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80 APPENDIX C Current TRANSIMS Activities A large number of TRANSIMS initiatives are currently under- way. Many area funded in whole or part under the SAFETEA-LU (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users), the current federal transportation legis- lation signed into law in 2005. Four categories of activities are described: deployment case studies, collaborations, method- ological research, and sponsored research and development. 1. Deployment case studies are currently being developed via practical deployments funded via SAFETEA-LU. Com- petitively awarded (2 in FY 06, 4 in FY 07, 4 in FY 08), these coalition efforts are working on topics of local inter- est, including multimodal evacuation, operational planning, long-range plan evaluation, and light rail evaluation. Peer reviews are planned for all case studies. These include: a. Burlington, VT: TSM and bottleneck analysis (recently completed) b. New Orleans, LA: Multimodal evacuation study (peer review completed, draft report under review) c. Atlanta, GA: Congestion and emissions study (peer review completed, final report under development) d. Minneapolis, MN: Before and after study of Hia- watha LRT (model validation underway) e. Des Moines, IA: Interchange location and configura- tion study (scenario analysis underway) f. Moreno Valley, CA: Simulation study of truck impacts from infill development and expansion of warehouse districts (underway) g. Sacramento, CA: Bridge expansion before-and-after study using the fully integrated DAYSIM activity- based model with TRANSIMS router (underway) h. Phoenix, AZ: Simulation study of downtown LRT line (underway) i. Detroit MI: Large area simulation with dynamic rout- ing for MOT scenarios during interstate reconstruc- tion (underway) 2. Several collaborations funded from various sources have contributed significantly to the program in various ways: a. Washington, DC: White House Area Transportation Study (special appropriation; peer reviews and pre- liminary findings completed, additional study of transit options underway) b. Buffalo, NY: Border trucking study (peer review com- pleted, final report under development) c. Chicago, IL: Multimodal evacuation study (ongoing) d. Central NJ: Several topical studies (special appropria- tion; work complete) e. Community Building: Working to establish a self- governing group to manage and advance TRANSIMS technology using organizational and licensing models from the open source software community (ongoing) 3. University researchers, and others, are currently engaged in methodological research. Competitive awards (4 in FY 07, 6 in FY 08) for one year graduate research or similar activities are being made via a broad agency announcement (BAA): a. University of Virginia: Microsimulator calibration (completed) b. Virginia Tech: Congestion pricing proof of concept (ongoing) c. Georgia Tech: Travel time post-processor (completed) d. Cognometrics VII proof of concept (completed) e. Bob Balfour: TRANSIMS visualization (completed) f. New Jersey Institute of Technology: Integrating net- work simulation and land use (ongoing) g. Champaign County RPC: TRANSIMS use for small and medium areas (ongoing) h. Georgia Tech: TRANSIMS use for developments of regional impact (ongoing) i. SUNY-Buffalo: TRANSIMS model for university campus (ongoing) j. University of Utah: TRANSIMS visualizer (ongoing) k. University of Virginia: TRANSIMS safety evaluation module (ongoing) 4. FHWA sponsored research and development efforts have been de-emphasized during SAFETEA-LU. Current efforts are focused on advancing specific, deployment- related issues: a. Portland Case Study: Refining methods for multi- modal dynamic traffic assignment, linking DTA with activity models, and further refinements (ongoing) b. Model Test Bed: Staff effort to establish a series of high quality data sets suitable for model research and development (ongoing) (Information supplied Fall 2009 by Brian Gardner and Supin Yoder at FHWA)
