VISSIM: 2^nd UK User Group Meeting (April 10^th 2002 – Imperial College London)

Programme (version updated 25^th March 2002)

The event will be chaired by Ian Dudgeon (Faber Maunsell).

10:00-10:10 Welcome by Prof. Mike Bell (Imperial College of London)

10:10-10:50 Dr. Martin Fellendorf (PTV):

New Functionality of VISSIM 3.60 and how it is used

10:50-11:10 Sergio Grosso (PTV):

VISSIM Activities in the UK

11:10-11:40 Sara Rollason (Faber Maunsell):

Oxford Station Area - the Application of VISVAP for a Traffic Engineering Solution

11:40-12:00 Break

12:00-12:30 Dr. Ken Fox (Halcrow Fox):

Improvements to the Dynamic Assignment Model

12:30-13:00 Andrew Poole (JMP):

Assessment of Compensation Strategies After Bus Priority

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:30 Dr. David Connolly (MVA, author to be confirmed):

Use of VISSIM in the Design of Quality Bus Corridors in Glasgow

14:30-15:00 Anett Ehlert (Transport Operations Research Group – University of Newcastle upon Tyne):

Micro- and Macroscopic Properties of VISSIM: Modelling of Motorway Traffic

15:00-15:30 Sonal Ahuja (Mott MacDonald):

Modelling Tram Routing and Scheduling using VISSIM - Case Study Manchester City Center

15:30-15:50 Break

15:50-16:20 Paulo Humanes (Babtie):

The Use of Microsimulation (VISSIM) in Solving Accessibility Problems of Heavy Good Vehicles to the Port of Tyne

16:20-16:50 Paul O'Neill (WS Atkins):

Investigation of calibration parameters in VISSIM - Using various case studies

16:50-17:00 Closure by Prof. Mike Bell (Imperial College of London)

More on the event can be found on www.ptv-newcastle.co.uk .

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