Travel Forecasting for New Starts Proposals A Workshop Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration June 15-16, 2006 Millennium Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota Preliminary Agenda Day 1 # Session Minutes Schedule 1 - Introductions and Overview 45 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM 2 - Project benefits (a): additional transit attributes 45 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM Break 15 10:00 AM to 10:15 AM 3 - Project benefits (b): congestion relief 30 10:15 AM to 10:45 AM 4 - Project benefits (c): variable trip tables 30 10:45 AM to 11:15 AM 5 - Project benefits (d): variable land use 30 11:15 AM to 11:45 AM 6 - Project benefits (e): economic development 30 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM Lunch 45 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM 7 - Quality control (a): FTA analysis of predicted and actual ridership 15 1:00 PM to 1:15 PM 8 - Quality control (b): data library and insights 30 1:15 PM to 1:45 PM 9 - Quality control (c): CTPP-based aggregate model 45 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM Break 15 2:30 PM to 2:45 PM 10 - Quality control (d): semi-independent forecasts 45 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM 11 - Quality control (e): additional QC test measures 45 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM 12 - Quality control (f): Summit update 45 4:15 PM to 5:00 PM Day 2 # Session Minutes Schedule 13 - Quality control (g): early quality-of-service analysis 45 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM 14 - Quality control (h): dealing with uncertainties in forecasts 45 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM Break 15 10:00 AM to 10:15 AM 15 - Quality control (i): tracking the accuracy of forecasts 30 10:15 AM to 10:45 AM 16 - Draft guidance (a): properties of travel forecasting methods 45 10:45 AM to 11:30 AM 17 - Draft guidance (b): calibration and validation 45 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM Lunch 45 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM 18 - Draft guidance (c): methods for on-board surveys 30 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM 19 - Draft guidance (d): preservation of travel forecasts 30 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM 20 - Other comments, ideas, and suggestions 30 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM 21 - Summary of conclusions and next steps 30 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM