News
One of the most important recent documents in the travel forecasting industry has been published, and while it confirms about the practice what most modelers suspected from their more limited, personal view of their own travel models, it is also rife with recommendations and strategies for improvement.
TRB Special Report 288, Metropolitan Travel Forecasting: Current Practice and Future Direction's purpose was to determine the state of the practice in metropolitan travel forecasting, identify technical shortcomings of the models for their intended uses and recommend actions needed to ensure appropriate technical processes are being used. The latest issue of TMIP Connection features two commentaries on SR 288. One is from Martin Wachs, chair of the TRB SR 288 committee. The other is from FHWA Associate Administrator of Planning Environment and Realty Gloria Shepherd.
Read further in TMIPConnection; Issue 29, Spring 2008.
TMIP Calendar
August 7, 2008
Scenario Testing, Online Webinar
September 17-19, 2008
11th National Tools of the Trade Conference, Portland, OR
September 25, 2008
Project Level Forecasting, Online Webinar
For more events, go to Conferences and Courses.
Additions to the Web Site
| Date Posted | New Item | Section |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2008 | The Calendar of Events has been updated. | Conferences and Courses |
| July 7, 2008 | A new Technical Synthesis Topic titled "The Derivation of Initial Speeds in Travel Demand Models" is now available. | Travel Model Discussions |
| June 18, 2008 | View presentations from TMIP's recent Web Seminars | Travel Model Discussions |
| May 27, 2008 | TMIPConnection, Issue 29, Spring 2008 | TMIP Newsletters |
| February 21, 2008 | TMIP Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report | About TMIP |
| February 8, 2008 | Peer Reviews: Status and Reports has been updated with a summary report of the COMPASS peer review. | Peer Review Program |