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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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AP
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RTA
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CH
AP
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TR
IP G
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LU
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AFFIC
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ME
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AN
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TIO
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CKA
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ND
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VE
NU
E
ES
TIM
ATIO
N
CH
AP
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R 1
2
LA
BS
/ E
XE
RC
ISE
S
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.
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/maps/d
ow
nto
wnm
ap.h
tm
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.