Ohio Travel Demand Model User Group

Friday, March 21, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ODOT, Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH, 43235
DO NOT KNOCK ON THE DOOR – Text Rebekah or someone else inside if nobody sees you!

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introductions

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

10:15 – 11:05 An Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms – Diego Galdino (ODOT)

11:05 – 11:25 Break

11:25 – 12:15 New applications of AI to Travel Demand Modeling – Vince Bernardin (Caliper)

12:15 – 12:50 TRB 2025 Annual Meeting Highlights – from TRB attendees

12:50 – 1:00 Other Business

• Discuss Future Meetings
• Refreshment fund report
• CPD certificates

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

Summer Meeting on Friday, June 13, 2024, at Don Scott Airport, Room 100, 2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH, 43235.

Friday, December 6, 2024
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
ODOT, Don Scott Airport, Room 100
2829 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH, 43235
Text Rebekah if no one is at the door!

9:45 – 10:00 Special 25th Anniversary Breakfast and Commemorative MUG pick-up

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introductions

• Approval of last meeting’s minutes
• New Business / Requests for membership
• Nomination/Election of Chairman and Event Coordinator (2025/2026)
• Website Update / Email List

10:15 – 11:00 Three Generations of Travel Modeling: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going – Ken Kaltenbach

11:00 – 11:45 Forecast Accuracy: We’ve Been Doing This Long Enough to See Our Mistakes. What Are We Doing About It? – Dave Schmitt

11:45 – 12:00 Break with 25th Anniversary cake and coffee

12:00 – 12:45 25 Years of OTDMUG: What We’ve Seen and What We Want to See – Greg Giaimo

12:45 – 1:00 Other Business

• Discuss Future Meetings
• Refreshment fund report
• CPD certificates

1:00 25th Anniversary Lunch at BD’s Mongolian Grill, 6242 Sawmill Rd, Dublin, OH 43017.

Friday, September 6, 2024
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
DIFFERENT LOCATION!
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Building E-1 Assembly Center East & West
ODNR, Building E Large Conference Room
2045 Morse Rd.
Columbus, OH 43229
Text Rebekah or Zhuojun if you have any issues getting in – you WILL need ID and you WILL need to stop at the guard house and provide your name. Tell them that you’re there for the OTDMUG ODOT meeting.

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and introductions

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

10:15 – 10:45 Modeling with Fake Data: Findings from the First Two MPO Model Validations for 2020 – Sam Granato (ODOT)

10:45 – 11:30 Green Transportation in the Glass City: The EV Infrastructure Siting Plan for the Toledo Region – Erin Grushon (Burgess & Niple) and David Gedeon (TMACOG)

11:30 – 11:45 Break

11:45– 12:30 The Power of Regionalism: Building a Regional Capital Improvement Program of Transit Supportive Infrastructure – Maria Schaper (MORPC) and Elliot Lewis (MORPC)

12:30 – 12:45 Recent Modeling Activities at OKI: Data Collection, Model Validation, and Model Application – Liren Zhou (OKI)

12:45 – 1:00 Other Business

• Discuss Future Meetings (25th anniversary in December 2024)
• Refreshment fund report
• CPD certificates

1:00 Lunch at Brazilian Grill & Bakery 5818 Columbus Square, Columbus, OH 43231.

Winter Meeting Friday, December 6, 2024

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

What is a Data Model and Why is it Useful – David Ory (WSP)

A Work-from-Home Retrofit for Tour and Activity-Based Models – Gregory Erhardt (UK) (pending)

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

Meeting Minutes (pending)

Thursday, June 6, 2024
10:00 am – 1:30 pm
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION AND DAY THAN USUAL
YOU WILL NEED TO SIGN IN AT THE DESK AND GET A STICKER TO GO DOWNSTAIRS
ODOT Central Office, Room GA
1980 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43223

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 STDA: Using the Ohio Statewide Model to Tell a Story – Jonathan Avner (WRA)

11:00 – 11:45 Network Management Updates & Discussion – Rebekah and Jonathan

11:45 – 12:30 Break
Food options in cafeteria – Danny’s Delicious Deli & Nonna’s Italian Kitchen – see menu, order online on June 6 (account may be required to order online). You can also bring your own or enjoy refreshments.

12:30 – 1:00 Discussion on Training Needs – Rebekah Straub (ODOT)

1:00 – 1:15 Discussion on Next-Gen Models – Rebekah Straub (ODOT)

1:15 – 1:30 Other Business

• Discuss Future Meetings
• Refreshment fund report
• CPD certificates

1:30 Adjourn

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/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.

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!

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.

Cube 7.0 – Cube Py and Other Changes, Ahmed Mohideen (Bentley)

Agent Software, Gaurav Vyas (Bentley)

Python-based Tool for Automatic Transit Coding using GTFS for Travel Demand Models, Diego Galdino (MORPC) (Github Link)