NCAMPO 2012 Conference Asheville, NC May 2 - 4, 2012

1. How Open Source Helps Your Projects? • Majed Al-Ghandour, Ph.D., PE, CPM • Program Development Branch • NCDOT • NCAMPO 2012 Conference • Asheville, NC • May 2 - 4, 2012

2. Presentation Outline • What is the Open Source? • Tour with Open Source Software - Examples • DynusT (Dynamic Urban Systems in Transportation) • Closing

3. Open Source Licenses • My understanding is that “open source” licenses such as GNU GPL3 don’t necessarily require that the software be “free” in terms of not charging for it.  • They just require that • (a) the source code always be distributed with the executable, and • (b) that anyone who receives the software cannot make it proprietary.    • Check your legal team to provide an open source license.

4. GNU GPL General Public License Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

5. Open Source Environment Free Easy to Use Fast Performance

6. Source: http://www.openoffice.org/

7. Writer

8. Calc

9. Impress

10. Draw

11. Base

12. E-mail: Mozilla Thunderbird Source: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird/

13. Video Player: Miro Source: http://www.getmiro.com/

14. GIMP: Graphics / Photo Editing Source: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html

15. Inkscape: Vector Graphics Application Source: http://inkscape.org/download/

16. PeaZip: Archiving Source: http://peazip.sourceforge.net/index.html

18. OpenProjis an open-source desktop project management application similar to Microsoft Project. OpenProjhas a familiar user interface and even opens existing MS Project files. OpenProjis interoperable with Project, Gantt Charts and PERT Charts.

19. Gantt and PERT Charts

20. Network Diagram

21. Source: http://drupal.org/

22. Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications.

23. Source: http://www.plancheyenne.com/

24. Source: http://www.plancheyenne.com/

26. Source: http://www.gcbl.org/blog/marc-lefkowitz/who-collaborate-regional-sustainable-development

27. Source: http://recoveryfortexas.org/content/texas-transportation-commission-approves-money-public-transportation

28. Source: http://www.qgis.org/

29. SketchUp: Picture anything in 3D Sources: http://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sketchup/UrbanPlanning#slideshow/5341003808863538946 http://picasaweb.google.com/gallery.sketchup/LandscapeArchitecture#slideshow/5244093690936510850

30. Atlantica: Pimlico and Arena Districts Source: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=983a71056cbbc9b29040a7c72f5a18f&prevstart=0

31. Fusion Tables Gather, visualize and share your data online Source: http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home/

32. Source: http://www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/altern/design_build/expressdesignbuild/expressdb.html

33. Strategic Highway Research Program Some Federal projects such as SHRP2 C10 have required that any software produced be under an open source license. SHRP2 C10 Source: http://www.shrp2c10.org/SHRPC10Portal/Home.aspx

35. DynusT(Dynamic Urban Systems in Transportation) • Regional Operational Planning Capability • Regional - area larger than corridor • Operational - traffic flow dynamics sensitive to signals, road configurations • Planning - short-term impact and long-term equilibrium • Simulation • Mesoscopic Traffic Simulation • Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) • Micro-meso-micro integration

36. DTA: Dynamic Traffic Assignment Projects Source: http://code.google.com/p/dta/

37. Source: http://dynust.net/

39. Compatibility with Existing Modeling Framework Trip-Based Framework Strategic Modeling Sub-Area Modeling Source: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/MDOT_DTA_DynusT_Overview_Chiu_8_11_10_334886_7.pdf

40. Compatibility with Existing Modeling Framework Activity-Based Model Source: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/MDOT_DTA_DynusT_Overview_Chiu_8_11_10_334886_7.pdf

41. Triangle, NC Regional DynusT Model Source: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/MDOT_DTA_DynusT_Overview_Chiu_8_11_10_334886_7.pdf

42. A Regional View (DynusT Animation) Source: http://dynust.net/wikibin/doku.php?id=start:getting_started

43. What is Dynamic Traffic Assignment? • A method to predict/estimate how trip-makers may shift to other routes or departure time in response to: • Congestion • Pricing • Controls • Incidents • Improvements • Understand how individual travel decisions impact an entire region, by • Time of day • Origin-Destination (OD) zones • Transportation modes

44. Macro Meso Micro Proposed toll lanes Analyze Ingress/Egress points for weaving Estimate toll lane usage and revenue Macro-Meso-Micro Integration • Macro • Travel Demand Models (TDM) • Micro • e.g. VISSIM Source: http://dynust.net/wikibin/doku.php?id=start:new_page2

45. Mesoscopic Traffic Simulation? Source: http://dynust.net/wikibin/doku.php?id=start:new_page2

46. Other Freeway Operations Scenarios/Strategies • Dynamic message signs • Congestion warning • Mandatory detour • Speed advisory • Information strategies • Pre-trip information • In-vehicle information • Incident • Work zone • Managed lanes • Truck only • Truck restriction

47. Top left shows a view to traffic simulation. Each vehicles represented by a green dot as it moves through out road networks. Top right shows queues due to the work zone Bottom left shows a view of work zone area allowing to show how vehicles diverse around network work zone area. Bottom right shows speed profiles of the links

48. Source: NCDOT Research Project 2012-36 with NCSU & ITRE

49. Using WordPress Source: http://ahb70.wordpress.com/conferences/2012-conference/