The modelling world would seem to be suffering from something of a crisis of confidence at present. No longer is there a long string of articles in this supplement boasting of the immense potential for modelling to add value to the transport planning process (although there are still some in this... continue
Professional peer reviews are commonplace in many disciplines: academia, medicine, scientific publishing and funding, accounting, law and, progressively more, in engineering. The review process centres on a critical... continue
“Social networking is like being married: Facebook wants to know what’s on my mind, Twitter wants to know what’s happening and Foursquare wants to know where I am.” It’s an old joke on... continue
The launch of version five of Peter Davidson Consultancy’s visual transport modeller (Visual-tm) model is fast approaching and we are very excited about this great leap forward in transport modelling... continue
TraMPNet is a group of transport modelling practitioners who meet regularly to exchange ideas and discuss topical ideas centred around the theme of providing the scientific evidence base for transport planning, including transport data, monitoring, measuring behaviour and transport modelling. The... continue
Traffic signals are often modelled with fixed time plans or simple vehicle actuation (VA), whereas... continue
Anyone who’s ever been involved at the early stages of developing a transport model will understand the slight note of trepidation in the voice; that twitch in the eye accompanying the... continue
The first step in building robust transport models is the establishment of recent supply (network) and demand (trip pattern) data. The supply data is usually the easier of the two sets to collate, so I will focus on... continue
Transport for London (TfL) has published the third version of its Traffic modelling guidelines intended to provide updated advice to support TfL and London boroughs in managing the road... continue
Transport modelling provides the evidence base for developing transport solutions, selecting the best option, producing a business case and undertaking appraisal of the preferred scheme. The quality of the model is therefore... continue
Case study 1: general desktop review Project: US toll road (‘managed lanes’ project with dynamic pricing) Client: insurance company These tend to be short commissions (usually 5-10 days) that involve reviewing modelling reports and the associated technical documentation. Assumptions are... continue
Localism, funding constraints, tax increment financing – these are all terms that we are hearing lots about nowadays, principally in the context of attempting to move forward with managing, and... continue
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