Presentation Archives
Slides or video clips of presentations at past OMUG events and OMSC meetings are accessible below.
Horizon/Plan Bay Area 2050: Project Performance
An overview of how the San Francisco region's travel demand model was used for cost-benefit analysis to inform the region's transportation plan.
Lisa Zorn, Metropolitan Transportation Council
OMUG Economic Modeling Panel
May 13, 2021
Portland Region Congestion Pricing Study
Matt Bihn and Alex Oreschak, Metro
OMUG Economic Modeling Panel
May 13, 2021
Metro's Economic Value Atlas
Jeff Raker, Metro
OMUG Economic Modeling Panel
May 13, 2021
Oregon Transportation Plan Status Update and Reference Scenario Development
An update on potential scenarios to be examined in the next OTP, and ODOT's related work on a suggested set of future modeling assumptions.
Adam Argo and Alex Bettinardi, ODOT
OMSC Biannual Meeting
April 21, 2021
Reducing GHG in the Portland Metropolitan Region
Kim Ellis, Metro
OMUG Greenhouse Gas Panel
January 12, 2021
Integrating Climate Into Plans, Programs and Projects
Peter Hurley, Portland Bureau of Transportation
OMUG Greenhouse Gas Panel
January 12, 2021
California Climate Smart Communities
Chris Breiland, Fehr and Peers
OMUG Greenhouse Gas Panel
January 12, 2021
SACOG GHG in MTP/SCS and Project Implementation
Yanmei Ou, Sacramento Area Council of Governments
OMUG Greenhouse Gas Panel
January 12, 2021
Regional Housing Needs Analysis
Sean Edging, DLCD and Megan Bolton, OHCS
OMSC Biannual Meeting
October 21, 2020
Every Mile Counts and Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities Update
Cody Meyer, DLCD
OMSC Biannual Meeting
October 21, 2020
Oregon Transportation Plan and Oregon Highway Plan Development
Adam Argo, ODOT
OMSC Biannual Meeting
October 21, 2020
Idaho Statewide Freight Data and Commodity Supply Chain Analysis Study
Eric Jessup, Washington State University
Sal Hernandez, Oregon State University
OMUG Freight Panel
May 7, 2020
Last Mile Delivery Innovations: COVID 19 Challenges and Opportunities
Miguel Figliozzi, Portland State University
OMUG Freight Panel
May 7, 2020
EROAD: Freight in Oregon
On May 7, 2020, Gareth Robins, Director of Analytics at EROAD provided a special presentation for OMUG on the use of truck transponder data in freight planning. Because of proprietary sensitivities, we may not publicly post Gareth's presentation slides; however, interested parties may visit eroad.com for information on EROAD's fleet management tools.
Metro Freight Model Update
Kyle Hauger, Metro
OMUG Freight Panel
May 7, 2020
OMSC Freight Subcommittee Report-Out
Becky Knudson, ODOT Transportation Planning and Analysis Unit
OMUG Freight Panel
May 7, 2020
Handouts and Info from 2020 Post-TRB BrownBag Discussion
OMUG Post-TRB Brownbag
January 30, 2020
ODOT TMIP-EMAT Testing Summary
Transportation Modeling Improvement Program Exploratory Modeling and Analysis Tool (TMIP-EMAT)
Alex Bettinardi, ODOT Transportation Planning and Analysis Unit
OMUG Emerging Tech Panel
October 10, 2019
Emerging Technology - Interagency Collaboration Across Oregon
Nick Meltzer, Corvallis Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
OMUG Emerging Tech Panel
October 10, 2019
Current C/AV Modeling Capabilities in Oregon
Ray Jackson, Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments
OMUG Emerging Tech Panel
October 10, 2019
Emerging Modes: Evidence from a National Stated Choice Experiment
Dr. Joe Broach, Metro
OMUG Emerging Tech Panel
October 10, 2019
Portland Metro Replica Pilot Project Update
Eliot Rose, Metro
OMUG Synthetic Data Applications Meeting
June 20, 2019
RTC Origin-Destination Study using Moonshadow Mobile
Mark Harrington, SW Washington RTC
OMUG Synthetic Data Applications Meeting
June 20, 2019
Oregon Household Activity Survey: Updates and Status
Chris Johnson, Metro Modeling Division Manager
OMUG Meeting
March 21, 2019
OMSC Work Plan Update for Calendar Years 2019-2020
Brian Dunn, ODOT Transportation Planning and Analysis Unit Manager
OMUG Meeting
March 21, 2019
Autonomous Vehicle Scenarios Using a VisionEval Model in Oregon
Tara Weidner, ODOT Transportation Planning and Analysis Unit
OMUG Meeting
August 22, 2018
Statewide Transportation System Monitoring
Tara Weidner, ODOT Transportation Planning and Analysis Unit
OMUG Meeting
August 22, 2018
Moonshadow Mobile: Using Big Data for Traffic Modeling and Analytics
An overview of data analytics tools developed by Moonshadow Mobile in partnership with DKS Associates.
Eimar Boesjes, CEO, Moonshadow Mobile, Inc.
OMUG Meeting
July 18, 2018
Population Sim: A new, easy to use population synthesizer
A presentation to introduce a new tool available in Oregon to generate synthetic population data for model input.
Alex Bettinardi, ODOT, and Joel Freedman, RSG
OMUG Meeting
May 17, 2018
Southern Oregon Activity Based Model Update
An update on work to develop an activity based model for the Rogue Valley and Middle Rogue MPOs.
Joel Freedman, RSG, and Alex Bettinardi, ODOT
OMUG Meeting
May 17, 2018
Oregon Modeling Steering Committee Overview
An overview of the OMSC's mission, goals, structure and current collaborative initiatives.
Jeff Frkonja, Metro
OMUG Meeting
March 22, 2018
Metro Multi-Criteria Evaluation Tool
A decision support tool that considers economic vitality, environmental stewardship, and social and equity values.
Kyle Hauger, Senior Researcher and Modeler, Metro Research Center, December 7, 2017
Development and Application of Transportation Cost Index
Tracking time and monetary costs of transportation as an accessibility measure.
Dr. Liming Wang, Portland State University
December 7, 2017
Southern Oregon ABM Update
An update on development of an activity-based model system for southern Oregon.
Joel Freedman and Binny Paul, RSG
December 17, 2015
VisionEval
A programming framework for the collaborative development of regional strategic planning models.
Brian Gregor, Oregon Systems Analytics LLC
December 17, 2015
Metro Trip-Based Model Update
An update on work to refresh Metro's 4-step model using 2011 Oregon household and activity survey data. The refresh work is extending the model's useful life with minimal disruption, pending development of an activity-based model for the Portland region.
Metro
December 17, 2015
Smart Phone Truck Data
Evaluation of smart phone applications for collecting weight-mile truck data.
Katherine Bell, PE and Miguel Figliozzi, PhD
June 20, 2013
Use of INRIX Data
Use of INRIX data for the Portland metropolitan region.
Peter Bosa, Metro
June 20, 2013
GreenSTEP Housing Model
Housing model additions to GreenSTEP.
Brian Gregor, Joe Li and Matthew Palm
March 14, 2013
MetroScope
Three reports concerning the MetroScope transportation cost post processor: Aggregate behaviorist techniques in a disaggregate, reductionist world.
March 14, 2013
Pedestrians in Regional Travel Demand Models
A presentation on the state of the practice.
Patrick Singleton and Kelly Clifton, Ph.D., PSU
December 6, 2012
Metro Bicycle Modeling Tools
An overview of tools used by Metro for bicycle modeling.
December 6, 2012
VISUM Tour Based Modeling
An introduction to tour based modeling in VISUM.
Chetan Joshi
December 6, 2012
Re-routing Walk and Bike Models
An overview of ideal walk models.
Joe Broach, PhD Candidate, PSU Urban Studies
December 6, 2012
Dynamic Traffic Assignment for Metro
Development of a dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) model for the Portland Metropolitan Region
June 23, 2011
Data Products for Modeling
An overview of data products including TomTom, MultiNet, Traffic Stats and GTFS.
Steve Perone, PTV
June 23, 2011
Update on Metro Regional Bicycle Demand Model
Attributes of Portland's regional bicycle network and features of Metro's bicycle model.
Bill Stein, Metro
June 23, 2011
Metro Transit Modeling
Transit modeling considerations.
Bud Reiff, Metro
June 23, 2011
SWIM2 Sensitivity Testing
Testing of ODOT's stochiastic Statewide Integrated Model (SWIM).
Alex Bettinardi, ODOT
December 9, 2010
Activity Based Models in Practice
Joel Freedman
December 9, 2010
Oregon Household Activity Survey Status Update
Becky Knudson, ODOT (Slides Only)
OMUG Meeting
June 10, 2010
SWIM Visuallization
Visualization tools for use with ODOT's Statewide Integrated Model.
Ben Stabler
OMUG Meeting
June 10, 2010
State Freight Plan Modeling
Summary of findings from analysis scenarios.
Becky Knudson, ODOT
OMUG Meeting
April 22, 2010
Metro Park and Ride Data Analysis
Ben Stabler and Joel Freedman (Slides Only)
OMUG Meeting
December 10, 2009
VMT Calculations for City Districts and Sub Areas
Ning Zhou, City of Portland
OMUG Meeting
December 10, 2009
Portland Travel Study
An overview of travel survey design for the Portland metro area.
OMUG Meeting
December 10, 2009
GreenSTEP Model Testing
An overview of testing and applications for ODOT's GreenSTEP model.
Alex Bettinardi and Joe Li, ODOT
OMUG Meeting
December 10, 2009