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7th Asia-Pacific Users Group Meeting 23rd October 2014 – Level 5, Riverside Centre, Brisbane CBD 0830 - 0850 Registrations 0850 - 0900 Welcome and Introduction Session 1 0900 - 0930 Keynote Speaker ► To be Announced. 0930 - 1000 What’s new in VISUM 14 ► David Ng, PTV Group 1000 - 1030 What’s new in VISSIM 7 and VISTRO 3 ► Julian Laufer, PTV Group 1030 - 1100 Morning Break Session 2 1100 - 1130 What’s new and forthcoming in VISWALK 7 ► Brett Little, PTV Group 1130 - 1200 Modelling of Car Park Operations in VISSIM ► Adnan Sheik, GHD 1200 - 1230 Developing a Simulation Model of State Highway 1 in Five Minutes ► David Leahy, MWH - Lunch - Session 3 1330 - 1400 Sunshine Transport Modelling ► Sal Ahmed and Bryan Li, GTA Consultants 1400 - 1430 Managing model refinements: Tools for Demand Disaggregation ► Vikas Sharma, Bitzios Consulting & Guy Boughton, Sunshine Coast Council 1430 - 1500 - International Case Study: Road Safety and Accident Prediction in Switzerland ► Timo Hoffman, PTV Group Afternoon Break Session 4 1530 - 1600 Advanced Signal Controller Actuation ► Edwin Chan, VicRoads 1600 - 1630 Network-Wide Optimisation of Transit Signal Priority ► Mehdi Bagherian, University of Queensland 1630 - 1700 Exploring the Effects of Heterogeneity on Pedestrian Flow ► Ronald Galiza, Brisbane City Council 1700 - 1710 Website, Support, Maintenance and Close Discussions 1800 - 2100 Evening Social Event Version 3, subject to change 7th Asia-Pacific UGM Workshops 24th October 2014 – Level 18, Riverside Centre, Brisbane CBD Red Room 0900 - 1000 1000 - 1100 Amber Room Green Room Scenario Management in VISUM Introduction to VISTRO Pedestrian Planning and Modelling for London 2012 Host: David Ng Host: Nate Chanchareon Host: Brett Little VISSIG and Signal Optimisation Public Transport Modelling in VISUM Road Infrastructure Safety Management with PTV Visum Safety Host: Julian Laufer Host: David Ng Host: Timo Hoffmann Scenario Management in VISUM Introduction to VISUM (for VISSIM modellers) Road Safety Impact Assessment using Crash Prediction Models with PTV Visum Safety Host: David Ng Host: Julian Laufer Host: Timo Hoffmann Road Infrastructure Safety Management with PTV Visum Safety Connecting VISUM and VISSIM International Experiences in VISWALK Host: Timo Hoffmann Host: Julian Laufer Host: Brett Little Scenario Management in VISUM Pedestrian Planning and Modelling for London 2012 Moving from VISSIM 5.40 to VISSIM 6 Host: David Ng Host: Brett Little Host: Julian Laufer Road Safety Impact Assessment using Crash Prediction Models with PTV Visum Safety Matrix refinement in VISUM Introduction to VISTRO Host: Timo Hoffmann Host: David Ng Host: Nate Chanchareon Morning Break 1130 - 1230 1230 - 1330 Afternoon Break 1430 - 1530 1530 - 1630 7th Asia-Pacific Users Group Meeting 23rd October 2014 – Level 5, Riverside Centre, Brisbane CBD 0830 - 0850 Registrations 0850 - 0900 Welcome and Introduction Session 1 0900 - 0930 Keynote Speaker ► To be Announced. - 1000 What’s new in VISUM 14 ► David Ng, PTV Group 1000 - 1030 What’s new in VISSIM 7 and VISTRO 3 ► Julian Laufer, PTV Group 1030 - 1100 Morning Break 0930 PTV outline the new elements introduced within VISUM 14, to explore the enhancements in transport and land use planning including the detailed measures within the software. PTV outline the new elements within VISSIM 7 to explore for the enhancements in the microsimulation software following from last year’s release of VISSIM 6. Session 2 1100 - 1130 What’s new and forthcoming in VISWALK 7 ► Brett Little, PTV Group This presentation will include three elements. Firstly, recent developments in Viswalk already in place but may not be widely known about. Secondly, what is new in the recently issued Viswalk 7 and lastly, what is planned for the future development of Viswalk. Modelling of Car Park Operations in VISSIM ► Adnan Sheik, GHD 1130 - 1200 This paper presents a description of a complex car park operation work which GHD has completed on behalf of their client in Queensland. Adnan has developed a micro-simulation traffic model of over a 300 space car park. The purpose of the micro-simulation traffic model was to assist in the development and application of a suitable strategy to control the car park operation using boom gates without causing a detrimental impact on the adjacent road network. A three-hour dynamic assignment car park model was developed in Vissim which included over 300 on-road and off-road car park spaces on either side of an access road. Developing a Simulation Model of State Highway 1 in Five Minutes ► David Leahy, MWH 1200 - 1230 - A significant amount of time in the model development phase can be the building of the road network. This task is often time consuming and mistakes can be easily made. Asset management databases are a rich dataset of the ‘near to real time’ attributes of the road network; location, number of lanes, lane width, gradient and surface condition. This presentation outlines an approach used to efficiently build a highway network model from an asset management database. Lunch 7th Asia-Pacific Users Group Meeting 23rd October 2014 – Level 5, Riverside Centre, Brisbane CBD - Session 3 Sunshine Transport Modelling ► Sal Ahmed and Bryan Li, GTA Consultants 1330 - 1400 GTA Consultants was commissioned to understand the impacts of the proposed road infrastructure upgrades and land use changes within and surrounding the major activity precinct in Sunshine. Two levels of transport models have been utilised to ensure a complete study and robust modelling assessment. 1. Strategic modelling (using VITM) was used to inform the microsimulation model on any changes to travel patterns and trip distribution as a result of predicted land use and road network changes in the future 2. Micro-simualtion modelling (using VISSIM) was used to undertake a more detailed traffic assessment, at an operational level, using the dynamic assignment method in VISSIM. Key challenges to overcome in this assessment were as follows: · Integration between VITM and VISSIM · Dynamic assignment method in VISSIM Managing model refinements: Tools for Demand Disaggregation ► Vikas Sharma, Bitzios Consulting & Guy Boughton, Sunshine Coast Council 1400 - 1430 Strategic models developed for large metropolitan or regional areas are used to plan long term transport infrastructure planning. Increasingly, they are also used as the starting point to develop more detailed models to plan for short to medium term solutions. Sometimes known as mesoscopic models, these models are enhanced by including additional network elements (links and nodes) as well as more Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZ) to create a finer, more detailed zoning system. Since travel demand in strategic models is stored using matrix trip tables, a change in the number of zones necessitates re-estimation of all the input trip tables. This needs to be done in a manner which not only fully conserves the trip pattern of the coarse zone system but also subdivides the demand into finer zone system in line with the underlying demographics and land use. Fair amount of matrix calculation as well as spatial analysis has to be performed to achieve a satisfactory matrix split which meets both these objectives. To increase efficiency of this process and reduce time spent in spatial and matrix processing, a Python based tool was developed using Visum as the platform. Final aim of this endeavour was to streamline the process of mesoscopic model development and reduce the average turnaround time for such projects. International Case Study: Road Safety and Accident Prediction in Switzerland ► Timo Hoffman, PTV Group 1430 - 1500 - This presentation gives an overview of infrastructure road safety management in Switzerland and explains how crash prediction modelling is used for road safety impact assessment (RIA) in Swiss transportation planning. The City of Zurich applied the new RIA method within a pilot project examining the implementation of a city bypass motorway and the accompanying traffic calming measures. The accident costs were estimated by the newly published accident prediction model which was directly implemented in PTV Visum Safety. The results could be validated with real accident data collected before and after construction of the motorway section. The case study shows that RIA is a suitable method to support strategic decisions on large infrastructure investments. Afternoon Break 7th Asia-Pacific Users Group Meeting 23rd October 2014 – Level 5, Riverside Centre, Brisbane CBD Session 4 Advanced Signal Controller Actuation ► Edwin Chan, VicRoads 1530 - 1600 • • • Use of Partial Inter-stages for Pedestrian Operated Signals, Diamond Right Turn Overlap Operations at Signalised Intersections Detector and timer functions for Tram Priority Operations and Puffin Pedestrian Operated Signals Modelling Signal Phase Timing Features including Time Gain and False Green functions Network-Wide Optimisation of Transit Signal Priority ► Mehdi Bagherian, University of Queensland 1600 - 1630 Transit signal priority (TSP) is widely accepted as a viable solution to reduce the delay of transit services at intersections. TSP changes signal timing settings in favour of buses, with possible marginal negative impacts on the traffic stream in the non-prioritized approach. Travel time value and variability of both private cars and transit services are affected through TSP implementation. Despite significant past research related to TSP deployment and operation, less attention has been given to the planning phase of this strategy. Specifically, there is a need to shift from the local or coridor level studies to a network level analysis. In addition, there is no mathematical formulation that considers the impact of TSP deployment as a generalized cost function. In this paper, a framework to find optimum settings and location of TSP treatments is presented. Exploring the Effects of Heterogeneity on Pedestrian Flow ► Ronald Galiza, Brisbane City Council Similar to vehicle traffic, pedestrian flow can also be classified as heterogeneous. Pedestrian micro-simulation models were developed to generate fundamental diagrams for commuteronly traffic and commuter-older adults combination. Data for model input, calibration and validation were collected for the micro-simulation models. Results showed the importance of considering heterogeneity in pedestrian walkway design. 1630 - 1700 1700 - 1710 Website, Support, Maintenance and Close Discussions 1800 - 2100 Evening Social Event 7th Asia-Pacific UGM Workshops 24th October 2014 – Level 18, Riverside Centre, Brisbane CBD ► Scenario Management in VISUM This workshop shall outline how to operate the scenario manager in VISUM, included worked examples to identify modifications, bring modifications together into scenarios and immediately compare results in both tabular and graphical formats. ► Introduction to VISTRO VISTRO is a solution primarily focussed for fast traffic impact assessments, including multiple land uses and intersections. This workshop shall take you through an example covering trip generation, trip distribution, traffic assignment and optimisation and mitigation strategies contained within the software. ► VISSIG and Signal Optimisation VISSIG is an internal phase structure for advanced fixed time signal modelling within both VISUM and VISSIM. This workshop shall take you through the procedures to develop a VISSIG file and to then explore phase split optimisation within VISSIM. The workshop shall include explorations of building time of day programs, as well as converting interstage libraries into pua text format for adaptive signal modelling. ► Public Transport Modelling in VISUM This workshop shall introduce some of the advanced public transport modelling measures within VISUM including examples from across the globe. Topics shall provide for timetable based modelling, perceived journey time, hierarchic stop structures, multiple fare systems, import of ticket data for model calibration and considerations of rolling stock measures for capacity constrained techniques. ► Moving from VISSIM 5.40 to VISSIM 6 and 7 This workshop will discuss how VISSIM modellers with familiarity in VISSIM 5.40 can easily operate the latest releases of VISSIM 6 and VISSSIM 7. The session shall outline the new interface and network objects for faster development and operational analysis. ► Introduction to VISUM (for VISSIM modellers) As a transport modelling package, VISUM provides for some enhanced network analysis measures that provide for easy to build solutions in a VISSIM structure. This workshop will introduce how quickly a network can be developed by exploring the connectivity of VISUM, as well as the easy to use list structure, filters and detailed design considerations. This session will outline data storage in the model and use of customised fields for model refinement. ► Pedestrian Planning and Modelling for London 2012 All aspects of planning for pedestrians within the London 2012 Olympic Games will be described, along with the associated modelling. Also how this local level modelling fitted into the overall planning processes and the various levels of modelling as well as the political decision making processes. ► International Experiences in VISWALK Case studies from around the World, show casing the use of Viswalk in a variety of different locations and disciplines. Showing how Viswalk has benefited the projects and assisted decision makers and technical teams make difficult and often sensitive decisions. ► Road Infrastructure Safety Management with PTV VISUM Safety PTV Visum Safety is a Visum module which enables transportation planners and road safety experts to easily integrate crash data into PTV Visum and thus allows the easy integration of Road Infrastructure Safety Management in the transportation planning process. In this workshop, we will demonstrate how historical crash data can be used to evaluate the network wide road safety situation using Network Safety Management (NSM) methods including Black Spot Management (BSM) features which provide powerful reports. You will learn why the PTV Visum Safety solution with its direct linkage to transport models has more potential for deeper analysis of road safety and transport issues than standard GIS based approaches. 7th Asia-Pacific UGM Workshops 24th October 2014 – Level 18, Riverside Centre, Brisbane CBD ► Road Safety Impact Assessment using Crash Prediction Models with PTV VISUM Safety With increasing accuracy of transportation models and improving quality and availability of crash data, the development of Crash prediction models (CPMs) to estimate safety outcomes of transportation planning scenarios is feasible. In fact, road safety as a key perfoTraining Oct 30, 2014rmance indicator is going to play a bigger role in the evaluation of future planning alternatives and supports the decision process on the strategic level. In this workshop, you´ll learn about the possibilities and outcomes of crash prediction models in general with specific examples of existing and established CPMs. In more detail we will give you an insight how you can use PTV Visum Safety to evaluate road safety outcomes. Furthermore, we will take the first steps to develop our own crash prediction model with an example use case. ► Connecting VISUM and VISSIM The workshop will explore the connections between VISUM and VISSIM including the adaptive network modelling processes conducted by teams across the globe. This session will discuss the value of processing scenarios in VISUM prior to running multiple simulation options. ► Matrix Refinement in VISUM As the matrix is a very important component of any transport model, this workshop will outline how to utilise the internal editor using measures and controls to refine a VISUM matrix. This topic will advise on strategies gained from experiences as how to best make use of the facilities within VISUM for a more enhanced matrix, without immediately exaggerating the value of short distance trips
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