Planning Models – Andrew Rohne (RSG)

12:30 – 12:45 TRB Recap – All who went to TRB   

12:45 – 1:00    Other Business

Refreshment fund report

  • CPD certificates

1:00     Lunch at Hofbrauhaus, 800 Goodale Blvd., Columbus, OH  43212

Fall Meeting Friday, September 13 at MORPC
111 Liberty St. #100, Columbus, OH 43215

Refreshments provided by OTDMUG refreshment fund – Please remember to donate

Traffic Forecasting Courses – February 26-28, 2019 (Columbus, OH)

On behalf of ODOT’s Office of Statewide Planning and Research, registration is now open for the following courses.

To access PDF flyers, click on each course name above.

“Can I attend just one of these courses, or do I have to attend all three?”

The instructors have provided the following guidance information.  Interested persons may sign up to attend:

  • Course 1 (Background) by itself, or Course 3 (Models) by itself.
  • Or, Courses 1 (Background) & 2 (Methodologies), or Courses 1 & 3.
  • Or, the entire series of Courses 1, 2 & 3.
  • Anyone who wants to attend Course 2 (Methodologies) should also sign up to attend Course 1 (Background) first.

“Do I need to bring anything to these courses?”

Yes.  For each of these courses, all attendees will need to bring their own laptop computer with Excel, Word, and either PowerPoint or a PDF viewer.

In addition – for Course 3 (Models) only, CUBE software is also needed (most MPOs should already have this).

ODOT employees may contact the instructors in the Office of Statewide Planning / Modeling & Forecasting Section prior to the course to ask about obtaining a CUBE software license.

If you have any questions about the Traffic Forecasting courses, please contact the following persons with the Office of Statewide Planning:

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