Between October 2012 and September 2013, TMIP established a set of strategic goals to guide its future activities and initiatives. Additionally, TMIP staff outlined and accelerated the execution of eight major programs, summarized in the table below.
Table 1: TMIP Major Initiatives
Webinars: a virtual forum for transportation planning agencies and stakeholders to share insights and experiences. Webinars include both Workshops Over the Web (WOWs) and Web Knowledge and Information Exchange (WKIEs) on relevant topics to the transportation planning community. Ten (10) webinars were convened during the performance period with an average of 116 participants per session. |
Peer Review Program: a program in which planning agencies collaborate with an expert peer review panel to review their data, methods, and planning models to ensure that their technical processes and tools meet analysis needs. Two (2) peer reviews were conducted during the performance period: the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Florida Department of Transportation. |
At A Glance Series: a series of concise brochures pertaining to transportation analysis, modeling, and simulation related topics for distribution to the TMIP Community. The second and third At A Glance Series brochures were developed in this performance period entitled "TMIP Peer Review Program" and "Household Travel Surveys," respectively. |
TMIP Talks Initiative: a series of brief presentations made by prominent professionals in the field of transportation planning on topics serving TMIP's goals and objectives. One TMIP Talks presentation was filmed during the performance period by Eric Miller of University of Toronto, Canada. |
TMIP Report Series: an initiative to disseminate information related to transportation modeling, simulation, and analysis through the publication of reports, case studies, and exemplary models and technical documentation. During the performance period, the first TMIP Agency Snapshot Report Series was published on the Vermont Agency of Transportation, and two other reports for the series were initiated. |
TMIP Travel Analysis Toolbox: a reference for the selection and application of analytical tools and methods to support data driven decision-making process. During the performance period, the Toolbox work plan and an initial set of task work orders were finalized. |
TMIP Online Community of Practice (TMIP|COP): a complementary community resource to the Transportation Research Board's Travel Forecasting Resource for surface transportation modeling, simulation and analysis discussion, documentation, and capacity building. During the performance period, progress included hosting TMIP transitional website, creating new content and pages, providing technical assistance to TMIP user community members, and attracting 13,040 unique visitors between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013. |
TMIP Website: the website is TMIP's primary web presence. The website experienced 69,546 visitors during the performance period. |
Over the course of the October 2012 to September 2013 fiscal year, FHWA spent just over five hundred thousand (500,000) dollars to conduct the major activities described here.
Figure 1 illustrates how each of the major initiatives addresses at least one of the TMIP strategic goals to aid in achieving TMIP's vision and mission. Each of these initiatives will be described further in the following section.
Figure 1: TMIP Initiative and Strategic Goals
