Overview of Dynameq
• Overview of Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA)
• Overview of the Dynameq software interface
• Creating projects and scenarios
Model inputs and traffic flow basics
• Relationship between microscopic and macroscopic traffic flow parameters
• Relationship between maximum speed and maximum flow
• Basic mechanisms of congestion
Unsignalized intersections
• Gap acceptance and follow-up time
• Unsignalized intersection control
• Customizing priority relationships
Signalized intersections
• Signalized intersection control and signal progression
• Impact of capacity restrictions on routing decisions
• Relationship between congestion and stability of DTA Convergence

Day 2

Network editing and validation
• Network editing operations and features
• Creating thematic maps
• Using network filters and histograms as validation tools
• Automated validation errors and warnings
Evaluating model outputs
• Importing user data
• Creating outputs based on user-defined expressions
• Quantifying the goodness-of-fit between model results and empirical data
Calibration 1: capacity issues
• Estimating theoretical capacities of turning movements
• Why bottleneck flows may be lower than theoretical capacities
• Evaluating potential capacity changes
Calibration 2: routing and demand issues
• Using select link analysis to evaluate routing
• Introduction to dynamic matrix adjustment

Day 3

Network events and applications
• Using network events to create time-varying attributes for links and turns
• Dependencies between turn-based and link-based data
• Modelling work zones
Generalized cost assignment
• Creating generalized cost expressions
• Modelling applications of generalized cost

Introduction
• The Emme Platform
• Starting Emme
• Creating the Winnipeg demonstration project
Network, mapping and editing
• Network and scenario
• Base network
• ArcGIS ® plug-in for Emme
• Practice

• Intersections and turns
• Transit network
• Practice

• Extra attributes
• Network Editor
• Practice

Network (continued)
• Comparing scenarios
• Global modifications
  • Network calculator
  • Network transactions
• Desktop attributes
• Practice

• Creating a new project
• Network validation
Demand and matrices
• Zone partitions
• Matrices
• Zone and matrix transactions
• Visualization
• Practice

• Matrix calculations
• Matrix balancing
• Practice

Traffic assignment and analysis
• User equilibrium model
• Representing travel times
• Performing a traffic assignment
  • Standard traffic assignment
  • Path-based traffic assignment
  • Continue traffic assignment
• Displaying results
• Practice

• Comparing predicted vs. observed volumes
• Comparing scenarios
• Communication between worksheets and tables
• Performance measures
• Displaying travel time distribution
• Select line analysis
• Practice

Transit assignment and analysis
• Strategy-based model
• Algorithm
• Representing travel times
• Performing a transit assignment (extended transit analysis)
• Practice

• Displaying results
  • Basic results (for segments, for stops, for nodes, for links)
  • Derived results
• Extended transit analysis
  • Matrix results
  • Network results
  • Strategy-based analysis
  • Path-based analysis
• Practice

Equilibration model example
• Four step model
  • Trip generation
  • Trip distribution
  • Mode choice
  • Assignment
  • Feedback
• Equilibration model tool in Winnipeg

Applications and Q&A

Introduction
• The Emme Platform
• Starting Emme
• Creating the Winnipeg demonstration project
Network, mapping and editing
• Network and scenario
• Manipulating scenarios
• Base network
• ArcGIS ® plug-in for Emme
• Practice
• Intersections and turns
• Transit network
• Extra attributes
• Practice
• Network Editor
• Practice

Network (continued)
• Network calculator tools
• Network transaction tools
• Desktop attributes
• Creating a new project
• Network validation
• Practice
Demand and matrices
• Zone partitions
• Matrices
• Zone and matrix transaction tools
• Practice
• Matrix calculation tools
• Matrix balancing tool
• Practice
Equilibrium traffic assignment
• Volume-delay functions
• Turn-penalty functions
• Standard traffic assignment tool
• Path-based traffic assignment tool
• Displaying results
• Practice

Validation and analysis
• Analyzing volumes
• Comparing predicted vs. observed volumes
• Comparing scenarios
• Analyzing O-D travel times
• Troubleshooting
• Practice
Strategy transit assignment
• Transit time functions
• Optimal strategy
• Standard transit assignment tool
• Displaying results
• Practice
Equilibration model example
• Four step model
• Feedback
• Equilibration model tool in Winnipeg

Traffic Assignment
• Traffic assignment input
  • Network elements
  • Matrices
  • Functions
• User equilibrium model
• Standard traffic assignment
• Traffic assignment results
• Practice
• Path-based assignment
• Practice
• Performance considerations
Path Analysis
• Analyzing paths
  • Example: distance analysis
  • Example: select link analysis
  • Example: partial assignment
• Practice

Path analysis (continued)
• Analyzing parts of paths
  • Example: cold starts
  • Example: traversal matrix
• Practice
Multiclass assignment
• Example: traffic restrictions
• Practice
Modelling applications
• Matrix adjustment using observed counts
• Turn delays depending on opposing flows
• Toll facility modelling
• Stochastic traffic assignment

Transit network representation
• Network elements
• Travel times
• Multimodal network
• Transit lines
• Practice 1

Optimal strategy assignment
• Strategy-based model
• Algorithm
• Assignment
• Results
Strategy variants
• Flow distribution at origins
• Flow distribution between attractive lines
• Connector-to-connector path prohibition
• Practice 2

Analysis
• Matrix results
• Network results
• Practice 3
• Strategy-based analysis
• Path-based analysis
• Traversal analysis
• Transit path details
• Summary statistics
• Practice 4
Modelling
• Access to public transport
• Fares
• Congestion

• Introduction
• Parameters and substitution
• Macro comments
• Numeric and text macro registers
• Error detection and flow control
• Compound macro statements
• Reading external files, text manipulations
• Accessing matrix information
• Formatting the output, writing to external files
• Nested macros
• Dialog output control - register o
• System parameter access - register p
• Recommendations for trouble-free macro writing

• General introduction
• Basic STAN concepts
  • data bank structure
  • modules
  • input and output
  • STAN documentation
• Multimodal network and editor (I)
  • data hierarchy
  • scenario
  • products
  • modes
  • base and bare network

• Network editor
  • generalized element selection
  • network plots and graphic commands
  • network batch input and modifications

• Multimodal network and editor (II)
  • intermodal transfers
  • generalized transfer selection
  • transfer plots
  • transfer batch input and modifications
  • global interactive manipulation of transfers
  • transfer graphic worksheet
• Multimodal network and editor (III)
  • centroids and connectors
  • multimodal shortest paths
  • vehicles
  • function sets
  • network flows
  • modelling issues

• Matrices
  • basic concepts
  • zones and zone groups
  • output matrices
  • input/modify matrices
  • matrix plots
  • matrix histograms
  • matrix calculations

• Demand models and matrix balancing
• Functions
  • modelling concepts
  • function editor
• Multimode multiproduct assignment model

• Assignment
  • preparation and execution
  • report
  • results
• Validation and result analysis (I)
  • scenario comparison
  • network scattergrams
  • shortest paths

• Validation and result analysis (II)
  • extra attributes
  • network calculations
  • path analysis

• Miscellaneous
  • application and program environments
  • creating a data bank
  • modifying data bank dimensions
  • menu commands (flexible file names, switches, etc...)
  • checking data bank (using 1.11 and stxfbank)
  • annotations (basic features)
  • macros (basic features)
  • standalone utilities
• Questions and answers