General Information |
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Study Number: | TPF-5(528) |
Former Study Number: | TPF-5(369) |
Lead Organization: | Federal Highway Administration |
Solicitation Number: | 1602 |
Partners: | Atlanta Regional Commission, DE, H-GAC, ID, MDOT SHA, OR, PADOT, VA, WA |
Status: | Cleared by FHWA |
Est. Completion Date: | |
Contract/Other Number: | |
Last Updated: | Oct 04, 2024 |
Contract End Date: |
Financial Summary |
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Contract Amount: | |
Suggested Contribution: | |
Total Commitments Received: | $465,000.00 |
100% SP&R Approval: | Approved |
Contact Information |
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Lead Study Contact(s): | Jeremy Raw | ||
Jeremy.Raw@dot.gov | |||
Phone: 202- 680-9573 | |||
FHWA Technical Liaison(s): | Jeremy Raw | ||
Jeremy.Raw@dot.gov | |||
Phone: 202- 680-9573 | |||
Study Champion(s): | Jeremy Raw | ||
Jeremy.Raw@dot.gov | |||
Phone: 202- 680-9573 |
Organization | Year | Commitments | Technical Contact Name | Funding Contact Name |
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Atlanta Regional Commission | $0.00 | |||
Delaware Department of Transportation | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Austin Gray | Nicole Johnson |
Delaware Department of Transportation | 2025 | $25,000.00 | Austin Gray | Nicole Johnson |
Delaware Department of Transportation | 2026 | $25,000.00 | Austin Gray | Nicole Johnson |
Houston-Galveston Area Council | 2025 | $15,000.00 | Sharon Ju | Sharon Ju |
Idaho Department of Transportation | 2024 | $75,000.00 | Robert Beachler | Amanda Laib |
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Lisa Shemer | Sharon Hawkins |
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration | 2025 | $25,000.00 | Lisa Shemer | Sharon Hawkins |
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration | 2026 | $25,000.00 | Lisa Shemer | Sharon Hawkins |
Oregon Department of Transportation | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Tara Weidner | Michael Bufalino |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Nathan Walker | Evan Zeiders |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | 2025 | $25,000.00 | Nathan Walker | Evan Zeiders |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | 2026 | $25,000.00 | Nathan Walker | Evan Zeiders |
Virginia Department of Transportation | 2025 | $25,000.00 | John Miller | Bill Kelsh |
Virginia Department of Transportation | 2026 | $25,000.00 | John Miller | Bill Kelsh |
Washington State Department of Transportation | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Delwar Murshed | Douglas Brodin |
Washington State Department of Transportation | 2025 | $25,000.00 | Delwar Murshed | Douglas Brodin |
Washington State Department of Transportation | 2026 | $25,000.00 | Delwar Murshed | Douglas Brodin |
Background
Using strategic tools for long range performance-based
planning is becoming increasingly valuable. These tools are helping state and
metropolitan area governments select policies and actions to address pressing
issues that are fraught with uncertainty. Strategic tools are designed to explore
efficiently the joint effects of a wide range of trends and policies in order
to equip decision makers and the public with a clearer understanding of
possible outcomes.
Strategic models can be used to assess the long-range
impacts of changes to the transportation system, such as increased telework,
rapid electrification, and autonomous vehicle technologies. Strategic models can
accommodate the assessment of emerging technologies and policy considerations
that decision makers may wish consider, in ways more flexible than traditional
travel demand modeling tools.
The VisionEval system of strategic planning models has been
supported by a previous Pooled Fund, ‘Collaborative Development of New
Strategic Planning Models’, since 2017. These models include the Regional
Strategic Planning Model (VERSPM), the Rapid Policy Assessment Model (VERPAT),
and the state-wide VisionEval model (VE-State). The earlier pooled fund greatly
increased the usability of the VisionEval system and added important
extensions, including integration of the Regional Strategic Planning Model with
the PopulationSim population synthesize to increase support for equity
analysis.
VisionEval models have been deployed by numerous state
departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to assess
possible future economic development, technology change, and policy
implementation scenarios. The success of VisionEval presents an opportunity to
further develop modules to include assessment of health impacts of
transportation, equity analysis, and access to destinations. This new pooled
fund will increase the range of applications supported by VisionEval models, reduce
the barrier to implementation of the models, and enhance the interactive
visualization of scenario results. These developments will enhance the
abilities of planners, advocates, the public, and decision makers to reason
about complex systems, and to support sound decisions in response to new
challenges whose full impact is still unclear.
The development of the VisionEval framework has addressed
many technical challenges to implementing scenario planning models, and has facilitated
efficient development of new strategic models and enhancements that can be
shared across models.
This new pooled fund will further those previous efforts and
extend their benefits to the agencies who choose to participate. While it is
feasible in principle for agencies to perform such work on their own, many
agencies are facing similar challenges, and work done on behalf of one agency is
likely to be useful to others. The pooled fund will allow participating
agencies to realize an economy of scale by engaging in joint development and
support activities for new strategic modeling tools, thus ensuring that each
agency has timely access to usable tools that will support their emerging planning
needs.
This pooled fund, “Extending and Sharing Benefits of New
Strategic Planning Models”, will make strategic tools affordably available to
members. The pooled fund will support efficient investment in new and upgraded
tools, avoiding duplicative expense of public funds on similar efforts, and
facilitating efficient development of innovations built on the basis of
existing working tools.
The pooled fund will allow participating agencies to have access to:
As a joint effort, this project will fund and manage
development and deployment of strategic models implemented through the
VisionEval software. Partner agencies may propose investments in new policy
evaluations, tool upgrades, user interface and visualization enhancements, and
model support activities to improve strategic support for scenario planning and
performance-based planning. Tasks will
include administration, contracting for development and support services,
conducting community forums and events to promote VisionEval and increase its
value as a modeling resource, and providing technical support for the
application of these strategic modeling tools.
Specific needs for VisionEval that could be addressed through
the pooled fund include (but are not limited to) new pricing and travel demand
management strategies, integration with health metrics, regional accessibility
analysis, shared mobility, micromobility modes, and improved equity analysis.
The pooled fund will also explore approaches to tools to simplify scenario
development, and to interface with other strategic decision support tools such
as the Travel Model Improvement Program’s Exploratory Modeling and Analysis
Tool (TMIP-EMAT). Specific development efforts and related support activities will
be jointly agreed upon by the pooled fund members.
The pooled fund will be led and administered by FHWA with
active participation from member State and Local agencies, who will jointly determine
the research that is to be undertaken, and the priority of various pooled fund
activities.
A Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) consisting of one
representative of each pooled fund participant will be appointed to direct
activities. The TAC will determine yearly funding allocations for research. The
TAC will also define the research needs for the pooled fund, select the tasks
to be conducted (including specific model development and support activities),
approve research teams, oversee technical support and software hosting, and
ensure the pooled fund objectives are met.
FHWA’s Office of Planning (HEPP) will manage the pooled
fund, and with oversight and approval of the TAC, will develop work plans to
address the TAC’s research needs, manage research contracting, and oversee individual
research tasks agreed upon by the TAC.
This pooled fund will communicate and work with outside
parties in order to leverage research results and enhance the value of tools
implemented using VisionEval.
If you have any questions related to this pooled fund,
please contact Jeremy Raw at Jeremy.Raw@dot.gov or 202-680-9573.
Subjects: Energy and Environment Planning and Administration
General Information |
|
Study Number: | TPF-5(528) |
Lead Organization: | Federal Highway Administration |
Solicitation Number: | 1602 |
Partners: | Atlanta Regional Commission, DE, H-GAC, ID, MDOT SHA, OR, PADOT, VA, WA |
Status: | Cleared by FHWA |
Est. Completion Date: | |
Contract/Other Number: | |
Last Updated: | Oct 04, 2024 |
Contract End Date: |
Financial Summary |
|
Contract Amount: | |
Total Commitments Received: | $465,000.00 |
100% SP&R Approval: |
Contact Information |
|||
Lead Study Contact(s): | Jeremy Raw | ||
Jeremy.Raw@dot.gov | |||
Phone: 202- 680-9573 | |||
FHWA Technical Liaison(s): | Jeremy Raw | ||
Jeremy.Raw@dot.gov | |||
Phone: 202- 680-9573 |
Organization | Year | Commitments | Technical Contact Name | Funding Contact Name | Contact Number | Email Address |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delaware Department of Transportation | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Austin Gray | Nicole Johnson | 302-760-2092 | nicole.johnson@delaware.gov |
Delaware Department of Transportation | 2025 | $25,000.00 | Austin Gray | Nicole Johnson | 302-760-2092 | nicole.johnson@delaware.gov |
Delaware Department of Transportation | 2026 | $25,000.00 | Austin Gray | Nicole Johnson | 302-760-2092 | nicole.johnson@delaware.gov |
Houston-Galveston Area Council | 2025 | $15,000.00 | Sharon Ju | Sharon Ju | sharon.ju@h-gac.com | |
Idaho Department of Transportation | 2024 | $75,000.00 | Robert Beachler | Amanda Laib | 208-334-8181 | amanda.laib@itd.idaho.gov |
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Lisa Shemer | Sharon Hawkins | 410-545-2920 | shawkins2@mdot.maryland.gov |
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration | 2025 | $25,000.00 | Lisa Shemer | Sharon Hawkins | 410-545-2920 | shawkins2@mdot.maryland.gov |
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration | 2026 | $25,000.00 | Lisa Shemer | Sharon Hawkins | 410-545-2920 | shawkins2@mdot.maryland.gov |
Oregon Department of Transportation | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Tara Weidner | Michael Bufalino | 503-986-2845 | Michael.Bufalino@odot.oregon.gov |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Nathan Walker | Evan Zeiders | 717-787-8460 | evzeiders@pa.gov |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | 2025 | $25,000.00 | Nathan Walker | Evan Zeiders | 717-787-8460 | evzeiders@pa.gov |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | 2026 | $25,000.00 | Nathan Walker | Evan Zeiders | 717-787-8460 | evzeiders@pa.gov |
Virginia Department of Transportation | 2025 | $25,000.00 | John Miller | Bill Kelsh | 434-293-1934 | Bill.Kelsh@VDOT.Virginia.gov |
Virginia Department of Transportation | 2026 | $25,000.00 | John Miller | Bill Kelsh | 434-293-1934 | Bill.Kelsh@VDOT.Virginia.gov |
Washington State Department of Transportation | 2024 | $25,000.00 | Delwar Murshed | Douglas Brodin | 360-705-7972 | brodind@wsdot.wa.gov |
Washington State Department of Transportation | 2025 | $25,000.00 | Delwar Murshed | Douglas Brodin | 360-705-7972 | brodind@wsdot.wa.gov |
Washington State Department of Transportation | 2026 | $25,000.00 | Delwar Murshed | Douglas Brodin | 360-705-7972 | brodind@wsdot.wa.gov |
Background
Using strategic tools for long range performance-based
planning is becoming increasingly valuable. These tools are helping state and
metropolitan area governments select policies and actions to address pressing
issues that are fraught with uncertainty. Strategic tools are designed to explore
efficiently the joint effects of a wide range of trends and policies in order
to equip decision makers and the public with a clearer understanding of
possible outcomes.
Strategic models can be used to assess the long-range
impacts of changes to the transportation system, such as increased telework,
rapid electrification, and autonomous vehicle technologies. Strategic models can
accommodate the assessment of emerging technologies and policy considerations
that decision makers may wish consider, in ways more flexible than traditional
travel demand modeling tools.
The VisionEval system of strategic planning models has been
supported by a previous Pooled Fund, ‘Collaborative Development of New
Strategic Planning Models’, since 2017. These models include the Regional
Strategic Planning Model (VERSPM), the Rapid Policy Assessment Model (VERPAT),
and the state-wide VisionEval model (VE-State). The earlier pooled fund greatly
increased the usability of the VisionEval system and added important
extensions, including integration of the Regional Strategic Planning Model with
the PopulationSim population synthesize to increase support for equity
analysis.
VisionEval models have been deployed by numerous state
departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to assess
possible future economic development, technology change, and policy
implementation scenarios. The success of VisionEval presents an opportunity to
further develop modules to include assessment of health impacts of
transportation, equity analysis, and access to destinations. This new pooled
fund will increase the range of applications supported by VisionEval models, reduce
the barrier to implementation of the models, and enhance the interactive
visualization of scenario results. These developments will enhance the
abilities of planners, advocates, the public, and decision makers to reason
about complex systems, and to support sound decisions in response to new
challenges whose full impact is still unclear.
The development of the VisionEval framework has addressed
many technical challenges to implementing scenario planning models, and has facilitated
efficient development of new strategic models and enhancements that can be
shared across models.
This new pooled fund will further those previous efforts and
extend their benefits to the agencies who choose to participate. While it is
feasible in principle for agencies to perform such work on their own, many
agencies are facing similar challenges, and work done on behalf of one agency is
likely to be useful to others. The pooled fund will allow participating
agencies to realize an economy of scale by engaging in joint development and
support activities for new strategic modeling tools, thus ensuring that each
agency has timely access to usable tools that will support their emerging planning
needs.
This pooled fund, “Extending and Sharing Benefits of New
Strategic Planning Models”, will make strategic tools affordably available to
members. The pooled fund will support efficient investment in new and upgraded
tools, avoiding duplicative expense of public funds on similar efforts, and
facilitating efficient development of innovations built on the basis of
existing working tools.
The pooled fund will allow participating agencies to have access to:
As a joint effort, this project will fund and manage
development and deployment of strategic models implemented through the
VisionEval software. Partner agencies may propose investments in new policy
evaluations, tool upgrades, user interface and visualization enhancements, and
model support activities to improve strategic support for scenario planning and
performance-based planning. Tasks will
include administration, contracting for development and support services,
conducting community forums and events to promote VisionEval and increase its
value as a modeling resource, and providing technical support for the
application of these strategic modeling tools.
Specific needs for VisionEval that could be addressed through
the pooled fund include (but are not limited to) new pricing and travel demand
management strategies, integration with health metrics, regional accessibility
analysis, shared mobility, micromobility modes, and improved equity analysis.
The pooled fund will also explore approaches to tools to simplify scenario
development, and to interface with other strategic decision support tools such
as the Travel Model Improvement Program’s Exploratory Modeling and Analysis
Tool (TMIP-EMAT). Specific development efforts and related support activities will
be jointly agreed upon by the pooled fund members.
The pooled fund will be led and administered by FHWA with
active participation from member State and Local agencies, who will jointly determine
the research that is to be undertaken, and the priority of various pooled fund
activities.
A Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) consisting of one
representative of each pooled fund participant will be appointed to direct
activities. The TAC will determine yearly funding allocations for research. The
TAC will also define the research needs for the pooled fund, select the tasks
to be conducted (including specific model development and support activities),
approve research teams, oversee technical support and software hosting, and
ensure the pooled fund objectives are met.
FHWA’s Office of Planning (HEPP) will manage the pooled
fund, and with oversight and approval of the TAC, will develop work plans to
address the TAC’s research needs, manage research contracting, and oversee individual
research tasks agreed upon by the TAC.
This pooled fund will communicate and work with outside
parties in order to leverage research results and enhance the value of tools
implemented using VisionEval.
If you have any questions related to this pooled fund,
please contact Jeremy Raw at Jeremy.Raw@dot.gov or 202-680-9573.
Subjects: Energy and Environment Planning and Administration
Title | File/Link | Type | Private |
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Quarterly Report 2024 Q2 | VisionEvalTPFQuarterlyReport2024Q2.docx | Progress Report | Public |
Pooled Fund Charter | 2024-06-05_VE_Charter.pdf | Other | Public |
Acceptance Letter 3/6/2024 | FHWA Lead - Acceptance Memo TPF-5(528).pdf | Other | Public |
SPR Part A Match Waiver | SPR Match Waiver - Extending Benefits of Strategic Planning Models.pdf | Other | Public |
Title | File/Link | Type | Private |
---|---|---|---|
SPR Part A Match Waiver | SPR Match Waiver - Extending Benefits of Strategic Planning Models.pdf | Other | Public |