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1. Files amp 86 DynusT 3 1 32 bit Space required 26 1 MB Space available on selected drive 308 04 GB Figure 2 9 Verify directory 12 Click Next on the Ready to Install window Figure 2 10 to proceed to the actual installation Torras a You are now ready to install DynusT 3 1 32 bit 3 1 32 bit The installer now has enough information to install DynusT 3 1 32 bit on your computer The following settings will be used Install folder C Program Files 86 DynusT 3 1 32 bit Shortcut folder Please click Next to proceed with the installation Figure 2 10 Ready to Install 13 The installation will begin running Three windows will open on the screen simultaneously a The original installation window Figure 2 11 will show the progress Installing DynusT 3 1 32 bit Please wait Creating Uninstall TT Figure 2 11 Progress of installation 11 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 12 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE b The Microsoft Visual C Redistributable Package window will open Figure 2 12 Click Yes and the installation of this package will be complete Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 i Please read the following license agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT VISUAL C 2005 RUNTIME LIBRARIES Do you accept all of the terms of the preceding License Agreement If
2. PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics project Strategies Project Info Results Seasonal Information JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN 3UL AUG SEP ocr NOV DEC SEASONAL SEASONAL 0 8 0 9 0 95 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 95 0 9 0 85 FACTOR MM Start Time of Program 1 2012 Value of Time Dollars Hour 25 End Time of Program 12 2015 Demand Number of Hours Day Number of Hours 3 5 Night Number of Hours 3 5 Program Description NONE Validate Planning Characteristics This is a Required Field Figure 4 12 Define number of hours of representative demand 52 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Preparing Input File A comma delimited file csv titled Static_Import csv must be prepared for the WISE software to import The file contains columns for the following information Figure 4 13 shows the format that is required to populate this information e FROM ID e TO ID e DAY TIME e NIGHT TIME lt lt DAY FLOW and e NIGHT FLOW A Bene Cem D E imm H 1 FROM_ID TO ID DAY TIME NIGHT TIME DAY FLOW NIGHT FLOW 2 540 550 0 18 0 08 4557 5 742 36 3 550 542 1 71 0 77 4461 5 735 09 4 502 503 0 04 0 02 4024 5 658 82 5 503 540 0 17 0 09 4024 658 82 6 501 502 1 15 0 64 4021 5 604 46 1 919 546 0 51 0 3 3893 5 811 91 8 546 983 0 18 0 17 3570 5 780 27 9 983 994 0 1 0 1 3569 780 27 10 994 504 0 54 0 36 3563 5 780 09 11 531 501 0 65 0 44 353
3. Project IDH Name Link Project Volume ified Project 1 719 1786 FALSE Project 2 913 1024 null Project 3 1013 554 Figure 5 6 Operation Module Project Volumes 63 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Modifications to Projects after Operation Scenario Runs If a project is modified within the Planning Module then the project and base sce narios may need to be run again to collect the correct volumes for the new Project sce nario You can identify whether a project has been modified since collection of the Base and Project volumes by viewing the Project Modified column on the Operation tab s Projects list Figure 5 7 An entry of FALSE in that column means that no changes have been made to the project or any of its associated attributes since the volumes were last collected An entry of True in the column Figure 5 7 Project 1 means that the project or attributes associated with it have been modified since the volumes were last collected and the user may want to rerun the base and or project scenarios File Current WorkSpace PLANNING OPERATION Projects Link 719 186 973 1024 1013 554 Figure 5 7 Operation Module internal checks REFERENCE 1 Chiu Y C J Bottom M Mahut A Paz R Balakrishna T Waller and J Hicks Transportation Research Circular E C153 Dynamic Traffic Assignment A Primer Transportation Re
4. 0 projects currently defined File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project New of 0 All Projects Project Scheduling Details Project Link Earliest Start Latest End ana Capacity HK Total Contract Project Precedence Duration Months Diversion Total Project Construction Cost in Millions Project Strategies Demand Based NONE Duration Based User Supplied 4 o eration Supplied Figure 3 6 Project Info tab 31 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 32 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE To create a new project navigate to the Planning Project Info tab and type in the appropriate values for the following fields Project Name Earliest Start Time and Latest End Time MM YYYY format Total Duration of Project in months and Project Precedence Also select Day and or Night and fill in the appropriate Total Project Con struction Cost in millions of dollars You can fill in a cost for Day or Night only if you click the appropriate boxes You must select at least one strategy from the Project Strategies pull down menus one Demand or Duration Based Strategy or one of each You must also select a Project Link from the pull down menu selecting a Project Link will automatica
5. OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS Chair Kirk T Steudle Director Michigan Department of Transportation Lansing Vice Chair Daniel Sperling Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy Director Institute of Transportation Studies University of California Davis Executive Director Robert E Skinner Jr Transportation Research Board MEMBERS Victoria A Arroyo Executive Director Georgetown Climate Center and Visiting Professor Georgetown University Law Center Washington D C Scott E Bennett Director Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Little Rock Deborah H Butler Executive Vice President Planning and CIO Norfolk Southern Corporation Norfolk Virginia Past Chair 2013 James M Crites Executive Vice President of Operations Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Texas Malcolm Dougherty Director California Department of Transportation Sacramento A Stewart Fotheringham Professor and Director Centre for Geoinformatics School of Geography and Geosciences University of St Andrews Fife United Kingdom John S Halikowski Director Arizona Department of Transportation Phoenix Michael W Hancock Secretary Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Frankfort Susan Hanson Distinguished University Professor Emerita School of Geography Clark University Worcester Massachusetts Stev
6. 1 or 1 value All links in DynusT are directional and DynusT will convert links that are bidirectional into two separate links in opposing directions WISE will accept only two way links so if a WISE network is sent to DynusT DynusT will convert it to one way pairs But it will not go the other way That is if a network exists in DynusT as one way pairs it must be manually converted to two way links for use in WISE The Type column refers to the link s functional class or functional type Table 4 2 describes each link type s identification record The user must aggregate link classes from the planning network to these classes used in DynusT Additional classes cannot be made or recognized in DynusT TABLE 4 2 LINK FUNCTIONAL CLASSES Type Description s Mv LL The Lanes column represents the number of lanes in each directional link As stated earlier all links in DynusT are directional links Because many planning tools represent links by one link that is marked as bidirectional the user must be diligent when creating a bidirectional link from one link listed NEXTA may generate a warn ing message during the eventual import of the Excel template file see the Importing Completed Data Sets section The TAZ column indicates each link s association with a TAZ that is the link is within the geographical boundary of the TAZ If for any reason a link does not have a TAZ you may enter a 0 The From_ID and To_ID col
7. Precedence constraints if any Agency project cost and Mapping of each project to links in the network See Creating Projects in Chap ter 3 Planning Module e The Planning Module includes drop down lists of demand based and duration based strategies that can be tested At least one strategy must be selected along with associated strategy attributes GUI TOOLS The WISE software package is managed via a graphical user interface GUI Fig ure 2 20 The four core topics are WorkSpaces Planning Module Operation Module and Planning Operation Hand Off These sections provide sufficient information to permit the user to navigate through the WISE software package utilizing all of the functions Chapter 4 provides in depth instructions for importing converting and or creating a network and importing traffic information Current WorkSpace NONE PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Rrea Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Network Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Evaluate Import Night Demand Figure 2 20 WorkSpace screen 17 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE CREATE A WORKSPACE OR OPEN AN EXISTING WORKSPACE Manage WorkSpaces All use of the WISE software package must be completed within a defined WorkSpace A WorkSpace
8. Results tab in the Analysis Results box see Figure 3 9 See Display and Interpretation of Results later in this chapter for more information on the analysis results PERFORMING DIVERSION WISE performs traffic diversions in the sequencing algorithm in the Planning Mod ule to analyze interdependency of work zone construction projects and the resultant traffic impact and delays networkwide and it recommends a feasible sequence with a rule of minimum traffic delay over the studied seasons and period Although the traffic diversion is an internal analysis module packaged within the sequencing algo rithm WISE can execute traffic diversion under three different modes WISE supplied user supplied and operation supplied Technical details of traffic diversion analysis in WISE are discussed in Optimization of Project Sequence WISE Supplied Mode WISE supplied mode is the default setting If the user or operation model does not sup ply traffic diversion information then WISE executes the default mode automatically WISE analyzes traffic diversions through an internal logic which finds a set of alterna tives to the route through the work zone construction link If WISE s analysis indicates that the work zone construction link involves congestion then WISE diverts a portion of traffic on the work zone construction link to the set of alternative routes if doing so would lead to less delay The internal logic seeks an equilibrium state between the wo
9. in Thousands 30 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Figure 3 5 Delete a strategy Importing and Exporting Strategies WISE GUI allows you to import and export strategies The process imports or exports all Demand Based and Duration Based strategies at once When you import strategies you delete all strategies that were previously in the WorkSpace To import or export click Import or Export at the bottom of the Planning Strategies tab A browser window will open Either navigate to the strategies that you would like to import or navigate to a folder and then name the file whatever you would like to call the strategies you are exporting You can import strategies only from WISE generated strategy files USING PROJECT INFORMATION Creating Projects All WISE WorkSpaces must have multiple projects to perform an analysis To create a project you must define a network with valid links and at least one strategy All projects are managed from the Planning Project Info tab Figure 3 6 If you modify a link or strategy after you have used it within a project please see the next section on Viewing or Modifying Projects to update the strategy or links as needed You can always identify how many projects have already been defined within a given WorkSpace by viewing the Project Counter at the Planning Project Info tab Figure 3 6 In Figure 3 6 the Project Counter is 0 and the current project is a New project of the
10. pre timed or none Importing Completed Data Sets Once the Excel template file is prepared the user can import the file by navigating to File Import Files Import GIS Data Set Import Network Table Figure 4 5 NEXTA must have a new blank project open To open such a project click File New NE Network Explorer Untitled Pf File Edit View Project TextFiles Tools Window Advanced Utilities Help D New Ctrl N 01 Default Link Type Fre Open Ctrl O Import Files 4 Import GIS Data Set 4 Import Network Table Save Ctrl S Import TRF File Import Demand Table Save As Import GNU Network File and Historical Database Import Truck Demand Table Reload Simulation Results Import HOV Demand Table Close Import Node Link Zone Geo Files Print Ctrl P Print Preview Figure 4 5 Importing the Excel template file As indicated earlier regarding the number of lanes and bidirectional links during the import and conversion of the Excel template file NEXTA will ask the following question as a warning Is the number of lanes on a two way link for one direction only Figure 4 6 ir Lo t QQNEESEZT NEXTA Is the number of lanes on a two way link for one direction only Figure 4 6 NEXTA link direction warning 48 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE This question refers to links in the spreadsheet that are labeled with Dir
11. 2 15 Program name updater exe Publisher Unknown File origin Hard drive on this computer v Show details Figure 2 15 User Account Control for setup iv The Instaling Setup window will display the installation progress Figure 2 16 Installing Setup Setup is being installed Please wait Next gt Figure 2 16 Setup installation progress 14 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE v Click Close to complete the installation of Setup Figure 2 17 Installation Complete Setup has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Figure 2 17 Installation Complete 14 Once DynusT Setup installations are complete click Finish on the original installation window to complete the installation Figure 2 18 Installation Successful The DynusT 3 1 32 bit 3 1 32 bit installation is complete Thank you for choosing DynusT 3 1 32 bit Please click Finish to exit this installer Figure 2 18 Finish Installation 15 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 16 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 15 You will be returned to the WISE installation completion window Click Finish and WISE will be launched Figure 2 19 Completing the WISE 2_0_5 Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing WISE 2_0_5 2_0_5 on your computer Click Finish to exit Setup V Launch WISE 2 0 5 Figure 2 19 WISE is launched MINIMUM DATA REQUIREMENTS
12. 4 Operation Module Project Volume population 61 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Individual Scenario To run the individual scenario for a project from the Operation tab s Projects list select the check box next to the desired project and then select Run Selected Project Scenario Figure 5 5 File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 Link 719 786 973 1024 Figure 5 5 Operation Module Run Selected Project Scenario 62 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE The Operation Module will perform a validation of the Planning Module and only run if the WorkSpace passes Planning WorkSpace Validation If the Planning WorkSpace Validation is clear the WISE GUI will launch NEXTA for the specific Project Scenario The user must then launch DynusT to perform an analysis Once DynusT has com pleted the analysis of the project scenario close NEXTA DynusT and if the analysis was successful the WISE Operation Tab will now populate the Project Volume column with the Volume from the DynusT analysis of the specific project scenario as seen for Project 1 in Figure 5 6 WISE will display an error if the DynusT run was unsuccessful Note WISE does not provide information on why a DynusT run might be unsuccess ful DynusT is supported by the University of Arizona and as such users should contact the University of Arizona for support File Current Workspace PLANNING OPERATION
13. Assignment in WISE Defining Planning Characteristics Work Zone Construction Strategies 43 57 G7 73 75 31 35 36 38 42 Using Project Information Running the Planning Module WISE Analysis Engine Performing Diversion Using Project Information Tools References CHAPTER 4 Planning Module Detail Elements 43 49 52 56 Getting a Data Set into WISE Converting a Data Set into NEXTA Format Creating a Network from Scratch Importing Traffic Information References CHAPTER 5 Operation Module 57 59 61 65 Hand Off from Planning to Operation Interconnection Running a WISE Project in Operations DynusT Operations Traffic Diversion Reference CHAPTER 6 Hand Off from Operation Back to Planning CHAPTER 7 Acronyms and Glossary 67 68 69 70 70 71 71 72 Classification of Software Functionalities Geographic Scale Functionality Users and Proprietary Issues Data Inputs Measures of Effectiveness Resource Requirements Dynamic Demand Changes CHAPTER 8 Data Limits CHAPTER 9 Bibliography INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW WHAT IS WISE The Work Zone Impact and Strategy Estimator WISE software can evaluate the im pact of multiple projects that have been incorporated into the Transportation Im provement Program TIP and the network The WISE tool is intended to be a decision support system to be used by planners and engineers to evaluate the impact of work zones and determine strategies
14. KSPs that leads to a shorter travel time than the one through a construction link is specified as a set of alternative routes for traffic diversion Traffic diversion shifts flow from the longer route in time to the shorter route so that travel times along two routes are identical after flow shifting indicating an equilibrium state A set of feasible schedules is generated by a large scale neighborhood search heuristic A feasible schedule or plan means that the schedules identified for each project satisfy the earliest starting time and latest completion time the duration is within the domain that users specify and the precedence constraints if any are valid The heuristic starts from a feasible schedule plan computes month specific traffic delay and obtains the overall generalized cost for the entire analysis period Based on the current plan and evaluation result WISE generates another plan that may lead to an improvement and performs the same evaluation again In each iteration the heuris tic usually identifies a better plan The analysis procedure continues until the program cannot identify further improvement within a certain number of iterations 41 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE REFERENCES 1 Dial R A Path Based User Equilibrium Traffic Assignment Algorithm That Obviates Path Storage and Enumeration Transportation Research Part B Methodological Vol 40 No 10 2006 pp 917 936 2 Martins E D V An Algorithm for
15. Night Demand 20 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Figure 2 23 Open Recent WorkSpace drop down menu SAVE AND CLOSE A WORKSPACE To save the current WorkSpace select File gt Save WorkSpace WISE will run an initial validation of the WorkSpace and provide a list of errors if applicable and an option to save anyway via Yes or No If you select Yes then the WorkSpace will be saved con taining all of the errors identified and will be available for you to continue updating or return to at a later time If you select No you will return to the current WorkSpace without losing any data To close a WorkSpace select File Close WorkSpace WISE will prompt you to save the WorkSpace before closing via Yes or No If you select Yes then WISE will run the same validation as performed during the Save function above and prompt you if you would like to Save with errors if errors are found If errors are found and you select No then WISE will not close and you will return to the active WorkSpace allowing you to fix errors or Close without Saving WORKSPACE FOLDER STRUCTURE AND IMPORTANT FILES WorkSpaces have a specific file structure that WISE relies upon to operate This file structure consists of a primary WorkSpace folder which is the main folder you save as your WorkSpace name during creation All subfolders and data related to a WorkSpace are stored within the primary WorkSpace Folder The primary WorkSpace folder contains up to four docume
16. Technical Services Manager Chief Engineer retired Oregon Department of Transportation John J Robinson Jr Assistant Chief Counsel Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Governor s Office of General Counsel Ted M Scott II Director Engineering American Trucking Associations Inc Gary D Taylor Professional Engineer Gary C Whited Program Manager Construction and Materials Support Center University of Wisconsin Madison AASHTO LIAISON James T McDonnell Program Director for Engineering American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials FHWA LIAISONS Steve Gaj Leader System Management and Monitoring Team Office of Asset Management Federal Highway Administration Cheryl Allen Richter Assistant Director Pavement Research and Development Office of Infrastructure Research and Development Federal Highway Administration J B Butch Wlaschin Director Office of Asset Management Federal Highway Administration CANADA LIAISON Lance Vigfusson Assistant Deputy Minister of Engineering amp Operations Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation Membership as of March 2014
17. WorkSpace C Users Eric Desktop test1 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Network Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Unsuccessful Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Import Night Demand Figure 4 10 WISE reports error in creating network from scratch Once you have created the desired network close the NEXTA window and WISE will then recognize the network To ensure that the network is correctly saved and recognized by WISE click Edit Current Network Figure 4 11 File Current WorkSpace C Users Eric Desktop 2 21 2012 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Resulta Network Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Ercole ri memes Import Night Demand Figure 4 11 Edit Current Network button 54 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE IMPORTING TRAFFIC INFORMATION The Planning Module can use existing traffic information available from an external source or separate traffic study For example users have the option to perform traffic assignment analysis through an external traffic software pack
18. duration Duration based strategy If one project was applied Duration based strategy cannot reduce the project by a duration based strategy duration to zero or negative k then the duration of project i duration based strategy 1 ink Single use Each project is unique link The reduction amount of the duration strategy specified in Project Information must be less than the project duration Each strategy and duration reduction is applied on a project by project basis 73 TABLE 8 2 STRATEGY INFORMATION CONSTRAINTS Field GUI Value Comment Demand reduction rate 1 lt x lt 5 integer Demand based strategy cannot reduce demand more than 5 Demand based radius 1 lt x lt 5 integer Demand based strategy is only effective to reduce demand within a radius of 1 and 5 miles around the construction link Demand based cost Integer nonnegative Agency cost Duration reduction Integer x 2 1 UU Duration based cost Integer nonnegative Agency cost Reduction means a reduction in construction duration time when the strategy is applied to a project Each duration strategy is applied to a project on a case by case basis TABLE 8 3 PLANNING CHARACTERISTICS CONSTRAINTS Field GUI Value Comment 5 lt x lt 300 float Between 5 and 300 2010 integer Cannot be less than the year 2010 2030 integer Cannot exceed the year 2030 If any errors related to these data limitation fields are made th
19. explanation of the centroid methodology can be found in the DynusT Online User s Manual 1 The general procedure for network conversion is as follows 1 Export network related tabular information regarding nodes links and zones from the original network modeling software Most software packages can export this information either as an Excel file or as a comma delimited file csv 2 Copy the node link and zone information to the appropriate worksheet in the Excel template file 43 44 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 3 Import the Excel template file to NEXTA to convert the network to DynusT format Note The pilot test report documents a user s experience with downloading im porting and troubleshooting complex freeway networks into compatible NEXTA and DynusT formats Users may find useful suggestions and work arounds in that document The following describes the necessary information to copy into the Excel tem plate file NODE Worksheet The NODE worksheet contains columns for ID Longitude Latitude TAZ and B amp D E il ID Longitude Latitude TAZ CTRL_TYPE 2 1 87365273 30543771 5 T E 2 87358147 30533184 0 1 4 3 87367790 30522933 0 5 4 87361143 30518285 9 5 6_ 5 87354698 30513770 0 5 7 6 87362726 30504954 0 5 8 7 87366043 30501253 0 1 9 8 87348680 30494723 0 1 10 9 87345104 30503474 0 5 Jalal 10 87319293 30481690 0 1 12 11 87306365 30467481 16 1 13 12 8
20. from the single demand table being imported Copy the exported demand data from step 1 and paste the data starting at line 12 Save the demand txt file 8 Open NEXTA and open the existing network project to which the demand will be imported 9 In NEXTA go to File gt Import Files Import GIS Data Set Import Demand Table Figure 5 2 demand x of OD demand zones 1 3 2000 4 5 of demand intervals 6 4 7 length of demand interval 8 60 10 0 24 0 30 0 27 0 19 11 12 1 1 46 3333 1 2 0 14 1 3 2 1667 15 1 4 43 5 16 1 5 48 6667 EE 6 3 75 18 1 7 10 6667 1 8 52 9167 1 9 0 1667 1 10 5 75 1 11 6 4167 1 12 5 3333 1 13 5 6667 1 14 7 5833 1 15 37 5833 1 16 29 5833 E C HF an PN PN P eC J Figure 5 1 Text file of importing time dependent demand Figure 5 1 explains the fields more completely The 2000 indicates the number of zones in the network and should be changed to reflect the correct number of zones in the WISE network at the time of use The user must provide this number as input since the program does not have any way of distinguishing a zone from a node The 4 indicates the number of demand matrices that this importing demand data is going to represent e g if a demand matrix from the planning tool represents a 24 hour time period and this table is being divided 24 times then there will be 24 demand intervals The 60
21. more complex and less user friendly than commercially developed software memory The amount of memory a given program will take up is a measure of the size in bytes of the program and its files transferability of data to other packages The ability of data to be exchanged across multiple packages is important in order to coordinate output between packages This is usually facilitated by either file conversion or reliance on a universal file format DYNAMIC DEMAND CHANGES departure time choice Departure time choice is usually a facet of the mode choice a trav eler must make For instance a traveler using a passenger car may depart at any time while a traveler using bus transit must wait until the next bus arrives in order to depart destination change A destination change occurs when a traveler diverts to a destina tion other than the one originally intended when the trip began induced or foregone demand Induced demand latent demand is a phenomenon that occurs when traffic volumes increase when facility LOS and or capacities increase Foregone demand is the opposite effect when facilities with low LOS and or capacities experience lower volumes because of travelers hesitancy to use such facilities 71 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 72 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE mode shift Any shift in mode that a traveler makes in order to complete a trip This action could be part of an overall trip plan or could result from dissatis
22. name then WISE will ask if you would like to write over the existing strategy You can use this function to modify existing strategies by entering the exact name If an invalid value is entered then WISE will generate a warning and highlight the incorrect field in red without saving the strategy to the list of strategies Once you have added a strategy it will be displayed in the Duration Based Strat egy list to the right of the GUI as illustrated by Test Duration 1 in Figure 3 4 Deleting Strategies To delete one or more strategies of a given type i e demand based or duration based select the check box next to each strategy in the list of current strategies to the right of the GUI on the Project Strategies tab Then click Delete at the bottom of the appropri ate strategy listing Figure 3 5 Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies project Info Results Demand Based Strategy Demand Based Strategy Strategy Name Trip Reductions Duration Based Strategy Reduction i Total Cost 4 23000 Radius Miles Demand Strategy Cost 3 18000 in Thousands Duration Based Strategy Strategy Name Duration Reduction Months Duration Strategy Cost This is a Required Field Name Duration Reduction Agency Cost Test Duration 1 3 34000
23. night usually costs more real dollars from the agency s budget Planners and policy makers must address the tradeoff between the magnitude of user cost and that of agency cost See item 5 for a discussion of how WISE can address this issue 27 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 28 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Seasonal impact Another common factor in the cost induced by work zone sched uling is the seasonal factor It is well known that traffic demand varies by season and by month Particularly in tourism areas for example demand during nonpeak periods is much lower than during the peak tourism periods Conducting work zone implementation during reduced demand periods saves user cost The WISE tool allows you to put constraints on the months of the year during which renewal cannot take place for example by excluding the winter months that tend to bring heavy snowfall Demand reduction factor Before work zone implementation agencies usually carry out large scale public involvement campaigns These may reduce local de mand near the projects for example non work based discretionary trips such as shopping trips or recreation This local demand reduction is measured by the demand reduction factors Traffic diversion impact With the presence of a work zone in the network traffic usually diverges through a day to day learning process and continues toward a new equilibrium This diversion effect involves a new traffic assignment computa t
24. represents the length of time in minutes that each demand interval repre sents Line 10 provides the percentage of demand that each demand interval will have from the total demand data For example the first OD pair is from zone 1 to zone 1 59 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE and the demand for this pair over the 4 h four demand intervals at 60 min per inter val is 46 3333 The demand for each 1 h interval will then be 11 12 13 90 12 1 and 8 80 based on the percentages provided in line 10 Project TextFiles Tools Window Advanced Utilities Help e amp E e a a B H Default Link Type Fr New Open Import Files Import GIS Data Set 4 Import Network Table Save Import TRF File Import Demand Table Save As Import GNU Network File and Historical Database Import Truck Demand Table Reload Simulation Results Import HOV Demand Table Import Node Link Zone Geo Files Figure 5 2 Importing time dependent demand text file OPERATIONS TRAFFIC DIVERSION The Operation Module can only be utilized once the Planning Module has been set up with projects and a valid network The Operation Module is used to calculate a diver sion for each project to be used in the WISE Analysis Engine as specified in the Project Information for each project Once the Planning WorkSpace is set up the Operation tab will populate with a list of all projects in the WorkSpace Figure 5 3 The us
25. you choose No Install will close To install you must accept this agreement Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Figure 2 12 Redistributable Package window c The Setup window Figure 2 13 will open simultaneously with the Microsoft Visual C Redistributable Package window i Click Next Welcome to the Setup Setup Wizard The installer will guide you through the steps required to install Setup on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Figure 2 13 Setup window ii Verify the location of this installation Figure 2 14 Click Next The installer will install Setup to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse CAProgram Files x86 University of Arizona Setup Disk Cost Install Setup for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer 9 Everyone Just me Cancel lt Back Figure 2 14 Verify location 13 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE iii If you are the administrator of the computer click Yes on User Account Control prompt Figure
26. 0 and asks whether the number of lanes for such a link is for one direction or the link is split evenly to be bidirectional In other words answering Yes imports the links as a 1 which is one directional and answering No imports the links as a 0 which is bidirectional Once the import is complete the user can see the network produced on NEXTA To complete the conversion process simply save the network by going to File Save create a new folder to contain all input files and name the project file For more information regarding the conversion process and other information regarding DynusT and NEXTA see the DynusT Wiki Online User s Manual 3 CREATING A NETWORK FROM SCRATCH To create a network from scratch click Create Network under the Planning Import Analysis Area tab Figure 4 7 This will open the NEXTA interface File Current WorkSpace C Users Eric Desktop 2 21 2012 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Network Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Evaluate Import Night Demand Figure 4 7 Create Network button Once NEXTA is open a new blank NEXTA project should already be opened If it is not then click File New in NEXTA This will create a blank project You can cre
27. 04 pp 322 329 This article presents findings of scheduling of lane closures particularly the redistribu tion of traffic across a network as a result of such closures The genetic algorithms pre sented will provide useful insights into sequencing multiple lane closures so that traffic is not redistributed onto already bottlenecked portions of the network Maze T and J Wiegand Lane Closure Policy Development Enforcement and Exceptions A Survey of Seven State Transportation Agencies Center for Transportation Research and Education 2007 This report provides a useful summary of performance measure selection by several state departments of transportation Zhu Y and I Ahmad Developing a Realistic Prototyping RUC Evaluation Tool for FDOT Florida Department of Transportation 2008 This report outlines a software tool developed to calculate road user costs RUCs for various scenarios using readily available data 77 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE RELATED SHRP 2 RESEARCH Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects R10 Analytical Procedures for Determining the Impacts of Reliability Mitigation Strategies L03 Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability L11 TRB OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM 2 Chair Kirk T Steudle Director Michigan Department of Transportation MEMBERS H Norman Abramson Executive Vice President retired Southwest Resea
28. 1 RUNNING A WISE PROJECT IN OPERATIONS DynusT Importing Time Dependent Demand Because the Operation Module is aimed at examining the time varying congestion inter actions the user has the option to input time dependent demand to represent changes in service demand over time especially for the peak periods of congestion DynusT uses OD trip demand as the input for vehicle generation for simulation With NEXTA the modeler can create time dependent demand for a peak period of interest The demand being imported is a single demand matrix being divided into several demand periods The general procedure for time dependent demand conversion follows 1 Export from the planning software the demand OD data to a comma delimited csv text file 2 Go to the installation directory of DynusT The typical path to this folder is CA Program Files DynusT 3 1 32 bit 3 Copy the demand txt file to another working location This is the file that will be edited and imported to create the demand for DynusT 4 Open the demand txt file It should look similar to the file shown in Figure 5 1 5 Replace the information in this text file The fields are explained in the following steps a Line 3 Number of zones in the network b Line 6 Number of demand periods that will be created from this import file c Line 8 The uniform time duration of the demand periods being imported and d Line 10 The percentage of demand to each demand period
29. 1 monetary dollar In this instance a modeler should adjust the VOT by half so that WISE computes the general cost as the sum of monetary dollars spent in construc tion plus converted and weighted monetary dollars paid by users Fast construction techniques Fast construction techniques significantly reduce the duration of construction but come at increased cost TABLE 3 1 CLASSIFICATION OF STRATEGIES Demand Based Strategies Duration Based Strategies Programming design materials Improving parallel roads Scheduling around critical events Daytime nighttime work Dynamic message signs Daytime nighttime work Signal optimization Operational Total vs partial closures Incentive disincentive contracting Public information Short duration closures Improving parallel roads Project sequencing Construction techniques Daytime nighttime work File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Planning Characteristics Project Strategies project Info Results Demand Based Strategy Demand Based Strategy Strategy Name Reduction Radius Total Cost 4 23000 Trip Reductions Radius Miles Demand Strategy Cost 3 in Thousands 18000 Duration Based Strategy Duration Based Strategy Name Duration Reduction Agency Cost Strategy Name Test Duration 1 3 34000 Duration Reduc
30. 4 5 245 55 12 693 692 0 05 0 04 3415 5 1227 64 Madbobi _STATIC_IMPORT_ lt Figure 4 13 STATIC IMPORT csv file opened in Excel The FROM ID and TO ID are the start and end node IDs respectively of all exist ing links in the network Every link must be represented in this file The DAY TIME and NIGHT TIME columns refer to the link travel time in minutes The DAY FLOW and NIGHT FLOW columns refer to the assigned flow rate in vehicles per hour vph If the WISE tool is being used for only daytime or only nighttime enter 0 in the appropriate cells for whichever time period is not being used Importing Origin Destination Trip Demand Importing origin destination OD trip demand involves importing OD trip tables that represent the daytime period and nighttime period being modeled in WISE The demand information should correspond to the zonal count of the imported network The demand serves as the input for the static assignment if the user is running the static assignment function in WISE i e Import Existing Static Assignment is not being used Preparing OD Trip Demand File The general procedure to prepare the OD trip tables in the format that WISE requires for conversion follows o3 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE o4 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 1 Export from the user s planning software the demand OD data to a comma delimited csv text file Figure 4 14 2 Save the file as a txt file For daytime demand sa
31. 59 35 2012 Location of WISE Planning workspace H 0224 casestudy6 file Analyze Program Planning Start Period 1 2012 End Period 12 2015 Month Preference Seasonal Factor January Yes 0 8 February Yes 0 9 March Yes 0 95 April Yes 1 0 May Yes 1 0 June Yes 1 0 July Yes 1 0 August Yes 1 0 September Yes 1 0 October Yes 0 95 Figure 3 13 Display analysis results The first part of the WISE output summarizes the basic inputs of the analyzed scenario It displays the overall planning horizon month specific seasonal factors and number of projects specified by inputs The second part of the output displays the recommended sequence of each project as well as its associated traffic variables in an order of construction modes following daytime construction nighttime construction and both Figure 3 14 illustrates how the project sequence results are displayed It shows a quick summary of the project setup including the project ID link where the project resides capacity reduction rate original posted speed limit new posted speed limit during construction and agency cost involved for implementation m 39 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 40 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE File Current WorkSpace H 0224 casestudy6 file PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Analysis Results Validate Planning Wor
32. 7404965 30511595 1 i EIA 13 87382957 30506474 0 1 ails 14 87376318 30513453 0 5 4 0 0 NODE LINK ZONE SIGNAL lt C Figure 4 1 Figure 4 1 worksheet The node IDs are listed in the ID column and they should be consistent with their association with the network links That is the node IDs used to describe links in the Link section should be consistent here Basically the input file has two sections a node section and a link section A link is defined as traveling from Node A to Node B The node IDs in the node section must match up with the nodes used to define the links The Longitude and Latitude columns contain the x and y coordinates of each node Any coordinate plane format is accepted because NEXTA will convert it to its own coordinate system The TAZ column indicates each node s association with a TAZ that is the node is within the geographical boundary of the TAZ If for any reason a node does not have a TAZ you may enter a 0 The CTRL TYPE column refers to the type of traffic control designated to that node Table 4 1 lists traffic con trol types and describes each control type s identification record It is suggested that the user set up default actuated signal control More information can be found in the DynusT Wiki Online User s Manual 2 TABLE 4 1 TRAFFIC CONTROL TYPES FOR NODES Type Description Yield sign Four way stop sign Actuated signal control Two w
33. CT OF USING THE PROGRAMS CONTAINED ON THE DISKETTES AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE WITHOUT FIRST READING UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT ff you do not agree with the terms of this License please remove the software from your computer 1 LICENSE Dr Yi Chang Chiu and the University of Arizona hereinafter called Dr Chiu and UofA hereby agree to grant you hereinafter called End User a nonexclusive unlimited license to use the enclosed DynusT and NEXTA hereinafter Software subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this End User License Agreement do not agree to the terms of this license agreement Figure 2 7 License Agreement 10 Enterthe user name and company name in the User Information window Figure 2 8 Click Next User Information Enter your user information and click Next to continue Figure 2 8 User Information 9 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 10 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 11 Verify the directory for the installation listed in the Installation Folder window Click Next Figure 2 9 Bomans a O Installation Folder Where would you like DynusT 3 1 32 bit to be installed The software will be installed in the folder listed below To select a different location either type in a new path or click Change to browse for an existing folder Install DynusT 3 1 32 bit to
34. Corridor Consult ing Lawrence Kan Yi Chang Chiu Co Principal Investigator and Hong Zheng and Eric Nava University of Arizona Tucson Ariz Brian Wolshon and Vinay Dixit Co Principal Investigators Louisiana State University Shreveport La Dr Dixit is now with the University of New South Wales Sydney Australia Essam Radwan Orlando Fla William Sampson Tallahassee Fla Juan Morales Juan Morales Associates McLean Va Eric Perry SAIC Oak Ridge Tenn Ed Bromage and Lindsay Bromage E J Bromage LLC Needham Mass and Deborah Matherly the Louis Berger Group Inc Washington D C The authors also acknowledge the contributions of the four groups of partici pants in the workshops and pilot studies that provided critical input and guidance about needed content and focus early in the project development and critical user friendly features such as error checks and range messages once the software was near completion CONTENTS 24 CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Overview 1 1 4 What Is WISE Purpose and Application Limitations CHAPTER 2 Getting Started 5 5 16 17 18 20 21 System Requirements Installation Minimum Data Requirements GUI Tools Create a WorkSpace or Open an Existing WorkSpace Save and Close a WorkSpace WorkSpace Folder Structure and Important Files CHAPTER 3 Planning Module 24 25 26 26 27 Importing Creating and Modifying a Network Importing Traffic Executing Static
35. P Synthesis of Highway Practice 379 Selec tion and Evaluation of Alternative Contracting Methods to Accelerate Project Completion Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Washington D C 2008 This report presents a methodology for identifying evaluating and selecting alternative contracting procedures Cambridge Systematics SHRP 2 Report S2 C02 RR Performance Measurement Frame work for Highway Capacity Decision Making Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Washington D C 2009 SHRP 2 Capacity Project C01 may be of interest 75 76 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Cambridge Systematics Tool Summary Sheets NCHRP Project 20 57 2005 http tam transportation org Documents TAM 20Files 20 20Tools Task4AppC pdf These sheets summarize the capabilities and limitations of 11 modeling software pack ages including HDM 4 HERS ST and STEAM that evaluate econometric and other pa rameters The sheets assisted in the identification and evaluation of commercially avail able software products called for under Task 5 of this project Cambridge Systematics PB Consult and System Metrics Group NCHRP Report 545 Analytical Tools for Asset Management Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Washington D C 2005 This report provides a useful framework for evaluating trade offs in decision making processes in transportation program development Evaluation of trade offs is critical to the
36. R MAY JUN JUL SEASONAL PREFERENCE SEASONAL FACTOR Start Time of Program Value of Time Dollars Hour End Time of Program Demand Number of Hours Day Number of Hours Night Number of Hours Program Description Validate Planning Characteristics This is a Required Field Figure 3 3 Planning Characteristics tab WORK ZONE CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES Assigning Project Strategies Each WorkSpace must contain at least one strategy to be assigned to projects within the WorkSpace Project Strategies are created from the Planning Project Strategies tab shown in Figure 3 4 Strategies are either Demand Based or Duration Based You can enter strategies individually or import and export all strategies Please see Chap ter 8 Data Limits for details on valid values for each Project Strategy WISE allows users to evaluate a wide range of strategies These strategies can be broadly classified as demand based or duration based All strategies help either to reduce demand close to the work zone or to reduce the duration of the work zone Table 3 1 For example some strategies relate to the following issues 1 Daytime and nighttime Because night demand is usually much lower than day demand undertaking work zones at night might have very little impact on traffic and thus save considerable user cost in comparison with undertaking work zones during the day However scheduling work zones at
37. RAPHIC SCALE The geographic scale of a work zone becomes important when attempting to model potential traffic impacts A variety of software packages exists across a broad spec trum for modeling different sizes of networks Software on the lower end of the spec trum such as Highway Capacity Software HCS describes traffic with simple in out patterns and is a good match for isolated work zones Other types of software that are capable of modeling entire regional road systems would be a good fit for network grid and regional work zones where detours may need to be analyzed The geographic scale of a work zone is a consideration of both the size and impact of any potential road work The types of work zone geographic scales fall into four main categories isolated corridor pipe network grid and regional 67 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 68 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE corridor pipe A corridor work zone or pipe work zone is any road work that oc curs along a major highway segment An example of this type of work zone would be an interstate widening or repaving project This type of work zone is slightly larger in size and has the potential to cause more traffic disruption on the regional level isolated An isolated work zone can be thought of as a single point within a much larger network Examples of isolated work zones can include rural lane closures or re designed intersections This type of work zone is small in size an
38. Ranking Paths in Acyclic Networks OR Spektrum Vol 5 No 2 1983 pp 87 90 3 Transportation Research Circular E C153 Dynamic Traffic Assignment A Primer Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Washington D C 2011 http www trb org publications blurbs 165620 aspx 42 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE PLANNING MODULE DETAIL ELEMENTS GETTING A DATA SET INTO WISE CONVERTING A DATA SET INTO NEXTA FORMAT Network Conversion DynusT adopts the approach of a flexible and robust interface using an Excel tem plate file with existing GIS based demand forecasting and network planning software packages This arrangement provides the appropriate stages of importing an existing network i e links nodes and zones to a DynusT data set An Excel template is in cluded in the software package in the directory in which the software is installed file name GIS Network xls The typical path to this folder is C Program Files DynusT 3 1 32 bit Because DynusT is a simulation based model typically the centroids and centroid connectors from a static network are not used but are replaced by a more detailed block face level zonal system with connectors For the purposes of DynusT in WISE removal of that information is optional However it can be done either in the exist ing planning software from which the importing network originates or by carefully modifying these items in the Excel conversion template An overall
39. S cost of various strategies Different construction strategies have different implications on life cycle costs Use of fast construction material and techniques can result in reduc tion in the period of time work zones are implemented but may require higher regular maintenance costs during the life cycle of the project These costs and benefits need to be evaluated at a life cycle level 69 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 70 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE pavement As identified in the interviews in Phase 1 for most departments of trans portation DOTs and metropolitan planning organizations MPOs pavement man agement systems play a critical role in determining projects and project sequencing Therefore it is critical to determine the software tools that need pavement inputs and how they are used production rate for various strategies Several construction strategies identified during the interviews have different production rates depending on the materials being used the construction technique weather and night versus day Such factors have a signifi cant effect on the duration of the work zone traffic Traffic data include volume counts speeds travel time and density and are used to calibrate and validate simulation models MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS agency cost For the WISE Software Program agency cost is the project related cost to con struct each of the renewal projects listed in the analysis The construction cos
40. S GUIDE Module On the basis of this new diversion rate the user can model whether this diversion changes the sequencing of projects The handshake feature between the Planning Module and Operation Module enables the power of microsimulation in a macrosimulation model Note that simulation models other than DynusT can be used to simulate the work zone s these refined diversion estimates can be manually input into the Planning Module For example the Model Validation and Pilot Studies used TransModeler software to estimate diversion WISE performs traffic diversions in the sequencing algorithm in its Planning Module to analytically evaluate interdepen dency of work zone construction projects and the resultant traffic impact and delays networkwide and it recommends a feasible sequence with a rule of minimum traffic delay over the studied seasons and period that the algorithm can find Although the traffic diversion is an internal analysis module packaged with the sequencing algo rithm WISE has the functionality to execute traffic diversion under three different modes WISE supplied user supplied and operation supplied The handshake between the Operation Module and Planning Module enables the operation supplied option LIMITATIONS e The model s data structure links well with DynusT but needs to be expanded to include other software e At the planning stage the model does not consider improvements in capacity and free flow speeds e S
41. The user has the option of importing a predefined network creating a new net work or modifying the current network The network data set will have to be created in or converted to DynusT format It must contain node link and zone information More details can be found in this guide in the detailed Network Con version section of Chapter 4 Planning Module Detail Elements and in the net work importing and creating sections of Chapter 3 Planning Module The SHRP 2 R11 publication Work Zone Impact and Strategy Estimator WISE Software Validation and Pilot Tests documents WISE limitations and provides suggested strategies and programming scripts to convert an existing network into a network that can be used by WISE All Planning Characteristic fields must be populated with valid values for the WISE Analysis Engine to run The Planning Characteristics consist of the following The Season Factor for each month of the year defaults to 1 Start and End time of the entire program MM YYYY format Value of Time for the program dollars per hour Demand Number of Hours for Day and Night and A Program Description e The user has the option of Importing an Existing Static Assignment or Importing Day and Night demand and running the WISE OBA Origin Based Algorithm for the Traffic Assignment Problem Evaluator e Required project information includes the following Earliest start time Latest completion time
42. age e g TransCAD or CUBE and then import the results as existing traffic information into WISE The in formation that WISE uses is the link travel time and link flows from assignment WISE supports imported traffic information for up to two different time periods to recognize demand variance during the time of day By default WISE recognizes one peak demand as day demand and the other nonpeak demand as night demand Figure 4 12 The user has the option to import two demand periods of interest in analyzing delay for either day or night or both and the user may also define how many hours the two respective demand periods represent WISE analyzes and esti mates hourly traffic delay caused by the representative demand and then multiplies by the number of hours to obtain the daily traffic delay i e user cost that will be utilized in the sequencing algorithm For example if the user anticipates that major daytime traffic delay will occur during the morning peak of 6 00 9 00 a m then he or she can import a demand averaged from the period 6 00 9 00 a m as a day demand and define the number of hours associated with this demand as 3 h WISE analyzes and estimates hourly delay and then multiplies by 3 to obtain daytime delay resulting from the representative demand To import existing traffic information follow the steps described in the next sections ad WISE V2 0B f mes File Current WorkSpace H 0224 casestudy6 file
43. and Transportation Officials Jeffrey F Paniati Executive Director Federal Highway Administration John Pearson Program Director Council of Deputy Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety Canada Michael F Trentacoste Associate Administrator Research Development and Technology Federal Highway Administration Membership as of March 2014 RENEWAL TECHNICAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE Chair Daniel D Angelo Recovery Acting Manager Director and Deputy Chief Engineer Office of Design New York State Department of Transportation MEMBERS Rachel Arulraj President InfoInnovation Michael E Ayers Consultant Technology Services American Concrete Pavement Association Thomas E Baker State Materials Engineer Washington State Department of Transportation John E Breen Al Rashid Chair in Civil Engineering Emeritus University of Texas at Austin Steven D DeWitt Chief Engineer retired North Carolina Turnpike Authority Tom W Donovan Senior Right of Way Agent retired California Department of Transportation Alan D Fisher Manager Construction Structures Group Cianbro Corporation Michael Hemmingsen Davison Transportation Service Center Manager retired Michigan Department of Transportation Bruce Johnson State Bridge Engineer Oregon Department of Transportation Bridge Engineering Section Leonnie Kavanagh PhD Candidate Seasonal Lecturer Civil Engineering Department University of Manitoba Cathy Nelson
44. appear Navigate to the folder containing the network and click OK If you already have a network defined in a WorkSpace then this action will erase the current network in its entirety which will not be reversed if you exit WISE without saving changes See Chapter 4 for instructions on converting an existing network for use in WISE Creating a New Network To create a new network select Create Network and NEXTA will launch See Chap ter 4 for instructions on creating a NEXTA Network Once you have created the net work save it in the Planning folder of the WorkSpace and close NEXTA Note If you already have a network defined in a WorkSpace then this action will erase the current network in its entirety This erasure will not be reversed if you exit WISE without sav ing changes Modifying Current Network To modify the existing network select Edit Current Network and NEXTA will launch with the current network open for editing See the first sections of Chapter 4 for ad ditional NEXTA instructions Once you have modified the network save the network and close NEXTA IMPORTING TRAFFIC WISE provides the option of importing an existing static assignment or importing day and night demand and running the WISE OBA Evaluator All of these options are available through Planning Import Analysis Area Traffic Figure 3 2 All of the Import buttons Import Existing Static Assignment Import Day Demand and Import Night Demand open a brow
45. ate new nodes links and zones using the network creation tools as demonstrated in Figures 4 8 and 4 9 For more information see the DynusT Wiki Online User s Manual 4 49 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Place Protimed Signal D 1 fe Edt vew Project TextFiles Teo Window Help Ose GR x 6 mGagsta emas Uo Delma Link Type Asensi z 9 40 femo Type of Link Created Create One Way Link Figure 4 8 Create new nodes links and zones in NEXTA Source DynusT Online User s Manual 4 Place Pretimed Signal Place Yield Sign Place Actuated Signal Place Stop Sign FAOD et e to0 evmnbtS VERSES Create One Way Link Create Two Way Link Figure 4 9 Create new nodes links and zones in NEXTA close up of screen Source DynusT Online User s Manual 4 50 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE It is best to save the NEXTA project before engaging in network creation and edit ing You must save the network in the location of the WISE WorkSpace specifically in WISE WorkSpace folder Planning where WISE WorkSpace folder is the location and folder name of the WISE WorkSpace Saving the network in this location is important If the network is not in the correct folder then WISE will experience and show an error Figure 4 10 20 WISE V2 5A EXISTE File Current
46. ation models provide middle ground be tween the macro and microscopic approaches Mesoscopic models typically are able to track individual vehicles but they also rely on speed volume and density relation ships to determine the movement of these vehicles simulation microscopic Microscopic simulation models are capable of tracking in dividual vehicles on a second by second basis to capture the ways that these vehicles interact with each other This means that these models employ car following and lane changing algorithms to determine individual vehicle behaviors tool suite A tool suite is a computer software package that combines two or three of the simulation types described above In this way a user is able to easily model a net work with different fidelities when necessary Examples include VISSIM with VISUM and TransCAD with TransModeler traffic signal optimization Traffic signal optimization software packages are tools used to develop signal timing plans at both isolated locations and synchronized cor ridors or grids These tools also require basic information such as traffic counts for intersections travel demand model Travel demand models are mathematical models that are used to determine the travel patterns based on demand Originally these types of models were developed to determine the impact of infrastructure improvements They forecast specific outputs such as mode choice destination choice and route choice GEOG
47. ay stop sign Pretimed signal control LINK Worksheet This worksheet contains the following columns Figure 4 2 Note that users may fill in the columns denoted by an asterisk at their discretion WISE will apply default settings to any fields in those columns that are not filled ID e GRADE e Length e NAME e Dir e LEFTTURNBAY TYPE e LIMIT LANES e ADJSPEED e TAZ SATURATION FLOW RATE From ID MAX SERVICE RATE and e ID e RIGHTTURNBAY mg i UN M UAI E Calama I I K N P 1 ID Length Dir TYPE LANES TAZ From ID To ID GRADE NAME LEFTTURNBAY LIMIT ADJSPEED SATUATION FLOW RATE MAX SERVICE RATE RIGHTTURNBAY 2 1 712796 1 1 3 1 12 13 2 7186 85 1 1 6 0 13 12 4 3 1047 65 1 5 3 3 19 14 5 4 982 30 1 5 3 3 14 19 6 5 3260 60 1 5 3 4 18 3 I 7 6 3247 39 1 5 3 0 3 18 8 7 4470 95 1 1 6 0 1 2 9 8 4475 50 1 1 6 6 2 1 10 9 1576 57 1 5 3 2 16 13 11 10 1579 08 1 5 2 0 13 16 12 11 3309 95 1 5 3 0 13 14 13 12 3301 76 1 5 5 0 14 13 14 13 4375 57 1 5 3 0 14 3 15 14 4385 64 1 5 3 0 3 14 LINK ZONE SIGNAL 2 Figure 4 2 LINK worksheet 45 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 46 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Although not always used in DynusT the ID column is a reference that is neces sary for the user The Length column contains the length of each link in feet The Dir column should contain a 0
48. d should have minimal impact on traffic over the regional network network grid A network work zone or grid work zone is any project that involves construction on connected interdependent roads with multiple access points This type of construction may also require one or more viable alternate routes Examples include interstate reconstruction full roadway closures and work zones in urban cen ters This type of work zone is large in size and will disrupt traffic patterns on a large scale However the impact is usually restricted to an urban area regional A regional work zone is similar to a network work zone in that it involves construction taking place on connected and interdependent routes and may require de tours The difference between the two is the size of the traffic impacts Regional work zones will cause regional level traffic impacts This could possibly mean disrupting several urban areas or several towns in a region FUNCTIONALITY Software tools are used to make decisions regarding planning operations construc tion management and logistics Based on each field s purpose the functionality ranges from cost benefit analysis to traffic impacts and delay to efficient material transport and management construction management Construction management involves the overall planning coordination determination of resource requirements and implementation of the project Determination of time of day for construction projec
49. e PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results All Projects Project New of 3 Name Link Project Name Scheduling Details Project Link Project 1 1786 Project 2 973 1024 Earliest Start NONE Project 3 Capacity 0 Yere very Speed Total Contract Project Precedence 0 Duration Months 0 Number of Lanes 0 Diversion Total Project Project Strategies User Supplied Domrteuction fest Demand Based 5 in Millions NONE Duration Based Operation Supplied anus null Save Add Project Figure 3 8 Project Information tab Delete Project 34 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE RUNNING THE PLANNING MODULE WISE ANALYSIS ENGINE Once all necessary inputs are entered into the Planning Module of the current Work Space the user can run the WISE Analysis Engine To do so the entire WorkSpace must complete a successful WorkSpace Validation and Save The WorkSpace Valida tion and WISE Analysis Engine are run from the Planning gt Results tab Figure 3 9 Current WorkSpace C XProjectsWISEXTest WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Analysis Results Validate Planning WorkSpace Analyze Pro
50. e Civil Engineer Center Tyndall Air Force Base Florida Joseph C Szabo Administrator Federal Railroad Administration U S Department of Transportation Barry R Wallerstein Executive Officer South Coast Air Quality Management District Diamond Bar California Gregory D Winfree Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Office of the Secretary U S Department of Transportation Frederick G Bud Wright Executive Director American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Washington D C Paul F Zukunft Adm U S Coast Guard Commandant U S Coast Guard U S Department of Homeland Security Membership as of July 2014 THE SECOND STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM WISE Software Users Guide SHRP 2 Report S2 R11 RW 2 Dane Ismart Louis Berger Group Inc Chris Huffman Huffman Corridor Consulting Yi Chang Chiu University of Arizona Vinay Dixit Louisiana State University Deborah Matherly Louis Berger Group Inc TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD Washington D C 2014 www TRB org SUBSCRIBER CATEGORIES Construction Highways Operations and Traffic Management THE SECOND STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM America s highway system is critical to meeting the mobility and economic needs of local communities regions and the nation Developments in research and technology such as advanced materials communications technology new data collection technologies and human factors sci
51. e Heminger Executive Director Metropolitan Transportation Commission Oakland California Chris T Hendrickson Duquesne Light Professor of Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Jeffrey D Holt Managing Director Bank of Montreal Capital Markets and Chairman Utah Transportation Commission Huntsville Utah Gary P LaGrange President and CEO Port of New Orleans Louisiana Michael P Lewis Director Rhode Island Department of Transportation Providence Joan McDonald Commissioner New York State Department of Transportation Albany Abbas Mohaddes President and CEO Iteris Inc Santa Ana California Donald A Osterberg Senior Vice President Safety and Security Schneider National Inc Green Bay Wisconsin Steven W Palmer Vice President of Transportation Lowe s Companies Inc Mooresville Nortb Carolina Sandra Rosenbloom Professor University of Texas Austin Past Chair 2012 Henry G Gerry Schwartz Jr Chairman retired Jacobs Sverdrup Civil Inc St Louis Missouri Kumares C Sinha Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana Gary C Thomas President and Executive Director Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas Texas Paul Trombino Director Iowa Department of Transportation Ames Phillip A Washington General Manager Regional Transportation District Denver Colorado EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Thomas P Bostick Lt General U S Army Chi
52. e gt Create New WorkSpace Open Existing WorkSp Open Recent WorkSpaces acteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results About WISE Exit WISE Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Import Night Demand Figure 2 22 WorkSpace drop down menu 19 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Open an Existing WorkSpace To open an existing WorkSpace select either File gt Open Existing WorkSpace or File Open Recent WorkSpaces Recent WorkSpaces contains the last four Work Spaces Figure 2 23 that were accessed The Open Existing WorkSpace function will display a browser window from which the user must navigate to the WorkSpace to be opened Select the WorkSpace and click OK If the selected folder is not a valid WISE WorkSpace an error will be displayed and no WorkSpace will be opened Swen File Create New WorkSpace Open Existing WorkSpace About WISE Exit WISE Traffic Open Recent WorkSpaces o Results C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 04 C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 03 C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 02 C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Evaluate Import
53. e user will be prompted by the engine which will indicate that an error has been made and that an error file called error log txt was produced 74 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE BIBLIOGRAPHY Anastasopoulos P S Labi B McCullouch Identifying the Appropriate Contract Types for Highway Maintenance and Rehabilitation Projects on the Basis of Project Characteristics Presented at 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board Washington D C 2009 This report analyzes traditional versus innovative contracts using simultaneous equation models This work will provide useful insights into cost benefit decision making with regard to innovative contracting The use of calendar completion versus working day completion contracts as well as incentive or disincentive clauses in contracts shifts some of the risk of late completion onto the contractor but agencies may pay a significant premium for such a shift Anderson S NCHRP Report 574 Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning Programming and Preconstruction Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Washington D C 2007 Analysis of complex variables of material labor and right of way costs with imprecise or incomplete information at the planning and program management stages is inherently difficult and uncertain This report is helpful in building scenario analysis capabilities Anderson S D and I Damnjanovic NCHR
54. ef of Engineers and Commanding General U S Army Corps of Engineers Washington D C Alison J Conway Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering City College of New York New York and Chair TRB Young Members Council Anne S Ferro Administrator Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration U S Department of Transportation David J Friedman Acting Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U S Department of Transportation LeRoy Gishi Chief Division of Transportation Bureau of Indian Affairs U S Department of the Interior Washington D C John T Gray Senior Vice President Policy and Economics Association of American Railroads Washington D C Michael P Huerta Administrator Federal Aviation Administration U S Department of Transportation Paul N Jaenichen Sr Acting Administrator Maritime Administration U S Department of Transportation Therese W McMillan Acting Administrator Federal Transit Administration Michael P Melaniphy President and CEO American Public Transportation Association Washington D C Victor M Mendez Administrator Federal Highway Administration and Deputy Secretary U S Department of Transportation Cynthia L Quarterman Administrator Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration U S Department of Transportation Peter M Rogoff Under Secretary for Policy U S Department of Transportation Craig A Rutland U S Air Force Pavement Engineer Air Forc
55. elcome to the WISE 2_0_5 Setup Wizard This will install WISE 2_0_5 2_0_5 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Figure 2 1 WISE installation Welcome screen 3 Verify the directory of the installation Figure 2 2 Click Next j Select Application Folder Please choose the directory for the installation CJ Setup will install WISE 2_0_5 2_0_5 in the Folder shown below To install to a different Folder click Browse and select another Folder Destination folder C Program Files x86 WISE 2_0_5 Browse Required Free space 88 71 MB Available Free space 124 63 GB Figure 2 2 Directory for installation 6 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 4 Verify the shortcut folder options Figure 2 3 Click Next Select Programs Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts Setup will add the program s shortcuts to the Programs menu folder listed below WISE2 0 5 Don t create a Program Group Create shortcuts on the Desktop Figure 2 3 Shortcut Folder options 5 Verify installation setup options Figure 2 4 Click Install Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing WISE 2 0 5 2 0 5 on your computer Click Install to continue with the installation or Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination directory C Prog
56. ence offer a new opportunity to improve the safety and reliability of this important national resource Breakthrough resolution of significant transportation problems however requires concentrated resources over a short time frame Reflecting this need the second Strategic Highway Research Program SHRP 2 has an intense large scale focus integrates mul tiple fields of research and technology and is fundamentally different from the broad mission oriented discipline based research programs that have been the mainstay of the high way research industry for half a century The need for SHRP 2 was identified in TRB Special Report 260 Strategic Highway Research Saving Lives Reducing Congestion Improving Quality of Life pub lished in 2001 and based on a study sponsored by Congress through the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen tury TEA 21 SHRP 2 modeled after the first Strategic Highway Research Program is a focused time constrained management driven program designed to complement existing highway research programs SHRP 2 focuses on applied research in four areas Safety to prevent or reduce the severity of highway crashes by understanding driver behavior Renewal to address the aging infrastruc ture through rapid design and construction methods that cause minimal disruptions and produce lasting facilities Reliability to reduce congestion through incident reduc tion management response and mitigation and Capaci
57. er must run a base scenario for all projects and an individual project scenario for each project for which the user would like the Operation Module to provide Diversion calculations File Current WorkSpace PLANNING OPERATION Projects Project IDH Name Link Modified Project 1 719 186 False Project 2 973 1024 False Project 3 1013 554 False Figure 5 3 Operation Module5 list of all projects in WorkSpace 60 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Base Scenario To run the base scenario for all projects click Operation tab Run Base Scenario Figure 5 4 The Operation Module will perform a validation check of the Planning Module and only run if the WorkSpace passes Planning WorkSpace Validation If the Planning WorkSpace Validation is clear the WISE GUI will launch NEXTA for the base scenario You must then launch DynusT to perform an analysis Once DynusT has completed the analysis of the base scenario close NEXTA DynusT and if the analysis was successful the WISE Operation module will then populate the Base Vol ume column with the Base Volume value generated by the DynusT analysis of each project Figure 5 4 WISE will display an error if the DynusT run was unsuccessful File Current WorkSpace Project Modified 7179 186 FALSE 913 1024 FALSE 1013 554 Run Selected Project Scenario Figure 5
58. faction with the current mode route diversion en route A diversion that occurs when travelers decide to alter their route during the trip This diversion might be because of any of a number of factors including Intelligent Transportation System ITS signs warning of impending conges tion radio announcements word of mouth or approaching traffic congestion per ceived first hand route diversion pretrip A type of diversion that occurs when a traveler decides to alter his or her route before the trip begins DATA LIMITS TABLE 8 1 PROJECT INFORMATION CONSTRAINTS Field GUI Value Comment Work zone speed 5 lt x lt the original speed The work zone speed limit cannot be zero or cannot be limit integer faster than original speed limit User supplied diversion If user defined diverge is If the route divergence uses user defined rate then rate TRUE then 1 lt x lt 100 integer If the route divergence computes 1 lt x lt 100 integer diverge rate internally then x 0 If user defined oe is FALSE then x Integer and nonnegative Night cost Integer and nonnegative Agency cost should be realistic Capacity lane reduction x 0 01 float Percentage of capacity reduction due to work zone construction Should be greater or equal to 0 01 Integer 1 lt x lt latest end Note the caution below about duration based time earliest start time strategies Such strategies must not result in zero or negative
59. gram Figure 3 9 Planning Results tab Validating WorkSpace To validate the entire WorkSpace you must select Planning Results Validate Planning WorkSpace This function will validate the entire WorkSpace and generate a log of any errors it detects WISE will display the location of any error log in a pop up window Validation of the Planning Workspace prompts the user to save the current WorkSpace and validates as follows e Checks for valid network e Ensures that the link including Speed Capacity Number of Lanes and strategies have not been modified since they were applied to a project e Validates the following regarding schedules and dates All projects fit within the duration of the program Each project precedence is feasible Note projects can coincide and All Duration Based Strategies applied to projects have feasible Duration Reduc tion for Project Duration 35 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 36 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Generating Results Once the WorkSpace is ready for analysis of the Planning Module the user can run the WISE Analysis Engine To do so select the Planning Results Analyze Program button Figure 3 9 The program will first validate the planning network and then if all validations are clear run the WISE Analysis Engine A command window will show that the Analysis Engine is running At completion the Analysis Results Box will populate the Planning
60. ic model cannot capture time dependent congestion and diversion caused by congestion a simulation model such as DynusT can DynusT can still use the macroscopic network yet provide in depth information of a microscopic simulation model The Operation Module requires the sensitivity of a simulation model that responds to congestion so that diversion response is reported in a robust and intuitive manner The Operation Module attains a more accurate estimation of diversion due to the capacity reduction i e work zone project based on the network and simulation out come In WISE this diversion is reported back to the WISE system and the user can choose whether to use this estimated diversion rate i e feedback in the Planning Module Based on this new diversion rate the user can model whether this diversion changes the sequencing of projects Dynamic Traffic Assignment DTA models have become a viable modeling option They supplement existing travel forecasting models and microscopic traffic simulation models Travel forecasting models represent the static regional travel analysis capability whereas microscopic traffic simulation models are superior for dynamic corridor level travel analysis DTA models fill in the gap by enabling dynamic traffic to be modeled at a range of scales from the corridor level to the regional level with expanded and unique functional capabilities enabled by the DTA methodology The objective of static traffic a
61. ignificant effort is needed to calibrate the mesoscopic model e Risks associated with construction are not considered e Explicit consideration of materials and workflow of the construction process are not modeled GETTING STARTED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS General requirements follow e Windows only application e x86 compatible processor e Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows 7 32 bit e 512KB of RAM GUI specific requirements follow e Operating system Windows with Net Framework DynusT 3 1 The GUI only has Net Framework requirements The only process ing requirements should be defined by the WISE Engine NEXTA or DynusT The GUI will work with anything running the appropriate Windows Net Framework INSTALLATION The CD or online application includes a setup file named WISE V2 0 5 Installer exe which is the installer for the entire WISE software package including DynusT and NEXTA This installer verifies that the computer in which WISE is being installed meets minimum NET Framework requirements If at any time you are prompted with a NET Framework error please visit www microsoft com to download the latest NET Frame work installer for your operating system Follow these steps to complete the WISE software package installation 1 Double click on the WISE installation file WISE V2_0_5 Installer exe 2 The Installation Wizard will launch Figure 2 1 Click Next W
62. impacts at corridor and network levels Figure 1 1 Multiresolution modeling The WISE tool can be used to address the following questions e What is a good scheduling of renewal projects e What strategies are cost effective with mitigated user delays congestion for a program e Which traffic management plans work best in given conditions What is the impact on traffic of the present program DynusT is the main functionality behind the Operation Module The concept behind the Operation Module is to dive deeper into the granularity of the time varying interactions occurring between traffic and the network during a work zone project What a static model cannot capture time dependent congestion and diversion caused by congestion a simulation model such as DynusT can DynusT can still use the macroscopic network yet provide in depth information of a microscopic simulation model The Operation Module requires the sensitivity of a simulation model that responds to congestion so that diversion response is reported in a robust and intui tive manner The Operation Module attains a more accurate estimation of diversion because of the capacity reduction i e work zone project based on the network and simulation outcome This diversion is reported back to the WISE system and the user can choose whether to use this estimated diversion rate i e feedback in the Planning 3 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 4 WISE SOFTWARE USER
63. in increasing consecutive order starting from 1 The TAZ column should be filled with the actual TAZ IDs from the user s planning travel demand or similar traffic model In a typical planning model the TAZ number designation could be a sequence with skipped numbers not necessarily start ing from a TAZ ID of 1 however DynusT requires the zone numbers to start from 1 and be consecutive This worksheet maintains the mapping between the DynusT zone number and the actual TAZ numbers from the user s planning model SIGNAL Worksheet This worksheet contains columns for MaxGreen MinGreen and Amber Figure 4 4 ME J A B G D MaxGreen MinGreen Amber 45 5 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a M gt NODE LINK ZONE SIGNAL 3 CO Figure 4 4 SIGNAL worksheet 47 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE As noted in the NODE Worksheet section earlier in this chapter default traffic control can be placed on nodes Because of the great possibility that the network is in a large regional area the network might be too large and the effort too time consum ing for manual placement of signals at every intersection It may be more realistic to indicate default traffic signals applied to the whole network from the start This worksheet allows the user to quickly assign a default actuated signal control After the conversion process the user may manually change signal timings if desired The default signal type can only be actuated i e not
64. increased travel time the drop of capacity and the reduced posted speed limit during construction Optimization of Project Sequence WISE selects the best schedule plan based on the generalized cost which contains both user cost and agency cost User cost is also known as traffic delays measured by vehicle hours prolonged for all travelers in the network arising from the work zone constructions Traffic delay is converted to user cost by multiplying value of time Agency cost represents the monetary dollars spent out of pocket to implement the evaluated construction plan Agency cost is specified by users when defining demand based and duration based construction strategies See the Work Zone Construction Strategies section earlier in Chapter 3 Given the user cost derived from traffic delay and the agency cost WISE evaluates the generalized cost summarized for the entire analysis period Logically WISE gen erates a number of schedule scenarios and eventually selects the one with the lowest whole period generalized cost among all schedule plans evaluated The main task of the sequencing algorithm is to evaluate traffic delay for use in computing user costs Traffic delay varies from month to month because of geomet ric features of the network e g links are partially closed for construction in a spe cific month travel demand varies month to month and delays are scenario specific depending on the individual construction schedule plan In
65. ion in the work zone scheduling framework Users can adopt the default WISE calculation for diversion enter a value based on local knowledge or experience or run the WISE Operation Module or any local calibrated microscopic simulation model to develop a microscopic simulation value for diversion Putting weight on user cost with respect to monetary cost of the project WISE uses a general cost that combines both agency and user costs to measure whether a project is cost effective Agency cost refers to the monetary expenses related to work zone project constructions its unit is the dollar User cost refers to the user travel time its unit is the vehicle minute WISE utilizes a user specified parameter Value of Time VOT to convert vehicle minutes of users travel time to monetary dollars The VOT unit is dollar per vehicle minute Agencies may estimate the relationship between the road user s cost and monetary dollars in various ways and thus have various values for VOT accordingly the modeler should specify VOT carefully The general recommended value of VOT ranges from one third to one half of the average hourly wage rate in the specified work zone construction area However an agency usually assigns different weights to monetary dollars and user costs derived from VOT For ex ample the agency cost might be considered equivalent to the user cost by a factor of 2 meaning every 2 dollars of the user cost that is converted by VOT merits
66. is a directory that contains all of the data related to an instance of WISE needed for a complete analysis When you launch WISE you must either open an existing WorkSpace or create a new WorkSpace in order to begin using WISE The WorkSpace that you choose or create will contain all of the data that are utilized in the Planning and Operation Modules The current WorkSpace is at all times displayed across the top of the GUI Window next to Current WorkSpace In the event that a WorkSpace is not yet selected the Current WorkSpace will be displayed as None Fig ure 2 21 and none of the planning or operation functions will be available to the user Current WorkSpace T LLL Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Evaluate Import Night Demand Figure 2 21 WorkSpace example 18 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Create a New WorkSpace To create a new WorkSpace select File Create New WorkSpace Figure 2 22 After the browser window appears on the screen navigate to where the WorkSpace is to be saved and provide a directory name for the WorkSpace Then click OK Once the WorkSpace has been successfully generated WISE will create a notification The Following WorkSpace Has Been Created lt WorkSpace Nam
67. kSpace Link Capacity Reduction Original Speed Analyze Program Agency Day Cost Start Year Start Month Project Link Avg Flow vph Project Link Avg Travel Time min Original Project Link Avg Flow vph Original Project Link Avg Travel Time min Project ID 5 Link Capacity Reduction Original Speed New Speed 30 Agency Day Cost 3000000 Start Year Figure 3 14 Display project sequence and its associated traffic variables The recommended project sequence follows It displays the year and month that are recommended for the start of construction The completion time is not displayed but the user can compute it from the starting construction time and project duration taking into account any Duration Based Strategy The output also includes the aver age flow in units of vehicles per hour and average travel time in units of minutes on the work zone construction link Those numbers are averaged by work zone construc tion period For example if a work zone project lasts for 3 months then the displayed flow and travel times are averaged over 3 months To facilitate a comparison the output also displays the original flow and travel time before construction which are annual average numbers Usually the user will see a reduced flow with increased travel time Reduced flow implies WISE analysis traffic diversion for the analyzed work zone project Two factors lead to an
68. lly populate the Capacity Speed and Number of Lanes fields If the Project Strategies or Project Link pull down menus do not have any valid options then you have not generated any strategies you have not imported a valid network or all of your Project Links have already been assigned each link can be assigned to only one project Before adding the new project you must also select a Diversion If you would like the WISE Diversion Engine to generate the Diversion automatically in the Planning Module select User Supplied and leave the value at 0 The Planning Module uses static assignment You also have the option of supplying a Diversion other than 0 based on experience and judgment or on separate studies If you desire additional accuracy for estimating potential traffic diversion due to construction delays you can request or perform a microsimulation on your own model and manually input the results to the Planning Module If you desire additional accuracy and the convenience of the built in handshake between the Operational and Planning Modules you can apply the DynusT model as part of the Operation function develop diversion esti mates in the Operation Module and rerun the Planning Module Applying diversion estimates from the Operation Module is an explicit choice in the Planning Module See the section Performing Diversion in this chapter for further information on the Operation Supplied Diversion The Operation Module
69. mulation not only to present results but also to locate trouble spots in the network availability of source code or algorithm Open source software is any computer pro gram that allows fellow developers to see the actual code that makes up the software This visibility makes it easier for developers in similar areas to calibrate Open source software is usually free or donation based computational speed The computational speed of software is a measure of the amount of time it takes to execute all of the required steps from start to finish Most steps can be performed in a matter of minutes but steps in more complicated systems can take several hours cost The cost of software is the price that the developer and or publisher asks the user to pay for the product This is the opposite of nonproprietary software which is avail able for free or by donation effort in application The amount of effort required to transfer an existing network or data set into a newer system Excel based Excel based software uses Microsoft Excel as a window into which the software is entered This means that the software is merely an extension of Excel rather than a unique software package level of effort for training A measure of a software package s ease of use Easy soft ware can be understood after only a few demonstrations but more complicated soft ware may require several days of training As a general rule open source software is usually
70. nts along with two subfolders Planning and Operation All of the documents and subfolders are created or populated by the WISE GUI Manual manipulation of these folders or documents is not necessary during typical use of WISE The four documents that can be found in the primary WorkSpace folder are listed below with their origin either WISE User Interface or Network Import File e LinkMatrix csv WISE e SavedLinkMatrix csv WISE e WISE Version txt WISE and e WorkZone date Network The two LinkMatrix files are used to store WorkSpace data related to the Network Links and the interface between the Planning and Operation Modules The Planning subfolder is the main folder which will contain all of the network data error logs and files necessary to run NEXTA and DynusT with the associated WISE WorkSpace The Planning folder should contain only one Network File file with dws extension Some files are duplicated in the Planning subfolder and the Primary WorkSpace folder this is normal behavior for WISE The Planning subfolder will also have three subfolders of its own which contain the WISE Analysis Engines These folders are Demand Main schedule and OBA All of the folders are generated at the creation of a new WISE WorkSpace and may take a little time to be created The following files which can be found in the Planning subfolder are listed with their origin as either WISE or Network files indicates that the file must be p
71. portation network In addition DynusT can both evaluate congestion pricing schemes for toll roads and produce traffic operations data for air quality analyses DynusT consists of iterative interactions between its two main modules traffic simulation and traffic assignment Vehicles are created and loaded into the network based on their respective origins and follow a specific route based on their intended destinations The large scale simulation of networkwide traffic is accomplished through the mesoscopic simulation approach that omits inter vehicle car following details while maintaining realistic macroscopic traffic properties e g speed density and flow After simulation necessary measures of effectiveness MoEs are fed into the traffic assignment module It consists of two algorithmic components a time dependent shortest path TDSP algorithm and time dependent traffic assignment The TDSP algorithm determines the time dependent shortest path for each departure time and the traffic assignment component assigns a portion of the vehicles departing at the same time between the same OD pair to the time dependent least travel time path following the route swapping type of traffic assignment procedure DynusT in WISE DynusT provides the main functionality for the Operation Module The module s function is to dive deeper into the time varying interactions occurring between traffic and the network during a work zone project What a stat
72. project in the All Projects list This modification will also return the Active Project screen back to New of Total so new projects can be added File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Project New of 3 A11 Projects Name Project Name Scheduling Details Project Link Project 1 719 186 Project 2 9173 1024 Earliest Start NONE Z Project 3 1013 554 Capacity 0 Speed Total Contract Project Precedence Duration Months Diversion Total Project Project Strategies User Supplied Coastruntion Cost Demand Based in Millions 9 NONE Duration Based Operation Supplied NONE SF null sow reeset Figure 3 7 Project Info tab View or modify a project 33 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Deleting Projects To delete a project from the WorkSpace select the check box next to the project or projects in the All Projects List that you would like to delete then select the Delete Project button from the bottom of the list Figure 3 8 After prompting you to ensure that you would like to delete the specified projects WISE will delete them Once a project is deleted it will no longer appear on the All Projects list File Current WorkSpac
73. r Program Officer Capacity James Hedlund Special Consultant Safety Coordination Alyssa Hernandez Reports Coordinator Ralph Hessian Special Consultant Capacity and Reliability Andy Horosko Special Consultant Safety Field Data Collection William Hyman Senior Program Officer Reliability Linda Mason Communications Officer Reena Mathews Senior Program Officer Capacity and Reliability Matthew Miller Program Officer Capacity and Reliability Michael Miller Senior Program Assistant Capacity and Reliability David Plazak Senior Program Officer Capacity Rachel Taylor Senior Editorial Assistant Dean Trackman Managing Editor Connie Woldu Administrative Coordinator ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials It was con ducted in the second Strategic Highway Research Program SHRP 2 which is admin istered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies The project was managed by Monica Starnes Senior Program Officer for SHRP 2 Renewal The work on SHRP 2 R11 was led by a team from the Louis Berger Group Inc with Larry Pesesky Principal in Charge Dane Ismart Principal Investigator and Deb orah Matherly Project Management Coordinator The researchers and authors of this guide are Dane Ismart Principal Investigator Orlando Fla Chris Huffman Co Principal Investigator Huffman
74. ram Files x86 WISE 2 0 5 Start Menu folder WISE2 05 Additional tasks Create shortcuts on the Desktop Figure 2 4 Installation setup options 7 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 6 After WISE installation progress bar screen completes DynusT 3 1 installation is launched If you are the administrator of the computer click Yes on User Account Con trol prompt Figure 2 5 Program name updater exe Publisher Unknown File origin Hard drive on this computer S Show details Change when these notifications appear Figure 2 5 User Account Control 7 You will see the Welcome message from the installation Click Next on the Welcome window 8 Enter the serial number 3979 3716 9135 2536 Figure 2 6 Click Next DynusT 3 1 32 bit Setup Serial Number Enter your serial number and click Next to continue Serial Number Figure 2 6 Serial Number 8 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 9 Click the I agree to the terms of this license agreement radio button on the License Agreement window Figure 2 7 Borar ca T License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully DynusT END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT This unilateral contract is an agreement between you the End User and Dr Yi Chang Chiu and the University of Arizona acting for and on behalf of the Board of Regents a public corporation of the State of Arizona YOU THE END USER BY THE A
75. rch Institute Alan C Clark MPO Director Houston Galveston Area Council Frank L Danchetz Vice President ARCADIS US Inc Malcolm Dougherty Director California Department of Transportation Stanley Gee Executive Deputy Commissioner New York State Department of Transportation Mary L Klein President and CEO NatureServe Michael P Lewis Director Rhode Island Department of Transportation John R Njord Executive Director retired Utah Department of Transportation Charles F Potts Chief Executive Officer Heritage Construction and Materials Ananth K Prasad Secretary Florida Department of Transportation Gerald M Ross Chief Engineer retired Georgia Department of Transportation George E Schoener Executive Director I 95 Corridor Coalition Kumares C Sinha Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering Purdue University Paul Trombino III Director Iowa Department of Transportation EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Victor M Mendez Administrator Federal Highway Administration David L Strickland Administrator National Highway Transportation Safety Administration Frederick Bud Wright Executive Director American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials LIAISONS Ken Jacoby Communications and Outreach Team Director Office of Corporate Research Technology and Innovation Management Federal Highway Administration Tony Kane Director Engineering and Technical Services American Association of State Highway
76. resent in all network analysis areas to import a network successfully e dws Network e DynusT exe Network NEXTA exe Network e NEXTA_Config xml Network e bg_demand_adjust dat Network e bitmap dat Network bus dat Network e control dat Network e demand dat Network e HOV dat Network 21 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 22 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE demand_superzone dat Network demand_truck dat Network destination dat Network epoch dat Network GradeLengthPCE dat Network incident dat Network leftcap dat Network linkname dat Network linkxy dat Network movement dat Network network dat Network node csv Network node error log Network origin dat Network output option dat Network parameter dat Network pathxyz bat WISE pricing dat Network Project html WISE a document generated by WISE containing all of the Work Spaces Project Characteristics ramp dat Network scenario dat Network sensor dat Network StopCap2Way dat Network StopCap4Way dat Network subarea dat Network super space split dat Network super time split dat Network superdemand dat Network superzone dat Network system dat Network toll dat Network TrafficFlowModel dat Network version dat Network e vms dat Network e WorkZone dat Network e xy dat Ne
77. rk zone link route and its alternative routes Analytically the WISE supplied diver sion module achieves equal travel time between both sets of routes To enable the WISE supplied traffic diversion rate in the Diversion box on the Planning Project Info tab keep the User Supplied box checked and enter the num ber 0 in the field Figure 3 10 2 D temp test Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project New of 0 Project Name Scheduling Detaile Earliest Start m vent Total Contract Duration Months Diversion Total Project User Supplied Construction Cost in Millions C Figure 3 10 Define WISE supplied traffic diversion rate User Supplied Mode WISE provides an interface that allows users to provide a traffic diversion rate if it is known by those who are familiar with local traffic performance or is obtained by addi tional traffic studies outside of WISE including the use of separate microsimulation models as described in the R11 pilot test report To execute the user supplied mode in the Diversion box on the Planning Project Info tab select User Supplied and enter a positive number at least 1 and no more than 100 in the field Figure 3 11 For ex ample the number 15 shown in Figure 3 11 means that 15 of the traffic on
78. rnative that was implemented for the Phase 4 operational tests for validation and pilot test sites Alternatively users can create and implement the DynusT networks and models as described below this option allows for direct transfer of diversion factors between the Operation and Planning modules of WISE DynusT DynusT is a software package for dynamic traffic simulation and assignment DTA that can support engineers and planners in addressing emerging transportation plan ning and operations issues With DynusT engineers and planners can estimate the evolution of systemwide traffic flow dynamics patterns that result from individual drivers seeking the best routes to their destinations and responding to changing net work demand supply or control conditions DynusT was not developed to replace travel demand models or microscopic simu lation approaches instead by integrating with these models it is aimed at support ing application areas in which realistic traffic dynamic representation is needed for a large scale regional or corridor network These application areas include assessing the impacts of alternate traffic operations and control strategies and evaluating strategies for work zone incident and special event management Engineers or planners can also use the software to assess the impacts of intelligent transportation system technologies such as dynamic message signs ramp meters and in vehicle guidance systems on the trans
79. rograms aimed at meeting national needs encourages education and research and recognizes the superior achieve ments of engineers Dr C D Mote Jr is president of the National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the ser vices of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sci ences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and upon its own initiative to identify issues of medical care research and education Dr Victor J Dzau is president of the Institute of Medicine The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sci ences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government the public and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine Dr Ralph J Cicerone and Dr C D Mote Jr are chair and vice chair respectively of
80. scale network applications DynusT This dynamic traffic assignment simulation model was released under a GNU General Public License as a precondition for award of SHRP 2 Project C10B Partner ship to Develop an Integrated Advanced Travel Demand Model with Fine Grained Time Sensitive Networks Sacramento Area Application A GNU General Public License is a free software license DTALite and DynusT were released under this license for use in SHRP 2 Projects COS and C10B A dynamic traffic assignment model is a computerized analysis package that tracks the movements of individual vehicles in a model street network and quantifies the performance of the network by summing the results of individual vehicle movements DynusT is being enhanced and mated with SACSIM which is an activity based traffic model released in an open source format by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments This model will be enhanced and mated with DynusT in the SHRP 2 C10B project DynusT is also the platform for the WISE Operation Module GUI Graphical user interface simulation macroscopic Macroscopic simulation models use the fundamental traffic qualities of speed volume and density on a sectional basis i e network links This means that tracking individual cars in a macroscopic model is impossible They require less detailed network link data to operate than do microscopic models but they do not offer as much detail simulation mesoscopic Mesoscopic simul
81. search Board of the National Academies Washington D C 2011 www trb org DataInformationTechnology Blurbs 165620 aspx 64 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE HAND OFF FROM OPERATION BACK TO PLANNING Once a given project has collected the data for the Base and Project scenarios you can use the operation supplied diversion in the Project Info tab in the Planning Module see Creating Projects in Chapter 3 Thus to modify a project the user can now go back and select Operation Supplied Diversion The operation supplied diversion is available only if the Operation Module produced a valid diversion see Chapter 8 Data Limits for details on valid diversion values Otherwise the operation supplied diversion will remain null in the Project Info tab Once the Operation Module has a valid diversion the user may choose to go back to the WISE Planning Module s Analy sis Engine and rerun the analysis with the new diversion 65 66 ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY CLASSIFICATION OF SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITIES Transportation Modeling Categories analytical or deterministic Analytical and deterministic tools are usually based on the procedures found in the Highway Capacity Manual The resulting factors capacity density level of service LOS delay queue from these tools are based on empirical equations derived from field data and small scale experiments This type of tool is able to analyze small scale effects but is not practical for large
82. selection and weighting of performance measures and is the foundation of the devel opment of scenario analysis comparison models Chiu Y C J Bottom M Mahut A Paz R Balakrishna T Waller and J Hicks Trans portation Research Circular E C153 Dynamic Traffic Assignment A Primer Transporta tion Research Board of the National Academies Washington D C 2011 www trb org DataInformationTechnology Blurbs 165620 aspx DynusT Online User s Manual http dynust net wikibin doku php id start FHWA U S Department of Transportation Work Zone Mobility and Safety Program www ops fhwa dot gov wz This webpage provides sections on performance measurement development work zone traffic management guidance and examples includes state developed traffic management resources peer to peer program for work zones and work zone mobility and safety self assessments includes an assessment by state departments of transportation on the integration of work zone mobility and safety as part of the planning process ICF International and URS Corporation SHRP 2 Report S2 CO1 RW 1 A Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Washington D C forthcoming Ma W R L Cheu and D H Lee Scheduling of Lane Closures Using Genetic Algorithms with Traffic Assignments and Distributed Simulations Journal of Transportation Engineer ing Vol 130 No 3 20
83. ser window and you must navigate to highlight and select OK for the file that you choose to import The Evaluate button will run the OBA analysis as described previously See Chapter 4 for greater detail on importing traffic data eb WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE uid WISE V2 5A File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 04 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Network Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Traffic import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Import Night Demand 26 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Figure 3 2 Import Analysis Area tab Traffic EXECUTING STATIC ASSIGNMENT IN WISE WISE has the capability to execute its own static assignment algorithm if the user does not have static assignment results See the subsection called Preparing Input File in the Importing Traffic Information section of Chapter 4 in this users guide WISE implements an OBA called Algorithm B 1 To run the static assignment algorithm the network and the demand that are imported from Importing Traffic Information in Chapter 4 must be in place Figure 3 2 shows the buttons used to run the algorithm At least Import Day Demand or Import Night Demand must be imported before running the algorithm The Evaluate b
84. ssignment is to determine network traffic flows and conditions resulting from demand or supply interactions via route choices from travelers Route choice behavior is based on the assumption that all travelers intend to travel from their origin to their destination in the shortest time When every traveler 57 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 58 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE succeeds in finding such a route every used route has the minimum time or cost between its origin and destination moreover for each OD pair every route used has the same travel time This condition is known as user optimal or user equilibrium DTA has a similar objective but with a representation of time variations in traffic flows and conditions thus attempting to reflect the reality of traffic networks Dynamic network analysis models seek to provide another more detailed means to represent the interaction among travel choices traffic flows and time and cost mea sures in a temporally coherent manner e g to further improve the existing time of day static assignment approach More specifically DTA models aim to describe such time varying network and demand interaction using a behaviorally sound approach The DTA model analysis results can be used to evaluate many more meaningful measures related to individual travel time and cost as well as systemwide network measures for regional planning purposes To learn more about DTA see Dynamic Traffic Assignment A Primer
85. supplied Diversion will not be available for new projects until the Operation Module is run until then the Operation Supplied box will indicate null Once all project information is complete click Save Add Project to add the project to the All Projects list on the right hand side of the Project Info tab WISE will then validate all fields and highlight invalid fields in red In addition the GUI will return the Active Project screen to a New Project screen and the Project Counter will display New of Total so that new projects can be added At any time during the generation or modification of a project you can click Vali date Project and WISE will highlight all fields that have errors or display an error free message Please see Chapter 8 Data Limits for details on valid values for each field within the Project Info tab Viewing or Modifying Projects To either view or modify an existing project you must select the check box next to the project of interest in the All Projects list on the Project Info tab and click Go To Project at the bottom of the list Figure 3 7 This action will populate the Project screen to the left of the Project Info tab with the selected project The Project Counter will now dis play Project x of total You can now modify all project fields as when you created the project When you click Save Add Project WISE will perform the same validation and operation as in creating a new project and will update the
86. t design and optimal construction scheduling and traffic impact analysis are considered as part of the anal ysis for estimating the impact of management strategies logistics Logistics involves determining efficient practices to transport materials and optimal scheduling to reduce operational and storage costs The work zone logistics would involve for example the duration of the closure of lanes and determining con struction techniques and how the workers will put up the cones operations Operations involve analysis of current management and safety of traffic and other users Operations typically involve planning and maintaining signs signals pavement markings and lighting The management of ITS and safety initiatives to improve driver behavior are considered Determination of traffic measurements such as delay speed occupancy levels of service queue lengths and others are used to evaluate the behavior and functionality of traffic operations and management planning Planning involves making long term decisions and goals The involvement of all users of the system is normally considered as part of the process as improvement strategies are evaluated to improve the overall functionality of the system Forecasting future demand growth employment and land use are normally considered as well as estimating impacts of proposed future improvements USERS AND PROPRIETARY ISSUES Users such as engineers and transportation planners are in
87. t includes all expenditures necessary for the design construction and maintenance of traffic costs incurred during construction Agency cost does not include the delay cost incurred by the driving public If a project is delayed the agency cost includes the increase in the project cost due to postponing the construction of the project environmental impact The environmental impact is directly related to the amount of emissions vehicles make during their trips This measure is especially relevant when a large amount of congestion is present road user cost This figurative cost is ascribed to all road users who face delay and con gestion It represents the negative impact of such road conditions and the road user s preference to avoid such costs safety surrogate Any data set that can act as a surrogate to safety For example speed variance number of lane changes and conflicting points traffic conditions Traffic conditions represent a broad data set used by traffic engi neers and planners to assess the traffic conditions such as speed delays accelerations lane changing on any particular roadway queue length and delay Queue lengths and delays are used as a measure of effective ness to evaluate the type and level of impact a work zone will have RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS animation or presentation When applied to software the term often means its ability to make animations or presentations This is very important for traffic si
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89. tended to incorporate soft ware packages that were evaluated for various functionalities identified in the previous section engineers Use by engineers typically involves studying traffic impacts from an opera tional aspect as well as the planning process of project specific construction and opera tional management strategies Project design and coordination are topics considered with the engineers interested in actual implementation of such strategies planners Use by planners typically involves the advanced long term planning of strate gies for a road network depicting various projects to improve systemwide functional ity Demand forecasting employment and land use strategies are topics of interest for such planners as well as system effects and air quality issues based on traffic and population growth proprietary Proprietary software is defined as software that is licensed under exclusive legal right of the developer and or owner The user is given the right to use the software under license agreements and is restricted from tampering with and modifying such software Other software may be termed as open source or freeware meaning the use and licensing are more liberal in the use of the study of and changes and improvements of software made by users Freeware focuses more on the free use of software and open source is focused on the community use and development of software to benefit the overall software community DATA INPUT
90. the Algorithm program you can click Planning Results Validate Planning WorkSpace button to ensure that the input numbers are valid This step provides an additional safeguard to ensure that the numbers of project setup are feasible within a reasonable domain supported by WISE Invalid numbers and inputs are identified in a warning message The program cannot run until all invalid inputs that the validation procedure identified have been cleared Analyze Program The Planning Results Analyze Program button executes the sequencing algo rithm in WISE to analyze traffic delays in the network with the project setup The algorithm evaluates interdependency of construction projects as well as the resultant traffic delays under a set of logically generated feasible schedules and it recommends the best schedule plan with the lowest generalized cost Display and Interpretation of Results When the analyzing program is completed the sequence results are automatically displayed in the Analysis Results box on the right hand side of program window Figure 3 13 File Current WorkSpace H 0224 casestudy6 file PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Analysis Results TERT E TENT TR TREE RSET SESE EE c 11 1111 TEER EEE Validate Planning WorkSpace EEE Time of completion Wed Apr 25 13
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93. the applica tion of the provisions in paragraph c but in the judgment of the state they do not cause sustained work zone impacts the state may request an exception from the FHWA Exceptions specifically apply to Sec tions 630 1012 b 2 and 630 1012 b 3 of the rule Exceptions may be granted by the FHWA based on the state s ability to show that the specific Interstate system project or categories of Interstate system projects do not have sustained work zone impacts work in a consistent manner with reasonable ease The user must ensure data compat ibility of these models at various levels Therefore it is anticipated that a multireso lution approach with the ability to choose specific functionality and resolution will provide decision makers with a full range of strategic performance measures as they apply specific work zone strategies and alternatives to meet specific needs in the project delivery process WISE includes two main elements the Planning Module and the Operation Mod ule The Planning Module lets the user evaluate the effectiveness of various travel demand and construction duration strategies for multiple projects through compari sons of two main criteria construction cost and traveler delay cost which is converted to monetary cost Its primary output is a proposed sequencing of projects to minimize overall costs e WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Analysis and recommend operational strategies Estimate work zone
94. the work zone construction link is to be diverted to the set of alternative routes File Current WorkSpace D temp test PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Project New of 0 Project Name Scheduling Details Project Link Earliest Start Latest End z Capacity o m vere m vere Speed Total Contract Project Precedence o Duration Montha Diversion Total Project User Supplied Construction Cost in Millions 15 Day Night a X O mui Validate Project Save Add Project Figure 3 11 Define user supplied traffic diversion rate 37 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 38 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE Given the user supplied traffic diversion rate WISE finds a set of alternatives to the route through the construction link as in the default mode and it diverts the user supplied portion of traffic from the work zone construction link to the alternative routes regardless of the computed travel time Operation Supplied Mode The operation supplied diversion rate provides an interface to feed the traffic diversion data analyzed in the Operation Module back to the Planning Module Figure 3 12 illustrating the handshake between the two modules To enable this operation s
95. this regard WISE evalu ates traffic delay for each month and then summarizes the overall delay for the entire analysis period For a specific month traffic delay is measured in a manner that considers the traffic diversion effect It is assumed that some travelers will respond to the construc tion event and choose their own alternate route to minimize their own delay The traffic diversion effect indicates the need to measure the interdependency of work zone projects If a work zone project involves a route that is an alternative to a route in another work zone project then the algorithm can measure a worse delay when construction is concurrent rather than sequential As a general rule interdependent projects are usually not recommended for construction in overlapping time windows because such a situation increases traffic delay Delay caused by work zone construction networkwide is measured by a k shortest path KSP algorithm that appropriately captures travelers diversion The KSP algo rithm in WISE is a revised version of the ranking algorithm based on the work of Martins 2 As a general rule it finds the shortest path by considering paths one by one between a set of diversion points and merging points More specifically WISE identifies a set of upstream nodes r of a work zone project as diversion points speci fies a set of downstream nodes s as merging points and then solves k shortest paths between sets r and s A set of paths among
96. tion Months Duration Strategy Cost in Thousands This is a Required Field m Figure 3 4 Project Strategies tab Creating Demand Based Strategies To create a Demand Based Strategy in the Demand Based Strategy box on the Project Strategies tab enter the Strategy Name Trip Reductions Radius in miles and Demand Strategy Cost in thousands of dollars Then click Add Strategy in the Demand Based Strategy box Each Demand Based Strategy must have a unique name If you duplicate a name then WISE will ask if you would like to write over the exist ing strategy You can use this function to modify existing strategies by entering the exact name e9 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE File If an invalid value is entered then WISE will generate a warning and highlight the incorrect field in red without saving the strategy to the list of strategies Once you have added a strategy it will be displayed in the Demand Based Strategy list to the right of the GUI as illustrated by Test Demand 1 and Test Demand 2 in Figure 3 4 Creating Duration Based Strategies To create a Duration Based Strategy in the Duration Based Strategy box on the Project Strategies tab enter the Strategy Name Duration Reductions Months and Demand Strategy Cost in thousands of dollars Then click Add Strategy in the Duration Based Strategy box Each Duration Based Strategy must have a unique name If you duplicate a
97. to reduce these impacts The software has been devel oped so that the level of effort in conducting analysis is minimal WISE is envisioned to be used by agencies to adhere to the Federal Highway Administration FHWA Work Zone Safety and Mobility Rule For this reason WISE has been developed based on the definitions and guidelines proposed in the rule see box on next page WISE GUI graphical user interface is the link between the key WISE tools and metadata within the WISE software package These key tools consist of the WISE Planning Module WISE Operation Module the WISE Analysis Engine DynusT and NEXTA The WISE GUI links these tools using a WorkSpace concept A single WorkSpace gathers the metadata necessary to define the network multiple projects variables and scheduling data needed to successfully perform an evaluation of a given scenario in the Operation and Planning Modules PURPOSE AND APPLICATION The WISE tool has been developed with consideration of how the program delivery process flows and how planners and engineers would need to use this tool Because continual analysis is needed in this process the WISE tool allows multiresolution mod eling Figure 1 1 in which data can be passed from macro to meso level models to Key Provisions in Section 630 1010 of the Work Zone Rule Significant Projects e Paragraph a of this section defines a significant project as one that alone or in combination with other con c
98. tt 2 25 2012 4 38 PROJECTS LJ trace bxt 2 24 2012 10 4 PROPOSALS Lj Validation ErrorLog txt 2 21 2012 3 50 a m D Filename Figure 4 16 Select the demand text file REFERENCES 1 DynusT Wiki Online User s Manual Getting Started Generation Links and Destination Nodes http dynust net wikibin doku php id start getting started generation links and destination nodes 2 DynusT Wiki Online User s Manual Getting Started Generation Links and Destination Nodes Default Control Signals http dynust net wikibin doku php id start getting startedtdefault control signals 3 DynusT Wiki Online User s Manual Getting Started Importing Datasets http dynust net wikibin doku php id start getting_started importing_datasets 4 DynusT Wiki Online User s Manual Getting Started Network Basics http dynust net wikibin doku php id start getting_started network_basics 55 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 56 OPERATION MODULE HAND OFF FROM PLANNING TO OPERATION INTERCONNECTION Traffic diversion resulting from work zone congestion is an important input to the WISE model The WISE default diversion based on static assignment is not opti mal Users can manually input their own estimates of diversion as explained previ ously Users also can choose to simulate work zones in their network models and manually input the diversion factors into the WISE model This is the alte
99. twork e YieldCap dat Network e zone dat Network and e zone_mapping dat Network Additional error log files may be generated during WISE normal operation At the time that an error log is necessary the WISE User Interface will notify the user where the log file can be found e3 WISE SOFTWARE USERS GUIDE 24 PLANNING MODULE IMPORTING CREATING AND MODIFYING A NETWORK All WorkSpaces must contain one valid network which contains all projects All net works that are imported must be imported in the NEXTA Format see Chapter 4 for instructions on generating a NEXTA Network The user has the option of importing a predefined network creating a new network or modifying the current network All of these options are available under Planning Import Analysis Area Network Figure 3 1 i ud WISE V2 5A File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 04 fee PLANNING OPERATION Network Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import Night Demand Figure 3 1 mport Analysis Area tab Network Importing an Existing Network To import an existing network select Import Analysis Area and a browser window will
100. ty to integrate mobility economic environmental and com munity needs in the planning and designing of new trans portation capacity SHRP 2 was authorized in August 2005 as part of the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act A Legacy for Users SAFETEA LU The pro gram is managed by the Transportation Research Board TRB on behalf of the National Research Council NRC SHRP 2 is conducted under a memorandum of understand ing among the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AASHTO the Federal Highway Administration FHWA and the National Academy of Sci ences parent organization of TRB and NRC The program provides for competitive merit based selection of research contractors independent research project oversight and dissemination of research results SHRP 2 Report S2 R11 RW 2 ISBN 978 0 309 12982 4 2014 National Academy of Sciences All rights reserved COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Authors herein are responsible for the authenticity of their materials and for obtaining written permissions from pub lishers or persons who own the copyright to any previously published or copyrighted material used herein The second Strategic Highway Research Program grants permission to reproduce material in this publication for classroom and not for profit purposes Permission is given with the understanding that none of the material will be used to imply TRB AASHTO or FHWA endorsemen
101. umns are the start node and end node of a link As mentioned in the NODE Worksheet section earlier in this chapter these node IDs should be listed in the NODE worksheet You may fill in the remaining columns denoted by an asterisk in the list at your discretion WISE will apply default settings to any fields in those columns that are not filled The Grade column contains the percentage highway grade of the link The Name column designates the name of the link The LeftTurnBay column contains the number of left turn bays downstream of the link The Limit column is the speed limit of the link mph The AdjSpeed column is a speed adjustment factor applied to the speed limit The Saturation_Flow_Rate column contains each link s saturation flow rate this value is used for arterial links because this rate is measured at intersections DynusT uses this value for all arterial links and the remaining link types will not use this value The Max_Service_Rate column contains each link s maximum service flow rate The RightTurnBay column contains the number of right turn bays ZONE Worksheet This worksheet contains columns for ZONENO and TAZ Figure 4 3 A B C D E 1 ZONENO eee 1 1 3 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 6 5 5 za 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 10 9 9 10 10 3857 11 11 13 12 12 14 13 13 15 14 14 M 4 gt gt NODE ZONE SIGNAL 7 Figure 4 3 ZONE worksheet Entries to the ZONENO column must be
102. upplied mode the user must first run the Operation Module If the Operation Mod ule has not produced analysis data then the operation supplied check box on the Planning Project Info tab is gray and not checkable After the Operation Module has been run and with the traffic data produced by WISE the check box becomes activated When the check box is selected WISE identi fies the simulation data set reads the produced outputs internally and automatically displays the diversion rate in the field File Current WorkSpace D temp test PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Project New of 0 AO Project Name Scheduling Details Project Link Earliest Start Latest End pum X Capacity o m err m veer Speed Total Contract Project Precedence o Duration Months o Number of Lanes o Diversion Total Project Project Strategies User Supplied Construction Cost Denand Based in Milliona rj El Day Duration Based Operation Supplied Fue Validate Project W 15 Delete Project Go To Project Figure 3 12 Define operation supplied traffic diversion rate USING PROJECT INFORMATION TOOLS Running the Algorithm Validate Planning Workspace Upon completion of project setup and directly before executing
103. urrent projects nearby is anticipated to cause sustained work zone impacts as defined in Section 630 1004 that are greater than what is considered tolerable based on State policy and or engineering judgment e Paragraph b requires states to identify upcoming projects that are expected to be significant It recommends that significant projects be identified as early as possible in the project delivery and development process and in cooperation with the FHWA It also recommends that the state s work zone policy provisions the project s characteristics and the magnitude and extent of the anticipated work zone impacts be considered when determining whether or not a project is significant Note The purpose of identifying significant projects is to help develop and implement transportation management plans TMPs for projects based on their expected work zone impacts This is addressed in Section 630 1012 Project Level Procedures e Paragraph c further qualifies significant project designations by requiring all Interstate system projects within the boundaries of a designated transportation management area TMA that occupy a location for more than 3 days with either intermittent or continuous lane closures to be considered as significant projects e Paragraph d provides an exception clause for the above requirement in paragraph c For an Interstate system project or categories of Interstate system projects that are classified as significant through
104. utton will run the algorithm Once the algorithm is completed the Static Import csv file will be produced in the same format as explained in Preparing Input File in Chapter 4 DEFINING PLANNING CHARACTERISTICS Planning Characteristics for the entire program under evaluation are defined under Planning Planning Characteristics as shown in Figure 3 3 All Planning Character istic fields must be populated with valid values for the WISE Analysis Engine to run The Planning Characteristics consist of the Seasonal Factor for each month of the year defaults to 1 Start and End time of the entire program MM YY YY format Value of Time for the program dollars per hour Demand Number of Hours for Day and Night and a Program Description To enter the Planning Characteristics values select the text box associated with each and enter the value Once you have entered all Plan ning Characteristics you can validate all fields on the Planning Characteristics tab by clicking Validate Planning Characteristics at the bottom of the tab If there are any invalid values then the text box for all invalid values will be highlighted red Please see Chapter 8 Data Limits for details on valid values for each Planning Characteristic File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics project Strategies Project Info Results Seasonal Information JAN FEB MAR AP
105. ve the file as day txt For night time demand save the file as night txt 1 1 69 76 1 2 405 89 1 3 64 15 1 4 31 91 1 5 39 07 1 6 30 01 1 7 25 44 1 8 2 14 1 9 42 97 1 10 13 97 1 11 10 70 1 5 2 4 4 5 6 J i co rR Figure 4 14 Three column format of OD trip table Importing Demand Data Once the demand text files have been prepared click Import DAY Demand or Import Night Demand as shown in Figure 4 15 and a file browser will open Choose the location of the day txt file Figure 4 16 The function will then convert the demand information to the format required by the WISE software File Current WorkSpace PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Resulte Network Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment recanted nri Import Night Demand Figure 4 15 Import demand data duum Name Date modified WE Desktop Demand 2 22 2012 3 23 B Downloads Main_schedule Dropbox osa Google Drive datasetPath bt 12 12 2011 11 B PROJECTS _ day txt 11 14 2011 121 PROPOSALS Lj demand tet 8 28 2006 3 25 Error log txt 2 24 09 Libraries Lj New Text Document bxt 2 19 2012 2 10 3 Documents Lj night bt 11 14 2011 12 5 MAG Lj running

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