6th VISSIM/VISUM User Group Meeting for the UK

PTV organizes this event to which you are invited. Please beware that the location of the User Group meeting is different from previous years, although still at Imperial College – South Kensington. The User Group meeting pertains mainly to the VISSIM microscopic traffic simulator and the VISUM strategic modeling software although other tools for traffic management and planning are welcome at the meeting (please visit www.ptv-vision.com to know more about this software).

The current page will be kept up-to-date with information on the event as the preparation progresses. To help tracking the changes, the most important ones will be tagged with the date in the format UPDATE-YYMMDD (YY=year; MM=month; DD=day). At the bottom of this web page (accessible here) there is the list of those major updates. It is possible to navigate to hyperlinks from this page and then use the ‘back’ button of your browser to come back. Alternatively, please click on the hyperlinks while pressing the <shift> button to open new web pages.

Training (June 28^th 2006) programme

Prior to the user group meeting parallel training classes will be offered. The number of participants per course will be 5 (minimum) and about 20 (maximum). Staff from PTV-Karlsruhe (Germany), PTV-UK and Faber Maunsell will run the courses, possibly with more than 1 trainer per session. Indicative topics for the training are:

a) VISSIM ‘beginners’ training: Basic network modeling, priorities, link-based flows, fixed time signals, public transport, evaluations (delays, queues, travel times, etc.).

b) VISSIM ‘advanced’ training: Experts’ problems, emphasis on vehicle actuated signals (VAP/VISVAP), dynamic assignment, COM interface, modeling suggestions, V3DM (to generate 3D models for VISSIM). UPDATE-060522: This course is now full.

c) VISUM 9.4 ‘beginners’ training: Network editing; introduction to various assignment methods, post-assignment analysis, basics of demand modeling (4-stage assignment), interface with VISSIM. More on VISUM can be found by clicking here.

d) VISUM 9.4 ‘advanced’ training: junction modeling with delay calculation using Traffix; link to GIS, interface with VISSIM, demand modelling, updating OD matrices from traffic counts.

Participants will need to bring their own laptops (basic specifications can be found here), though no VISSIM/VISUM licence is required. To cover costs, the charge is £ 160 for the Training (£ 100 for students, including PHDs). Bookings will be made on a first-come-first-served basis. It must be pointed out that we regrettably had to turn down applications last year so please apply sooner rather than later if you wish to attend.

User Group Meeting (June 29^th 2006) programme

The 6^th UK VISSIM/VISUM User Group Meeting will be held at Imperial College London on June 29^th 2006.

UPDATE-060608: The programme is available here:

http://www.ptv-newcastle.co.uk/UG6/UGM6_program_outline_0606.htm (,xls) and here:

http://www.ptv-newcastle.co.uk/UG6/UGM6_program_outline_0606.pdf (.pdf)

The abstracts are available here:

http://www.ptv-newcastle.co.uk/UG6/UGM6_presentations_outline_0605.htm

The leaflet of the event is available here:

http://www.ptv-newcastle.co.uk/UG6/Docs/VISSIM_UGM6_leaflet.pdf

The leaflets from previous years are available for reference here: UGM1, UGM2 and UGM3, UGM4, and UGM5.

We calculate that to cover the costs of the User Group Meeting, which include lunch, refreshments and documentation, a fee of £ 160 will be required (£ 80 for students/PHDs and presenters, first author). The maximum number of participants is set to 100.

How to become a presenter at the VISSIM/VISUM User Group Meeting

Presentations are invited from a variety of working backgrounds, be they consultancies, public sector or University. If you have applied VISSIM or VISUM (or tools linked to those) to any problem that could be of interest to other participants, please get in touch. We will need to have a title accompanied by an abstract of 200-300 words by May 12^th 2006. Presenters should then submit their papers and/or handout slides by June 9^th. The compliance with these deadlines will enable us to prepare the documentation to be circulated at the User Group Meeting well in advance (papers and/or handout slides not received on time might not be part of the proceedings and/or excluded from the programme). Presentations will last 15-25 minutes, with some time for questions at the end.

Social event

A social event is organized on the evening of June 28^th in London.

UPDATE-060626: If you have applied, meeting time is 19:45 and will take place in the conservatory at:

Swag and Tails Restaurant (http://www.swagandtails.com/ )

10-11 Fairholt Street,

Knightsbridge,

SW7 1EG

London

How to book a place (User Group Meeting and/or Training)

Please use the forms available under the section ‘Easy way to register’ of the PTV web site:

http://www.ptv-ag.com/cgi-bin/traffic/traf_uk_training.pl

The direct link to the registration page is:

http://www.ptv-ag.com/cgi-bin/kontakt/training_form_uk.pl

An invoice will be sent to your address following registration.

The deadline for registrations is now June 26^th.

Location/Times

The training classes will be held at the same location of the past years whilst the User Group Meeting will be in a different building, about 300 meters apart.

Training (June 28^th)

User Group Meeting (June 29^th)

Please see below list of rooms

Skempton Building

(building 28 in this map)

Entrance via Imperial College Road

Room 342

Mechanical Engineering

(building 29 in this map or this map)

Entrance via Tanaka Business School, Exhibition Road

From 9:30 (installations/registration to start at 8:30) to 17:15

From 9:15 (registration to start at 8:45) to 17:15

The reference address (and map) for the event is:

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

Exhibition Road

London SW7 2BU

For the Training (June 28^th), attendees are encouraged to arrive from 8:30 to start the installation of the software and to register. This is the allocation of rooms to courses:

VISSIM Beginners: Room 207 (please collect your badge or ask for a badge at the Safety office to your right when entering Skepton Building, walk or take the lift to 2^nd floor, turn left and follow signs).

VISSIM Advanced: Room 208 (please collect your badge or ask for a badge at the Safety office to your right when entering Skepton Building, walk or take the lift to 2^nd floor, turn left and follow signs).

VISUM Beginners: Room 609 (please collect your badge or ask for a badge at the Safety office to your right when entering Skepton Building, walk or take the lift to 5^th floor, walk to 6^th floor, turn left, walk 30 metres and follow signs).

VISUM Advanced: Room 610 (please collect your badge or ask for a badge at the Safety office to your right when entering Skepton Building, walk or take the lift to 5^th floor, walk to 6^th floor, turn left, walk 30 metres and follow signs).

For the User Group Meeting (June 29^th) attendees are encouraged to arrive from 8:45 for the registration.

Directions:

If travelling by metro from King’s Cross St. Pancras, the Piccadilly line can be used to get to South Kensington, which is about 500 m from Imperial College. This trip requires about 25 minutes.