Pandemic Labor Impacts

Perspectives from an Oregon labor economist on pandemic trends.

Anna Johnson, Oregon Employment Department

OMUG Covide Travel Impacts Panel

October 26, 2021

ODOT COVID 19 Traffic Monitoring

An overview of ODOT's reporting framework and traffic trends observed during the pandemic.

Becky Knudson, ODOT

OMUG Covid Travel Impacts Panel

October 26, 2021

COVID Panel Surveys

Three presentations highlighting travel behavior observations from  national surveys during the pandemic.

Mark Bradley, RSG

Dr. Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University

Dr. Giovanni Circelle, University of California-Davis

OMUG Covid Travel Impacts Panel

October 26, 2021

OMSC GHG Subcommittee Recommendations

Presentation on the OMSC GHG Subcommittee's draft recommendations for improving transportation-related GHG analysis capabilities in Oregon.

Michael Orman, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

OMSC Biannual Meeting

October 20, 2021

Portland VisionEval Work

Recent climate analysis work done in the Portland region using the VisionEval model.

Peter Hurley, Portland Bureau of Transportation

OMSC Biannual Meeting

October 20, 2021

GHG Analysis of the STIP

An overview of ODOT's process for examining the greenhouse gas impacts of near term investments in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

Tara Weidner, ODOT Climate Office

OMSC Biannual Meeting

October 20, 2021

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

SACOG GHG in MTP/SCS and Project Implementation

Yanmei Ou, Sacramento Area Council of Governments

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

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

OMSC Freight Subcommittee Report-Out

Becky Knudson, ODOT Transportation Planning and Analysis Unit

OMUG Freight Panel

May 7, 2020

Metro Freight Model Update

Kyle Hauger, Metro

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.  

Last Mile Delivery Innovations: COVID 19 Challenges and Opportunities

Miguel Figliozzi, Portland State University

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

​RTC Origin-Destination Study using Moonshadow Mobile

Mark Harrington, SW Washington RTC

OMUG Synthetic Data Applications Meeting

June 20, 2019

​Portland Metro Replica Pilot Project Update

Eliot Rose, Metro

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dynamic Traffic Assignment for Metro

Development of a dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) model for the Portland Metropolitan Region

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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.

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Bill Stein, Metro

June 23, 2011

Metro Transit Modeling

Transit modeling considerations.

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Bud Reiff, Metro

June 23, 2011

SWIM2 Sensitivity Testing

Testing of ODOT's stochiastic Statewide Integrated Model (SWIM).

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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 

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

VMT Calculations for City Districts and Sub Areas

Ning Zhou, City of Portland 

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

Metro Park and Ride Data Analysis

Ben Stabler and Joel Freedman (Slides Only)

OMUG Meeting

December 10, 2009

Portland Travel Study

An overview of travel survey design for the Portland metro area. 

OMUG Meeting

December 10, 2009