TMIP Webinars are an important contribution that TMIP makes to the community. With an abundance of readily available information, these series aim to meet immediate local, Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and state agency needs. TMIP webinar sessions are always well attended and well received. However, the technology is still a challenge as it is not very interactive. We constantly strive to make it easier for our participants to ask questions and interact. We will begin to explore the potential of adding video capability to some of our webinars in 2015.
TMIP Peer Reviews offer another venue for building state, regional and local agency capacity to promote good practices. Agency satisfaction in the Peer Review Program has been quite high. During post-Peer Review evaluations, agencies feel-almost universally-that the peer reviews meet or exceed the host agency's expectations. However, it is becoming difficult for TMIP to find volunteer panel members with in-depth experience and expertise, who are willing or able to devote the time necessary to review the agency documents before the peer review and provide comments on the draft post peer review report.
At A Glance Series provide succinct references that fill the gaps between non-technical summaries and lengthy, research reports. We are investigating various means to produce the series at lower cost.
TMIP Agency Report Series supports technology transfer of effective quantitative processes As with the At A Glance Series, we are exploring ways to produce the report series at lower cost.
TMIP Travel Analysis Toolbox is designed to help to identify and develop robust, reliable, and helpful travel analysis data, tools, and methods. Exhaustive testing of each of the tools is not feasible given currently available resources. To overcome this challenge, we will continue to encourage Toolbox users to understand the purpose and limitations of each tool prior to application.
TMIP Online Community of Practice (COP) aims to create a true sense of community by facilitating multiple means of communication between agency staff, private consultants, and researchers. Through the TMIP|COP, the TMIP Program strives to provide a national platform for public agency staff and travel modeling and analysis professionals to collaborate on various technical topics. The online COP (except for the TMIP email list discussion forum) is underutilized as our busy community members still prefer the old-fashioned email list. We are evaluating partnership with other programs to achieve the necessary critical mass of community interaction.
TMIP Website provides a basic delivery channel to effectively and efficiently provide information and services to the TMIP Community and, also to grow the community. The single biggest challenge is meeting 508 requirements for old and new content. We are currently reworking support contracts in order to deliver new 508 compliant products more efficiently. We are working with various research organizations to ensure that older materials that are non-compliant and too expensive to remediate continue to be available to the public.
