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The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) strives to improve its travel demand model procedures to be responsive to the requirements of local communities, federal conformity regulations, decisionmakers and policymakers.

There is considerable discussion on the inadequacies of the 4-step tripbased process throughout the modeling community. At present nearly all urban areas use this process in one form or another. With the advent of population synthesizer, the household formation tool, alternative methods such as activity-based and tour-based modeling (ABTB) have moved into the experimental stage at ARC.

Read further in TMIPConnection; Issue 28, Winter 2008.







TMIP Calendar

May 9, 2008
Peer Exchange on Travel Model Validation, Washington, DC

May 12-15, 2008
Introduction to Urban Transportation Planning, Richmond, CA

May 13, 2008
Shining a Light Inside the Black Box: Translating Results Into Insights for Decision Makers, Online Webinar

June 2-6, 2008
Introduction to Urban Transportation Planning, Baton Rouge, LA

June 12, 2008
Household Travel Survey: Lessons Learned, Online Webinar

June 19-20, 2008
5th Oregon Symposium on Integrated Land Use-Transport Models, Portland, OR

June 22-24, 2008
TRB Innovations in Transportation Modeling (ITM), Portland, OR

For more events, go to Conferences and Courses.

Additions to the Web Site

Date Posted New Item Section
April 23, 2008 The Calendar of Events has been updated. Conferences and Courses
March 17, 2008 View presentations from TMIP's recent Web Seminars Travel Model Discussions
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
February 5, 2008 A new Technical Synthesis Topic titled "Employment Data" is now available. Travel Model Discussions
January 29, 2008 TMIPConnection, Issue 28, Winter 2008 TMIP Newsletters