RE: Travel Model Integration

Dear Paul,

You said in a previous e-mail in this string that the emme/2 interface is
available. Are you referring to the code in opus_emme2 or is it available
somewhere else. If it is available somewhere else, how could one get a hold
of it?

Zak

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces_at_urbansim.org [mailto:users-bounces_at_urbansim.org] On
> Behalf Of Paul Waddell
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 11:43 PM
> To: Jen Duthie
> Cc: UrbanSim List
> Subject: Re: Travel Model Integration
>
> I think the transcad interface is as general as we have time to make it
> right now, and we would appreciate it if users who would like to use it
> would help in further generalizing it. We can set up repository access
> to the package if someone is interested.
>
> On the Visum interface, Ben Stabler of PTV is helping with that, and
> John Gliebe at PSU. I need to find a bit of time to get it tested and
> integrated, but it should be close to being quite usable.
>
> Paul
>
> Jen Duthie wrote:
> > Thanks Paul.
> >
> > Do you have an estimated date of completion for the interface with
> > VISUM, and the interface with TransCAD?
> >
> > Jen
> >
> > Paul Waddell wrote:
> >
> >> Jen
> >>
> >> The emme/2 interface is available, and we are working with PTV on a
> >> VISUM interface. The interfaces would all need a bit of customization
> >> since the travel models are all different, even when the software
> >> platform they use is the same, since the model structures and data
> >> requirements vary.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> Jen Duthie wrote:
> >>
> >>> Does anyone have any updates on tools for seamlessly integrating
> >>> UrbanSim with a travel model? By seamless I mean the user enters one
> >>> command and does not have to do any more work until the forecast year
> >>> is reached and the models are complete.
> >>>
> >>> I spoke with Peter McNally of SEMCOG last week about his experience
> >>> with their integrated version of UrbanSim/TransCAD, and he told me
> >>> that Dr. Waddell's team is working toward an integration tool for
> >>> general use (i.e. not hard coded for SEMCOG).
> >>>
> >>> Also, is integration that was done for PSRC with EMME/2 available for
> >>> general use?
> >>>
> >>> Any other integration tools in the works?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> Jen
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Received on Thu Jul 05 2007 - 03:12:18 PDT