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⢠Emerging traffic microsimulation applications; ⢠Innovations in traffic assignment and improve- ments of forecast speeds; ⢠Institutional, monetary, staff, data, hardware, and training resources needed to move innovative ap - proaches to practice; and ⢠The role of models in decision making in the con- temporary decision- making context. The final versions of these papers are reproduced in Volume 2. CONFERENCE FORMAT The conference opened with two workshops: Innovations in Practice and FTA Findings for Meaningful Forecasts. Two plenary sessions held at the beginning of the confer- ence framed the underlying policy issues that drive model development and the issues associated with moving inno- vative modeling techniques into practice. Following these plenary sessions, 11 breakout sessions were held. These breakout sessions were largely based on the papers, although several non- paper- based presentations were included in areas where the committee felt that additional information was required to cover the topic. The break- out sessions were designed to provoke lively discussion. A final plenary session focused on the institutional issues to be addressed in moving research into practice. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS FORMAT Volume 1: Session Summaries This volume contains summaries of the plenary and breakout sessions. The workshops are not summarized because they were very informal training sessions. How- ever, a background paper used in Workshop 1, Innova- tions in Practice, has been included in Volume 2. The conference summary was prepared by Katherine Turn- bull, Texas Transportation Institute. A list of all confer- ence participants can be found at the end of this volume. Volume 2: Papers Volume 2 contains 31 individual authored papers from the breakout sessions. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This volume has been reviewed in draft form by indi- viduals chosen for their diverse perspectives and techni- cal expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Councilâs Report Review Committee. The purposes of this independent review are to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the committeeâs charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. TRB thanks the following individuals for their review of this report: Kenneth J. Cervenka, North Central Texas Council of Governments, Arlington, Texas; Maren L. Outwater, Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Sam- mamish, Washington; and Erik E. Sabina, Denver Regional Council of Governments, Denver, Colorado. Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of the final draft of this report was overseen by C. Michael Walton, University of Texas at Austin. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accor- dance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. The conference planning committee thanks the TRB Transportation Demand Forecasting Committee, the Traveler Behavior and Values Committee, the Travel Survey Committee, and the Moving Activity- Based Modeling into Practice Task Force. The leadership and members of these committees and task force were important contributors to the conference. vi INNOVATIONS IN TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING, VOLUME 1