9th PTV Vision UK User Group Meeting
Summary
IntroductionTraining
User Group Meeting
How to become a presenter
Social event
How to book a place
Location/Times
Directions
Car Parks
Hotels
Contacts
Major updates to this page
Main dates at a glance
July 1: VISSIM beginners and VISUM beginners classes;July 2: VISSIM advanced 1 and 2, VISUM advanced 1 and 2 classes;
July 2: Social event;
July 3: User Group Meeting.
Introduction
PTV organizes this event to be held from July 1st to July 3rd 2009 to which you are invited. The User Group Meeting, which is part of a series of worldwide events advertised here, pertains mainly to the VISSIM microscopic traffic simulator and the VISUM strategic modeling software plus related tools (www.ptv-vision.com ). It will address state-of-the-art modelling work by the users, development plans by PTV and more specifically the latest new versions of the software. People with no previous experience would find it useful too.
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 there is the list of those major updates.
Training
Prior to the user group meeting parallel training classes will be held on July 1st and July 2nd 2009. The number of participants per course will be from 5 (minimum) to about 20 (maximum). Staff from PTV-Karlsruhe (Germany), PTV-America, PTV-UK and Faber Maunsell will run the courses, possibly with more than 1 trainer per session. The 6 classes envisaged are (contents and rooms are provisional):
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Day 1 (July 1st 2009) |
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9:30 to 17:00 (sw installation from 8:30) |
Imperial College London:
Chemical Engineering Building, Room 312 (this is the map, building n. 14 called 'ACEX') |
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Basic network modeling, priorities and gap acceptance, link-based flows, fixed time signals, public transport, evaluations (delays, queues, travel times, etc.). |
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Day 1 (July 1 2009) |
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9:30 to 17:00 (sw installation from 8:30) |
Imperial College London:
Chemical Engineering Building, Room 315 (this is the map, building n. 14 called 'ACEX') |
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Network editing: links, nodes, zones; basics of volume-delay functions (VDF), introduction to various assignment methods, post-assignment analysis, basics of demand modeling, basics of public transport. |
fully booked
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Day 2 (July 2 2009) |
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9:30 to 17:00 (sw installation from 8:30) |
Imperial College London:
Chemical Engineering Building, Room 312 (this is the map, building n. 14 called 'ACEX') |
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Dynamic assignment, COM interface, V3DM (to generate 3D models for VISSIM), pedestrian modelling. |
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Day 2 (July 2 2009) |
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9:30 to 17:00 (sw installation from 8:30) |
Imperial College London:
Chemical Engineering Building, Room 400 (this is the map, building n. 14 called 'ACEX') |
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Expert problems, auditing, VAP/VISVAP applied to signal design, on-street parking, partial routes, conflict areas, parking guidance, data analyser. |
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Day 2 (July 2 2009) |
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9:30 to 17:00 (sw installation from 8:30) |
Imperial College London:
Chemical Engineering Building, Room 315 (this is the map, building n. 14 called 'ACEX' ) |
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4-stage demand modelling, skim matrices; PrT (Private Transport) and PuT (Public Transport) assignment; PuT indicators, OD matrix calibration. |
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Day 2 (July 2 2009) |
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9:30 to 17:00 (sw installation from 8:30) |
Imperial College London:
Chemical Engineering Building, Room 306 (this is the map, building n. 14 called 'ACEX') |
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Junction editor and coding, advanced junction modelling (nodes and main nodes), ICA (Intersection Capacity Analysis), ICA in an assignment, blocking back, signal optimisation and coordination. |
Participants will need to bring their own laptops (with administration rights in order to be able to install the software), although no VISSIM/VISUM licence is required. Basic specifications for the computers can be found here (please note that the minimum requirements at this page refer to long-term modelling, thus the 17" minimum size for the monitor; for the training a laptop with 15" or even 14" screen is ok).
If you cannot book your chosen course because the entry in the booking
form on the internet is not available anymore, please don′t hesitate to contact
us anyway as often places free up before the event.
To cover costs, the charge is £ 180 for the Training (£
120 for students, including PHDs). We will acknoledge receipt of the booking straight away (for online applications) and send an electronic invoice afterwards. Bookings will be made on a
first-come-first-served basis.
User Group Meeting
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Day 3 (July 3 2009) |
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9:15 to 17:00 (registration from 8:30) |
Imperial College London: Lecture Theatre 1, Chemical Engineering Building (this is the map, building n. 14 called 'ACEX') |
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9th UK PTV Vision User Group MeetingWe calculate that to cover the costs of the User Group Meeting, that include lunch, refreshments and documentation, a fee of £ 180 will be required (£ 100 for students/PHDs and presenters, first author). e will acknoledge receipt of the booking straight away (for online applications) and send an electronic invoice afterwards. The maximum number of participants is set to 100.
How to become a presenter at the UK PTV Vision User Group Meeting
Users from all backgrounds (e.g. Consultancies, Public Sector, and Universities) are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentations on topics related to PTV Vision applications.If you have applied VISSIM or VISUM (or tools linked to these) to any problem that could be of interest to other participants, please get in touch with us.
We will need a title accompanied by an abstract of 200-300 words by May 11th. Presenters should then submit their papers and/or handout slides by June 8th, 2009.
The compliance with these deadlines will enable us to prepare the documentation to be circulated at the Users Group Meeting well in advance (papers and/or handout slides not received on time might not be part of the proceedings). Presentations will last 15-25 minutes, with some time for questions at the end.
Social event
A social event is to be held (UPDATE-090618) at the Anglesea Arms pub on the evening of July 2 from 19:00. The address is: 15 Selwood Terrace, South Kensington, London, SW7 3QG (map).How to book a place (User Group Meeting and/or Training)
Please either use the following online form available here or fill in and fax the form available here registration form to PTV, Market Development at: +49/721/9651-562.Special requirements such as, for example, ′vegetarian meal′, ′allergy to nuts′ or ′wish to learn how to model road user charging′ should be noted in the remarks field.
Location/Times
The event will take place (UPDATE-090616) at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine - London SW7 2AZ (map ). Another map of the location is available here (Chemical Engineering is building number 14, the one marked ACEX).
The training (July 1-2) will be held in the same department. The 6 classes, whose indicative times to start-finish are 9:30 to 17:00 (please arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 for registration / installation of the software) are allocated as described in the training section above.
The User Group Meeting (July 3rd 2009) instead will be held as described in the section above.
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 (see for example here). This trip requires about 40 minutes.Car Parks
If parking in the vicinity of the event is required, the contact details for the closest National Car Parks are as follows:- London and Country Car Parks (T) 0207 581 3371; 396 Kingston House North, Princes Gate, SW7
- Royal Garden Hotel Car Park (T) 020 7938 1101; Kensington High Street
- NJA Limited (T) 020 7589 9815; 244 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
Contacts
- PTV Newcastle: Sergio Grosso (info@ptv-newcastle.co.uk); 1, Abbotsford Terrace – Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3AD, UK tel.: +44 (0) 787 9442480; fax: +44 (0) 191 2814356
- PTV AG: Ilona Veress ( Ilona.Veress@ptv.de) tel: +49 (0) 721 9651 7309; fax: +49 (0) 721 9651 562
- Faber Maunsell: Andy McGregor (Andy.McGregor@fabermaunsell.com); tel.: +44 (0) 131 311 4000; fax: +44 (0) 131 311 4090.
Major updates to this page
UPDATE-090525: Abstracts are available.UPDATE-090603: The Programme is available.
UPDATE-090610: VISUM Introduction is fully booked.
UPDATE-090616: Every event will be held at Chemical Engineering (building n. 14 called ACEX in this map ) rather than in the Skempton Building. Room numbers are updated accordingly and reported in the sections above.
UPDATE-090617: VISUM advanced 1 is fully booked.
UPDATE-090618: Social event to be held at the Anglesea Arms pub, South Kensington.
UPDATE-090713: The Papers/Presentations from this year's UGM are now available on the web site (password protected).