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Toronto International Research Experience

Joshua Auld shares his foreign research experience in Toronto, Ontario, where he collaborated with the ILUTE project team at the University of Toronto. He worked on the development of an Integrated Land Use Transportation and Environment microsimulation model and contributed to the scheduling and GPS surveying aspects of the project.

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Toronto International Research Experience

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  1. Toronto International Research Experience Joshua Auld September 22, 2008

  2. Foreign Experience Overview • Spent 30 days in Toronto, Ontario • June 14 – July 14 • Stayed at a short-term (1 month) condo rental • Worked at the Sandford Fleming Engineering Building at the University of Toronto • Collaboration with the ILUTE project team in the Transportation section of the Civil Engineering Department • Attend ILUTE project meetings, seminars, weekly discussions, etc.

  3. University of Toronto • Largest University System in Canada • 63,000 undergrad, 10,000+ graduate • Public research university • On of the top non-U.S. universities in the world • Three campuses – main campus is St. George • Surrounds Queens Park – large downtown park and regional government complex

  4. ILUTE Project • Project team run by Professor Eric Miller consisting of many grad/undergrad students and several other professors • Developing an Integrated Land Use Transportation and Environment microsimulation model • Comprised of a number of different sub-models: • Land Use – auto ownership, location choice, etc • Transportation – TASHA scheduling model, trip assignment • Environment – currently working on this stage, integrating Mobile6 with assignment results

  5. Areas of Collaboration - Scheduling • ILUTE microsimulation includes the TASHA scheduling model • Developed by Prof. Matt Roorda • Generates activities randomly • Schedule them into project/activity schedules according to a system of rules • Resolve conflicts/adjust schedule to fit

  6. Areas of Collaboration – Scheduling (cont.) • Worked with Matt Roorda on updating scheduling rules • Include results of conflict resolution model • Make more general set of scheduling rules • Paper submitted to TRB for publication

  7. Activity Generation At each timestep t No No No Plan new activity Update existing activity Resolve Conflict Execute activity Yes Yes Yes Yes t = Ttime t = Twith t = Tloc t = Tmode Attribute Planning Order model Time-of-Day model Party composition model Destination choice model Mode Choice model Conflict Resolution Model Executed Schedule Set Plan Flags: (Ttime,Twith, Tloc, Tmode) Planned Activity Schedule Activity Planning Activity Scheduling Decision Logical test Model Simulated events Areas of Collaboration –Dynamic Model Framework

  8. Areas of Collaboration –GPS surveying • Currently implementing a GPS survey – TRIPS • Under development for a number of years • Much effort in designing survey • Automatic link matching, mode finding, etc. • Advised on equipment/technical issues • Discussed and compared survey methods • Testing - Side-by-side comparison of survey results

  9. GPS surveying, cont.

  10. Work summary • One and possibly more publications relating to activity scheduling • Potential of implementing new system in TASHA • Dr. Miller serving on thesis committee • Advising on dynamic activity modeling • Continuing discussions on GPS surveying • Also visited Dr. Sean Doherty – detailed discussing of survey techniques

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