SHORT PRESENTATION SHORT PRESENTATION ON POTENTIAL ON POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT

My current and recent My current and recent courses:courses:

CE3201: Introduction to Transportation CE3201: Introduction to Transportation EngineeringEngineeringCE5212: Transportation Policy, Planning, and CE5212: Transportation Policy, Planning, and DeploymentDeploymentCE5214: Transportation Systems AnalysisCE5214: Transportation Systems AnalysisCE8214: Transportation EconomicsCE8214: Transportation EconomicsPA8202: Networks and Places: Transportation PA8202: Networks and Places: Transportation and Land Useand Land Use

Contribute to a number Contribute to a number of MSc courses at CTSof MSc courses at CTS

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• Core UnitsCore Units• T1T1 TRANSPORT AND ITS CONTEXT TRANSPORT AND ITS CONTEXT• T2T2 QUANTITATIVE METHODS QUANTITATIVE METHODS• T3T3 TRANSPORT ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORT ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONSOPERATIONS• T4T4 TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT ECONOMICS• T5T5 TRANSPORT DEMAND AND ITS TRANSPORT DEMAND AND ITS MODELLINGMODELLING• T6T6 TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT POLICY

Optional UnitsOptional UnitsT8 ROAD TRAFFIC THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONT8 ROAD TRAFFIC THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONT9 PUBLIC TRANSPORTT9 PUBLIC TRANSPORTT10 TRANSPORT SAFETYT10 TRANSPORT SAFETYT11 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSPORT ENGINEERING AND PLANNINGT11 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSPORT ENGINEERING AND PLANNINGT13 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MANAGEMENTT13 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MANAGEMENTT14 ADVANCED TRANSPORT MODELLINGT14 ADVANCED TRANSPORT MODELLINGT15 UNDERSTANDING AND MODELLING TRAVEL BEHAVIOURT15 UNDERSTANDING AND MODELLING TRAVEL BEHAVIOURT16 TRANSPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENTT16 TRANSPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENTT17 TRANSPORT TELEMATICST17 TRANSPORT TELEMATICST18 RAILWAY POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERINGT18 RAILWAY POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERINGT19 DESIGN OF ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMST19 DESIGN OF ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMST20 FREIGHT TRANSPORTT20 FREIGHT TRANSPORTT21 ASSET MANAGEMENT, PROJECT PLANNING AND MAINTENANCET21 ASSET MANAGEMENT, PROJECT PLANNING AND MAINTENANCET22 DESIGN OF ROADS, RAIL, BRIDGES, TUNNELS AND EMBANKMENTST22 DESIGN OF ROADS, RAIL, BRIDGES, TUNNELS AND EMBANKMENTST23 AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTT23 AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

And develop othersAnd develop others

Initiatives: Initiatives: Undergraduate Undergraduate EducationEducationITSO - ITSO -

Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary Transportation Transportation Student OrganizationStudent OrganizationSTREET project: STREET project: Simulating Simulating Transportation for Transportation for Realistic Engineering Realistic Engineering Education and Education and Training. (supported Training. (supported by NSF, Digital Media by NSF, Digital Media Center, ITS Institute)Center, ITS Institute)

STREET Curriculum STREET Curriculum ObjectivesObjectives

•To develop and refine a suite of web-based To develop and refine a suite of web-based simulation modules that can be easily simulation modules that can be easily incorporated in the undergraduate transportation incorporated in the undergraduate transportation courses.courses.•The simulation-based teaching material will The simulation-based teaching material will become an “become an “active textbookactive textbook”, which offers an ”, which offers an interactive learning environment to students.interactive learning environment to students.

STREET ComponentsSTREET Components•ROAD: Roadway Online Application for DesignROAD: Roadway Online Application for Design•ADAM: Agent-based Demand and Assignment ADAM: Agent-based Demand and Assignment ModelModel•SOFT: Simulation of Freeway TrafficSOFT: Simulation of Freeway Traffic•SONG: Simulator of Network GrowthSONG: Simulator of Network Growth•OASIS: Online Application of Signalized Intersection OASIS: Online Application of Signalized Intersection SimulationSimulation•wikibook Fundamentals of Transportationwikibook Fundamentals of Transportation

ROADROADTo provide students with a web-based design tool that they can perform roadway geometry design from a broader perspective.To better understand roadway geometry design process and its challenges.To enrich students’ learning experience in roadway geometry design.

ADAM ADAM •To provide platform for students to learn travel behavior, travel demand modeling and be able to test and evaluate alternative network designs.•Evaluation Criteria: •Understanding of travel demand modeling process•Stimulating new ways of thinking about the travel demand modeling beyond the traditional procedures•Developing problem-solving skills and judgment in infrastructure investment decision-making

SONGSONG•To support the learning of the To support the learning of the transportation network transportation network development processdevelopment process•Allow users to adjust different Allow users to adjust different parameters and test the effects parameters and test the effects of these factors on the resulting of these factors on the resulting network formsnetwork forms•Allow students to visualize Allow students to visualize speeds or volumes on network speeds or volumes on network links represented by different links represented by different colors and thickness of the links.colors and thickness of the links.

OASISOASIS

To help students better To help students better understand actuated signal understand actuated signal control logic.control logic.

To enrich students’ learning To enrich students’ learning experience in intersection experience in intersection signal timing and control.signal timing and control.

STREET: Simulating STREET: Simulating Transportation for Transportation for Realistic Engineering Realistic Engineering Education and TrainingEducation and Training

$500,000 NSF Grant (PIs Liu, Levinson)$500,000 NSF Grant (PIs Liu, Levinson)http://street.umn.eduhttp://street.umn.edu

Research Ongoing Research Ongoing (Networks, Economics, (Networks, Economics, and Urban Systems and Urban Systems Group)Group)

BRIDGE: Behavioral Response to the I-35W Disruption: Gauging EquilibratioBRIDGE: Behavioral Response to the I-35W Disruption: Gauging Equilibrationn (National Science Foundation) (Liu, Levinson, Harder) (National Science Foundation) (Liu, Levinson, Harder)

Traffic Flow and Road User Impacts of the Collapse of the I-35W Bridge overTraffic Flow and Road User Impacts of the Collapse of the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River the Mississippi River (MnDOT) (Levinson, Liu, Harder)(MnDOT) (Levinson, Liu, Harder)

Value of Reliability Value of Reliability ((Oregon Transportation Research and Education ConsortiumOregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium) (Levinson, ) (Levinson, Harder)Harder)

Value Capture Project (Mn Legislature) (Levinson, Zhao, Lari)

Access to Destinations: Measuring Accessibility by Automobile. (MnDOT) (Levinson)

The role of Social Networks and Information and Communications Technology on Destination Choice. (Techplan/ITS Institute) (Levinson)

Thank you.Thank you.

•Questions?Questions?