Learn Fast

If y

ou b

ring y

our

lapto

p to the c

lass,

you w

ill b

e a

ble

to

get E

mm

e 4

in

sta

lled o

n it

during the c

ours

e

ANALYTICAL

TRANSPORTATION

PLANNING

5-Days of Transportation Planning

+ Hands-on Using Emme 4

May 26th - 30th 2014

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Instructor

Dr. A. Mekky, P.Eng.

COURSE NOTES

Each p

artic

ipant w

ill receiv

e a

com

pre

hensiv

e c

ours

e

note

book “Analy

tical Tra

nsportation P

lannin

g” (A

TP)

(700 p

ages)

as

well

as the b

ook ”Tra

nsportation

Modelling U

sin

g E

mm

e” 500 p

ages. E

lect

ronic

file

s w

ith

solv

ed e

xam

ple

s a

nd u

sefu

l m

acro

s w

ill b

e p

rovi

ded.

The 1

2 c

hapte

rs in the A

TP b

ook a

re:

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LOCATION

The c

ours

e w

ill b

e h

eld

at R

yers

on U

niv

ers

ity,

350 V

icto

ria S

treet in

Toro

nto

, O

nta

rio, C

anada.

For ove

rnig

ht accom

modation, ple

ase c

onta

ct

West

in P

rince, (4

16) 444-2

511, C

row

ne P

laza

H

ote

l (4

16) 449-4

111, or see the w

eb s

ite

http://them

egacity.

com

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nto

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HOURS OF ATTENDANCE

The c

ours

e s

tarts a

t 9:0

0 a

.m. and fin

ishes a

t 5:0

0 p

.m. O

n the first

day,

ple

ase a

rriv

e a

t le

ast

15 m

inute

s e

arlie

r fo

r re

gis

tration a

nd c

offee.

QUESTIONS?

If y

ou h

ave

any

quest

ion, ple

ase c

all

Dr. A

. M

ekky

at (9

05) 889-7

092 o

r conta

ct h

im v

ia

em

ail

at A

Mekky@

sym

patico.c

a

Fiv

e-D

ay

Work

shop

LIM

ITE

D E

NR

OLM

EN

T

RE

GIS

TE

R T

OD

AY!

Registration Form

Y

es, ple

ase reserv

e a

pla

ce for m

e a

nd for th

e

follo

win

g p

artic

ipants

at th

e w

ork

shop

Analytical Transportation Planning, in

Toro

nto

Ple

ase a

ccept paym

ent fo

r $ (C

D$1350/U

S$1250 p

er pers

on) m

ade p

aya

ble

to:

Dr. A

. M

ekky.

M

ail

to: 54 T

anjo

Court, Thorn

hill, O

nta

rio, L4J 3

B4, C

AN

AD

A

Ple

ase regis

ter th

e follo

win

g indiv

iduals

: D

r. M

r. M

s. P

ositio

n:

Em

ail

Addre

ss

Dr. M

r. M

s. P

ositio

n:

Em

ail

Addre

ss

Com

pany

Addre

ss

Phone N

um

ber

http://www3.sympatico.ca/amekky

10 IMPORTANT REASONS TO ENROL

Workshop Benefits

One p

rim

ary

benefit of attendin

g this

com

pre

hensiv

e, five

-day

work

shop is s

haring y

our pra

ctical pro

ble

ms w

ith a

sm

all

gro

up o

f about te

n to

fifteen fello

w p

lannin

g p

rofe

ssio

nals

. As

a w

ork

ing g

roup, yo

u w

ill s

hare

exp

ertis

e. You w

ill h

elp

one a

noth

er exp

lore

solu

tions to s

pecific

transportation p

lannin

g p

roble

ms. D

r. M

ekky

will b

e o

n h

and thro

ughout to

lend h

is e

xpert a

ssis

tance

.

During the W

ork

shop, yo

u w

ill learn

modelling a

nd E

mm

e. B

ut eve

n if

your pre

sent jo

b d

oes

not re

quire y

ou to d

irectly

use these tools

, yo

u

will b

ecom

e fam

iliar w

ith them

, and y

ou w

ill b

e a

ble

to m

ake a

sound judgem

ent if y

ou a

re m

anagin

g a

consulta

nt/ e

mplo

yee w

ho u

ses them

.

Day 1: Trip Generation & Trip Distribution

•

Introduction

•

Trip G

enera

tion (M

ultip

le R

egre

ssio

n, M

ultip

le

Cla

ssific

ation &

Cate

gory

Analy

sis

Models

) •

Trip D

istrib

ution (G

row

th F

acto

r & G

ravi

ty M

odels

) Day 2: Modal Split and Trip Assignment

•

Modal Split

(Logit &

Pro

bit M

odels

) •

Trip A

ssig

nm

ent (E

quilibrium

Assig

nm

ent M

eth

od +

)

Day 3: Emme 4; Base Concepts & Interactive Data Entry

•

Em

me 4

: C

oncepts

& G

raphic

al U

ser In

terface (G

UI)

•

Em

me 4

: 4 E

xplo

rers

; D

ata

Exp

lore

r, W

ork

sheet/ T

able

Exp

lore

r, V

iew

Exp

lore

r, M

edia

Exp

lore

r •

Em

me 4

: W

ork

sheet/ T

able

s

•

Em

me 4

: Laye

r C

ontrols

(Filt

ers

, Sty

le &

Sty

le Index)

•

Em

me 4

: Editin

g T

oolb

ar (F

ile, Edit,

Vie

w, Tools

, H

elp

) •

Em

me 4

: D

ispla

ying N

etw

ork

Ele

ments

•

Em

me 4

: Tools

; N

etw

ork

Editor, P

rom

pt C

onsole

•

Em

me 4

: Scenarios,

modes, centroid

s, n

odes &

links

•

Em

me 4

: Build

data

bank a

nd u

se E

mm

e 4

Inte

ractive

M

ode to e

nte

r and c

heck

data

. P

repare

and d

o a

n

assig

nm

ent (P

rom

pt). C

heck results a

nd o

utp

ut th

em

.

Day 4: Emme 4; Batch Entry, Matrices & Modelling

•

Em

me 4

: C

reating S

cenarios &

Com

paring them

•

Em

me 4

: U

sin

g B

atc

h M

ode to input data

. •

Em

me 4

: Tra

nsit

Modelling &

Tra

nsit A

ssig

nm

ent

•

Em

me 4

: M

odel fu

ture

origin

s a

nd d

estinations

usin

g trip g

enera

tion m

odels

deve

loped b

y yo

u

and d

ispla

y re

sults. U

se those e

stim

ate

s to

calc

ula

te the futu

re (2021) origin

-dest

ination

matrix

for th

e C

ity

(trip D

istrib

ution). Assig

n the

matrix

and s

how

netw

ork

volu

mes a

nd g

row

th.

Day 5: Emme 4; Modelling, Scenario Comparisons

•

Netw

ork

& C

onfigura

ble

Attribute

Calc

ula

tors

•

Em

me 4

: Exp

ressio

ns &

Ext

ra a

ttribute

s •

Em

me 4

: M

atric

es a

nd M

atrix

Calc

ula

tor

•

Em

me 4

: U

sin

g E

mm

e 4

Modelle

r •

Em

me 4

: M

odify

the E

mm

e 4

dim

ensio

ns

of th

e

GTA/ C

ity

of W

innip

eg d

ata

banks &

Custo

miz

e

•

Em

me 4

: C

reate

scenarios for th

e G

TA/ C

ity

of

Win

nip

eg w

ith &

without a n

ew

Hw

y/ b

ridge &

plo

t origin

s, dest

inations, vo

lum

es, speeds,

tra

vel

tim

es,

trip length

-fre

quency

dis

trib

ution. C

om

pare

th

e s

ituation b

efo

re &

after build

ing the facility

. •

Em

me 4

: C

heck

the B

raess P

ara

dox.

•

ANALYTICAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

WORKSHOP PRELIMINARY AGENDA

.

Who Should Attend

This

fiv

e-d

ay

work

shop is

for th

ose

who w

ish to g

ain

a b

etter

unders

tandin

g o

f transportatio

n

pla

nnin

g techniq

ues, m

odels

, Em

me

and their a

pplic

ations to real-lif

e

situ

ations. You s

hould

consid

er

enro

lling if yo

u a

re a

ny

of th

e follo

win

g:

•

Traffic engineer

•

Transportation engineer / planner

•

Urban transit planner

•

Travel demand researcher

•

Land-use planner

•

Transportation economist

•

Civil engineer

•

Emme 4 Practice

As a

partic

ipant in

this

cours

e y

ou w

ill

develo

p h

ands-o

n e

xperience u

sin

g

Em

me 4

. It is

one o

f th

e w

orld’s

most

pow

erful t

ransportatio

n s

oftw

are

packages.

It is

wid

ely

used b

y m

ore

than 7

00

transportation o

rganiz

atio

ns in

North

Am

erica, Euro

pe, and A

sia

. Em

me 4

pro

vides a

fle

xib

le e

nvi

ronm

ent fo

r transportation m

odel d

evelo

pm

ent,

calib

ration a

nd v

alid

ation. The s

oftw

are

’s

main

featu

res in

clu

de the follo

win

g:

•

Equilibrium

assig

nm

ent

•

Bi-m

odal a

ssig

nm

ent

•

Variable

dem

and a

ssig

nm

ent

•

Impre

ssiv

e g

raphic

s

Partic

ipants

in this

cours

e s

hould

have a

w

ork

ing k

now

ledge o

f Excel.

Exerc

ises

inclu

de c

alib

rating T

rip G

enera

tion a

nd T

rip

Dis

trib

ution m

odels

usin

g E

xcel a

nd

Em

me 4

. These p

ractic

al s

essio

ns w

ill h

elp

yo

u u

nders

tand the d

eta

ils o

f m

odelling in

te

rms o

f th

eir a

pplic

ation to y

our are

a. B

ring

your la

pto

p to the c

lass a

nd s

peed u

p y

our

ability

to learn

and e

xerc

ise w

ith E

mm

e 4

.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Dr. A. Mekky, P.E

ng. earn

ed h

is P

h.D

. in

Tra

nsportatio

n P

lannin

g in 1

977. H

e is a

Senio

r Polic

y Advis

or and A

dju

nct Pro

fessor

(Rye

rson U

niv

ers

ity)

with

a w

ide teachin

g

experience, havin

g instructe

d u

nderg

raduate

and g

raduate

stu

dents

in T

raffic

and

Tra

nsportatio

n E

ngin

eering a

nd P

lannin

g in

Canada, U

SA, E

uro

pe &

the M

iddle

East.

Dr. M

ekky

has e

xte

nsiv

e e

xperience in

develo

pin

g v

arious k

inds o

f m

ath

em

atic

al

and M

onte

Carlo p

lannin

g m

odels

. H

e

work

ed in

munic

ipal a

nd p

rovin

cia

l govern

ments

as w

ell

as in the p

riva

te s

ecto

r in

develo

ped a

nd d

evelo

pin

g c

ountrie

s for

more

than 3

0 y

ears

. H

e is a

mem

ber of th

e

Associa

tion o

f Pro

fessio

nal Engin

eers

of

Onta

rio a

nd a

Fello

w o

f th

e ITE.

Why You Should Attend

Tra

nsportatio

n p

lannin

g m

odels

and

techniq

ues a

re p

ow

erful t

ools

for im

pro

ving

mobility

and a

ccessib

ility

in c

ities a

nd

regio

ns. B

y stu

dyi

ng tra

vel pattern

s a

nd

usin

g tra

nsportation p

lannin

g techniq

ues,

pla

nners

can o

bje

ctive

ly e

valu

ate

futu

re

transportation investm

ents

.

By

attendin

g this

com

pre

hensiv

e fiv

e-d

ay

work

shop, yo

u w

ill learn

to a

pply

the

new

est analy

tical m

eth

ods to reduce tra

ffic

and tra

vel p

roble

ms a

nd d

evi

se b

etter

ways

of m

ovi

ng p

eople

and g

oods w

hile

bein

g m

indfu

l of th

e e

nvi

ronm

enta

l im

pacts

th

at transportatio

n h

as o

n c

ities. Y

ou w

ill

learn

to c

alib

rate

and test transportation

models

, to

eva

luate

their e

ffectiv

eness a

nd

usefu

lness for va

ryin

g requirem

ents

and

scenarios.

This

cours

e u

ses e

xte

nsiv

e c

ase s

tudie

s.

Hands-o

n p

ractic

e w

ith tra

nsportation

pla

nnin

g m

eth

ods w

ill incre

ase y

our

capabilities w

ith these techniq

ues.

Am

ong the m

ate

rials

cove

red d

uring this

w

ork

shop, yo

u w

ill b

enefit from

learn

ing

more

about:

•

How to choose a zoning system;

•

How to choose the type of model to

use in Trip G

eneration, Trip

Distribution, Modal Split and Trip

Assignment;

•

What is the m

eaning of “Entropy” and

how it can be used to generate a family

of distribution m

odels;

•

What is “Utility” in the context of

transportation planning;

•

What is the difference betw

een LOGIT

and PROBIT m

odels;

•

How Equilibrium Assignment differs

from other types of trip assignments;

•

What are the strengths/ weaknesses of

mathematical modelling;

•

And m

uch, much m

ore!

1.

Make b

etter decis

ions b

y em

plo

ying the

late

st pla

nnin

g tools

. 2.

Make e

asie

r decis

ions

because y

ou a

re

usin

g thoro

ughly

deve

loped m

odels

. 3.

Make q

uic

ker decis

ions b

y utiliz

ing

com

pute

rs m

ore

effect

ively

. 4.

Use P

C A

uto

mation to reduce m

arg

ins o

f err

or and p

ote

ntial f

inanci

al lo

sses.

5.

Incre

ase the s

ucc

ess o

f yo

ur pro

jects

th

rough im

pro

ved u

nders

tandin

g o

f th

e

late

st transportation techniq

ues.

6.

Avo

id m

odelling e

rrors

and p

itfalls

that could

cost

your org

aniz

ation d

early.

7.

Identif

y shortcuts

and a

void

mis

takes b

y consultin

g

your in

struct

or on p

roble

ms y

ou face today.

8.

Bro

aden y

our exp

erience

by

netw

ork

ing w

ith p

eers

re

sponsib

le for transportation p

lannin

g in

gove

rnm

ent and in the p

riva

te s

ecto

r.

9.

Incre

ase y

our jo

b s

atisf

action, as y

ou w

ill b

e b

etter

equip

ped to e

xcel.

10. U

pdate

your sk

ills a

nd k

now

ledge in the

transportation m

odelling fie

ld.