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Annual HERS-ST Conference
August 19 - 20, 2004
Wyndham Chicago
633 North St. Clair
Chicago, IL 60611
Tentative Agenda
| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - Optional Introduction to HERS-ST for new users |
| Time |
Item |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Registration |
| 7:00 am - 11:30 am |
HERS-ST Overview
Logical Structure
Input and Data Parameters
Improvement Alternatives
Estimation of Impacts
Project Evaluation
Forecasts, Induced Demand, and Elasticity
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Darren Timothy, HERS Program Manager
Office of Legislation and Strategic Planning, FHWA
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| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch - On your own |
| 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Hands-on Training
Getting Started
Adjusting Initial Setting
Working with the Highway Data
State Improvements
Tabular Output
Section Output
Ad-hoc Tables and Reports
Creating and Modifying Charts
GIS Features
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information, FHWA
Thomas Timcho, Principal Computer Specialist
Battelle Memorial Institute |
| Thursday, August 19, 2004 |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am - 8:15 am |
WelcomeFrancine Shaw-Whitson, Team Leader
Office of Asset Management, FHWA |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am |
Welcome Remarks
David Geiger, Director
Office
of Asset Management, FHWA |
| 8:30 am - 8:45 am |
State Welcome
Norman Stoner, Division Administrator
Illinois Division,FHWA |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am |
Logistics
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information, FHWA |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Introduction HERS-ST
What is HERS-ST, how does it work, and what can it do for you?
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information, FHWA
Darren Timothy, HERS Program Manager
Office of Legislation and Strategic Planning, FHWA |
| 9:45 am - 8:15 am |
Break |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Overview, Features, and Capabilities of HER-ST Version 3.0
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information, FHWA |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
State Experience with HERS-ST
Use of HERS-ST Corridor Analyses at NMDOT
Roy Cornelius, Senior Planner
Transportation Programs Division, New Mexico DOT
Omar Smadi, Research Scientist
Center for Transportation Research, Iowa State University
Using HERS-ST to Analyze the Benefits of Investments in Low-Volume Roads
Denver Tolliver, Senior Research Fellow
North Dakota State University |
| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch- On your own |
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Breakout Sessions
Novice Users: Data Issues
Intermediate Users: Software Features
Advanced Users: Analysis |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Break |
| 2:45 pm - 4:30 pm |
Breakout Sessions
Novice Users: Analysis
Intermediate Users: Data Issues
Advanced Users: Software Features |
| Friday, August 20, 2004 |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am - 9:45 pm |
State Experiences with HERS-ST
The role of HERS-ST at Florida DOT - Present and Future
Vidya Mysore, Manager, DSS for Systems Planning
Systems Planning Office, Florida DOT
William Dickerson, Assistant Pavement Management Engineer
Planning and Research Division, Oklahoma DOT
Tim Baker, Mobility Unit Manager
Information Management Branch, Colorado DOT
Daryl J. Greer, P.E.
Division of Planning, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Breakout Sessions
Novice Users: Software Features
Intermediate Users: Analysis
Advanced Users: Data Issues |
| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch- On your own |
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Panel Discussion - Breakout Session Wrap-up
Plenary session to address questions and issues raised during the breakout sessions
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information, FHWA
Darren Timothy, HERS Program Manager
Office of Legislation and Strategic Planning, FHWA
Douglas Lee, Service and Operations Assessment Division,
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Herb Weinblatt, Principal
Cambridge Systematics Inc.
Gregorio Camus, Principal Research Scientist
Battelle Memorial Institute
Thomas Timcho, Principal Computer Specialist
Battelle Memorial Institute |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Break |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm |
Practical Application of HERS-ST
Richard Arnold, Senior Transportation Analyst
Transportation Planning Division, Oregon DOT |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm |
Needs Analysis at the State and National Level
Darren Timothy, HERS Program Manager
Office of Legislation and Strategic Planning, FHWA |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
Current and Future Activities
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information, FHWA
Darren Timothy, HERS Program Manager
Office of Legislation and Strategic Planning, FHWA |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm |
Wrap-Up
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information, FHWA |
Breakout Session Topics
Software Features
Thomas Timcho, Principal computer Specialist
Battelle Memorial Institute
Topics:
- Getting Started
- Navigating within the software
- Basic Reporting (charts, GIS, and-hoc)
- SQL query building
- Advance charting
- Advance GIS
- Advanced as-hoc
Data Issues
David Winter, Division Chief
Office of Highway Policy Information
Topics:
- Organizing worksets
- Basic highway data - dataset
- Where does the data comes from
- Highway dataset manipulation
- HPMS data items
- HPMS submittal software
- Advanced highway data - section
- Generating expansion factors
- Validation rules
- Impacts of data quality
- State improvement file
Analysis
Darren Timothy, HERS Program Manager
Office of Legislation and Strategic Planning, FHWA
Topics:
- Types of analysis
- Four analysis modes
- Sample versus section analysis
- Setting parameters and controls
- Advanced parameters and controls
- HERS-ST analytical procedures
- Internal models
- Cost and benefits
- Addressing lower functional classes
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