1. Traffic Engineering with VISUM
Modeling of Parking Lot Utilization, Walking & Gender Specific Travel Behavior at a University
Mike Hafner, PE and Sara Senger, TEC Engineering Inc.; Ed Hayes, PTP and Chetan Joshi, PTV America Inc.

2. Outline Data and network Evaluation and results
Transportation facility coding
Transportation analysis zones
Evaluation and results
Private transport systems by time period throughout the day
Public transport sketch planning using TSys
Modeling of the university parking lots
Wandering algorithm…a way to evaluate ITS solutions and mimic parking behavior in a demand model

3. Data and Network: Overview
Roads and intersections coded by TEC and PTV
Special link and node types
Access to on-campus pedestrian from automobiles available only through parking facilities adjacent to campus
Portions of campus segregated from automobile travel

4. Data and Network: TAZ Transportation analysis Zone definition
Small zones for discrete modeling of origin and destinations from individual buildings

5. Data and Network: Coding Conventions
Development of walking and drive-walk demand using Python scripting process
Special network coding to allow for a transition from drive to walking in the university model

6. Evaluation and Results: Input and Method
Trip matrices broken down into hourly time periods during the school day
Distribution based on data available from survey

7. Evaluation and Results: Time of Day Parking Analysis

8. Assignment Private transport assignment by time period throughout the
Public transport assignment by transport system for sketch Screenline Objects

9. Parking Lot Demand
Problem: Drivers with imperfect knowledge search for parking spaces and increase local circulation around lots
Solution: Modeling of additional parking lot circulation using Python scripting

10. Questions?

11. Powering Transportation Visions
Powering Transportation Visions