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

Summer 2022 Agenda

Friday, June 17, 2022
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
IN PERSON at Vern Riffe Center, 77 S High St # B-1, Columbus, OH 43215 on the 31st Floor in
Room South B
OR VIA TEAMS (contact Zhuojun Jiang for the meeting information)

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 Recent Innovations: Truck Route Choice, Machine Learning, Nested Destination
Choice and More, Vince Bernardin (Caliper)

11:00 – 11:30 Integrating FAF within the Iowa Statewide Model Validation, Rob Schiffer (Future
Plan)

11:30 – 11:45 Break

11:45: – 12:30 Illinois Statewide Model Development, Steve Tuttle (RSG)

12:30 – 12:45 TRB Peer Exchange Summary – Greg Giaimo (ODOT) and Rob Bostrom (CDMS)

12:45 – 1:00 Other Business

  • Future Meetings
    • September 2022 – ODOT projects, etc.
    • December 2022 – GG retirement party!
  • ODOT Updates
  • Refreshment fund report
  • CPD certificates

1:00 Adjourn/Lunch – Hofbräuhaus Columbus, 800 Goodale Blvd, Columbus, OH 43212

Riffe Center Information

Enter the Riffe Center through the doors on High Street (corner of High and State) and check in at the
information desk straight back to the right to get a sticker badge. You cannot enter the Riffe Center from
State Street; that is an employee only entrance.

Go through the security checkpoint, which requires a metal detector. All bags, phones, keys, &c. will go
through an x-ray scanner. Take the escalators up (2 sets) to the elevator lobby (you can avoid these by
inquiring at the desk if you have a mobility constraint). Take the elevators to the 31st Floor. Your floor is
selected at the elevator call screen; there are no buttons in the elevator. Conference Room South B will
be on the south side of the building to the right of the elevator lobby

Parking

Parking is at the Riffe Center garage, entrance is off Front St. or you can park under the State House
(access via WB East Broad St. or SB 3rd St.). There is a tunnel under High Street from this garage (Green
Level, level -1) to the Huntington Center (directions below).

Directions from the State House Underground Parking to the Riffe Center

Go to the center western staircase and go to the Green Level (Level -1). This will connect with a tunnel
that will take you under High Street. The tunnel from the Statehouse enters into an underground hallway
with a couple shops in it. You take the hall south (left) past the gift shop and enter the Riffe Center
through a revolving door. Take the stairs on the left to the street level and check in at the information
desk as described above. Alternately, you can take the stairs to street level, cross at one of the
intersections, and enter the Riffe Center through the doors on High Street.

Winter 2021 Agenda

Friday, December 3, 2021
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Zoom Meeting

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 (2022/2023)

10:15 – 10:30  Application of COVID Count Factors, Josh Kieselbach (ODOT)

10:30 – 11:15 Telecommuting in the 3C Models, Sijia Wang and David Ory (WSP)

11:15 – 11:30  Breakout Rooms/Coffee Break – See General Instructions for details

11:30 – 12:30 Maryland DOT COVID-19 Data Monitoring and Tracking, Jonathan Avner (WRA)

12:30 – 12:45  Roundtable Discussion

12:45 – 1:00    Other Business

  • Design Traffic Classes (at ODOT Central office) – Everyone who does modeling for projects is very strongly encouraged to attend Feb 9.  (Even if you already took it a few years ago.)  This is one of the classes that used to be given during the summer OTDMUG sessions, so you will only get this information during the design traffic class series.
    • February 7-8 – Design Traffic Background and Methodologies
      • February 8 – Design Traffic Background (for your boss)
    • February 9 – Modeling for Projects
    • February 10 – Simulation Demand Estimation for Projects
  • Discuss 2022 Meetings
    • March 2022 – Network Coding
    • June 2022 – Socio-economic Data for Models
  • ODOT Updates
  • Refreshment fund report – No change
  • CPD certificates

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

Autumn 2021 Agenda

Location: Zoom. Contact Lisa Householder or Rebekah Anderson if you need the link/password.

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 COVID Impacts on ODOT Traffic Counts, Sandie Mapel (ODOT)

10:45 – 11:05  Streetlight Zone Level OD, Sam Granato (ODOT)

11:05 – 11:20 Breakout Rooms/Coffee Break – See General Instructions for details

11:20 – 11:40  COVID Traffic Volumes and Speed Changes, Nick Gill (MORPC)

11:40 – 12:00  Huntsville MPO COVID Pre and Post Travel Patterns, Rob Schiffer (Metro Analytics/FuturePlan)

12:00 – 12:30  Member Roundtable

12:30 – 12:45  Bentley Cube Licensing – Rebekah Straub Anderson (ODOT)

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 for details

Winter Meeting – December 3 or 10 (also via Zoom)

Refreshments provided by yourself – Please remember to buy yourself a bagel or doughnut.  It is also recommended that you have a lunch.

1 2 3 4 5