ARC Activity-Based Model What is going on? Model User Group March - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

March 21, 2019

ARC Activity-Based Model

What is going on?

Model User Group

ARC Model Planned 2019 Activities

• Documentation: Finalize conversion to online format and

transition to model storage in GitHub

• Automated QC process scanning model inputs
• Incorporation of travel time reliability
• Explore the addition of segmented value-of-time trip tables
• Emerging technology (Uber, Lyft, etc.)
• ActivitySim assessment and (potential) preliminary conversion
• ABMVIZ updates
• … and many other activities

ARC Model Documentation

• Updating the User Guide, Model Specification Report, and

Calibration Report

• Previously, all documentation has been provided in PDF on ARC’s

webpage

• Working to converting to online (HTML) format
• Plans to store model and documentation in GitHub for version

control

ARC Model Documentation

• Historical flow of model

documentation updates

1. Data preparation 2. Import data into Word 3. Convert to PDF 4. Upload to ARC website 5. User download

• Transitioning to online (HTML)

format

• 1. Streamlined data preparation
• 2. Ability to make the data dynamic
• 3. Easier to navigate to certain areas
• f the model documentation
• 4. Version control
• 5. Multiple users can update

Data preparation (Excel tables, Maps, etc.) Import static data into Word document Convert to PDF Upload to ARC website User download

ARC Model Documentation: Current PDF

ARC Model Documentation: Ongoing HTML

ARC Modeling Activities

• TIP Amendment #7

– 20-County model, calibrated/validated for 2010, updated with NPMRDS data for 2015 – Forecasting years: 2020, 2030 & 2040 – Will be available soon

• Region’s Plan Update

– 21-County model, calibrated/validated for 2015

ABM Focus Group Meeting

• June 14, 1 pm – 3 pm
• To be distributed

– Base year (2015) 21-County Model – Online documentation

• Contact me with your suggestions or for other topic to

discuss

– Kyeil Kim, kykim@atlantaregional.org