November 18 – 19, 2024 | Oslo, Norway
Aimsun Nordic User Day
Dates
User Day
Monday 18th November, 9am-4pm
Training Course
Tuesday 19th November, 9am-4pm
Location
The Thief Hotel
Landgangen 1,
0252 Oslo, Norway
| Agenda | ||
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09:00 |
Sign in at the front desk and join us upstairs for coffee and breakfast |
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09:20 |
Introduction and overview |
James Daniels, Aimsun |
09:30 |
News from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) |
Børge Bang, NPRA |
09:45 |
How Aimsun solutions enhance model build, structure, and maintanance |
Gavin Bailey, Aimsun |
10:00 |
Product update: new features in Aimsun Next |
Tessa Hayman, Aimsun |
10:20 |
Aimsun subscriptions: benefits for users |
Justyna Kosiba, Aimsun |
10:45 |
Coffee |
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11:15 |
Traffic data sources and digital twins |
Gavin Bailey, Aimsun |
11:35 |
Floating car data solutions for offline modelling |
Douglas Gilmour, TomTom |
11:55 |
A better Aimsun model with TomTom data |
Yongyan Zhong, Statens vegvesen (NPRA) |
12:15 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
Stability and convergence in large-scale dynamic models |
Tessa Hayman, Aimsun |
13:50 |
Greater Manchester large-scale multi-tier model build, covering data analytics and platform architecture |
Sam Corns, Transport for Greater Manchester, and Carles Illera, Aimsun |
14:20 |
Lessons learned from a large-scale hybrid meso-micro model of Oslo |
Diego Alejandro Moreno, Asplan Viak |
14:50 |
Coffee |
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15:15 |
The impact of real-time information on no-notice and short-notice evacuations efficiency - an Aimsun case study |
Tugba Arsava, COWI |
15:35 |
Q&A - ask Aimsun anything! |
Aimsun Team |
16:00 |
Networking and drinks |
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Presentation Topics
What’s new in Aimsun Next 24
New features focus on enhancing productivity and the building of large-scale, multi-modal models for cities, highways, and regions.
Tessa gives a run-through of the latest additions, and explains how they can help you with anything from accurately estimating the volume of traffic using toll roads, to analysing how a change in signal timings or the bus schedule might benefit pedestrians.
Tessa Hayman
Product Specialist
The benefits of subscription-based licensing
Justyna will demonstrate how access to the new myAimsun portal opens the door to autonomous license management for our clients and makes it easy to assign licenses to the active users working on a project.
The flexibility of subscription-based licensing brings greater cost effectiveness and also gives our users the option of working on remote desktop and cloud computers.
Justyna Kosiba
Regional Finance and Commercial Operations Lead
Aimsun data services and applications
We’ll look at the benefits of links to continuous data for efficient model rebasing. Carles will use the model of Greater Manchester in the UK to demonstrate the link to data sources such as SCOOT traffic flows (from the UTC system), Bus AVL data and Automatic Traffic Counters.
Linking an Aimsun model to continuous data sources can enable semi-automatic model updates, which greatly increase efficiency while maintaining accuracy and forming the architectural starting point for real-time traffic management in the future.
Carles Illera
Head of Solution Delivery
Aimsun’s Digital Mobility Solutions
Gavin Bailey
Head of Business Development
The impact of real-time information the efficiency of no-notice and short-notice evacuation
Today’s travelers are able to access real-time traffic information through a variety of options, such as variable message signs and in-vehicle global positioning systems. This technological improvement needs to be taken into consideration when modeling emergency evacuations. This research focuses on investigating no-notice or short-notice emergency evacuations necessitated by nuclear power plant accidents.
In contrast to previous studies, this study explicitly models the impact of providing real-time traffic information and enroute drivers’ rerouting behavior, considering various traffic information dissemination strategies.
Dr. Tugba Arsava
Senior Traffic and Mobility Planner, Mass Transit, COWI
A better Aimsun model with TomTom data
This presentation will show how TomTom data can enhance an Aimsun model, with a focus on risk assessment for maintenance work on the E18 motorway
The traffic analysis using the Aimsun model for the lane closure maintenance project on the E18 motorway will demonstrate how Aimsun model simulations can help identify the best solutions for the maintenance project. Additionally, it will illustrate how TomTom data is utilized for the creation of matrices, calibration, and post-evaluation to develop a more accurate Aimsun model.
Yongyan Zhong
Senior Engineer, Statens vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration)
Out of the sauna, into the (data) lake: Aimsun & TomTom partnership to enable innovation
Road traffic analysis, operations and management are fast growing markets which increasingly harness big data and new technologies to improve road network performance, the reliability of journey times for drivers and fleet efficiency. This presentation will discuss the role of TomTom in traffic model development and applications now and innovations which we expect to add value for road authorities, the industry and businesses in the future.
Douglas Gilmour
Global Business Development Manager, TomTom Traffic
TBM Oslo. Lessons learned for a large scale hybrid meso-micro model for Oslo, Norway.
From 1 July 2024 and three years forward, Ring 1, one of the main road arteries in Oslo will be closed to all traffic due to maintenance in Hammersborgtunnelen and Vaterlandstunnelen. This 800-meter closure is expected to cause significant traffic disruptions. To mitigate these effects, several measures have been tested in a large scale hybrid model in Aimsun. This presentation will focus on how the Aimsun model was built and the lessons learned throughout the project.
Diego Alejandro Moreno
Advisor in Transport and Mobility, Asplan Viak AS
Training Course
Scripting refresher course and modelling clinic
Tessa Hayman
Product Specialist
Tuesday, 19th November 2024
This day is dedicated to hands-on practice with Aimsun Next.
The first part of the day is about Scripting in Aimsun Next. Scripting is a powerful means of modifying a model, importing or exporting data and calculating and displaying results. Tessa will show you how Aimsun Next scripts can dramatically increase your efficiency, so to take this course you should have a reasonable level of familiarity with Python and the concepts of programming.
Please note that this Scripting course does not cover the API module and functions – the key difference to remember is that Scripting allows you to make static changes before the simulation starts or after the simulation is finished, while with API, you can make dynamic changes while the dynamic simulation is running.
The Modelling Clinic is where we invite you to bring in your broken models or modelling problems. Tessa will hold an open clinic where we’ll work together to troubleshoot and fix them.
Prices
Prices include breakfast, lunch and two coffee breaks with snacks.
To book your attendance please fill in the registration form below.
€115
User Day
Academia and government agencies
€170
User Day
Companies and private organisations
€450
Training course
€550
Package deal
User Day plus Training Course
