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1. Computational Speed The computational speed of software is a measure of the amount of time it takes execute all the required steps from start to finish Most can be done in a matter of minutes but more complicated systems can take several hours Cost The cost of software is the price that the developer and or publish asks the user to pay for their product This is the opposite of non proprietary software which is available for free or by donation Effort in Application The amount of effort required in transferring an existing network or data set into the 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 unique software Level of Effort for Training A measure of a software s ease of use Easy software can be understood after only a few demonstrations but more complicated software may require several days of training As a general rule open source software is usually 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 relying on a
2. DynusT END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT a This unilateral contract is an agreement between you the End User and Dr Yi Chang Chiu E and the University of Arizona acting for and on behalf of the Board of Regents a public ion of the State of Arizona YOU THE END USER BY THE ACT 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 si do not agree to the terms of this license agreement Figure 8 License Agreement 10 Enter the user name and company name in the User Information window Figure 9 then click Next Figure 9 User Information 11 Verify the directory of the installation then click Next on the Installation Folder window Figure 10 Samsa U 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
3. 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 if a project is significant or not 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 630 1012 Project Level Procedures 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 three days with either intermittent or continuous lane closures to be considered as significant projects 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 the application 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 the FHWA for an exception Exceptions specifically apply to sec
4. 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 Document generated by WISE containing all of the WorkSpaces 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 at version dat Network vms dat Network WorkZone dat Network xy dat Network YieldCap dat Network zone dat Network 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 21 I Planning Module Importing a Network All WorkSpaces must contain one valid network which contains all Projects All networks must be imported in the NEXTA Format see Section V for instructions on generating a NEXTA Network The user has the option of importing a prede
5. Analysis Results Validate Planning WorkSpace Link Capacity Reduction Original Speed New Speed 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 723 Capacity Reduction 0 5 Original Speed 45 New Speed Agency Day Cost 3000000 Start Year Figure 38 Displaying Project Sequence and Its Associated Traffic Variables Figure 38 shows an example of displaying the project sequence result in the output It sets forth a quick summary of Project setup including 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 37 The recommended Project sequence follows It displays the recommended year and month to start construction Completion time is not displayed in the outputs but the user can compute completion time given starting construction time and project duration taking into account any duration based strategy The result also displays the average 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 construction period For example if a work zone project lasts for three months the displayed f
6. Ne Figure 23 WorkSpace Drop Down Menu 18 Opening an Existing WorkSpace To open an existing WorkSpace select File gt Open Existing WorkSpace OR File gt Open Recent WorkSpaces Recent WorkSpaces contain the last four WorkSpaces Figure 24 that were accessed The Open Existing WorkSpace function will display a browser window 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 r ad WISE V2_5A File Create New WorkSpace Open Existing WorkSpace Open Recent WorkSpaces C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 04 nenas C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 03 C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 02 C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 About WISE Exit WISE Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Evaluate Import Night Demand Figure 24 Open Recent WorkSpace Dropdown 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 the WorkSpace will be saved containing all of the errors identified and available for you to continue updating or re
7. Time horizon Long term strategic Medium term tactical Budget year On going Senior managers and policy makers Managers and budget holders Engineers technical and contracts staf Works supervisora scenarios using readily available data Estimating road user costs for adverse travel is an especially important element of this project as are the scenario analysis capabilities presented in this report This report will also likely tie into the evaluation of innovative contracting options discussed under A7 above 71 Other Work Relevant to This Project SHRP 2 Project CO1 and Project CO2 The SHRP 2 CO1 Project and CO 2 Project A Framework for Collaborative Decision Making and Additions to Highway Capacity and System Based Performance Measurement Framework for Highway Capacity Decision Making is developing and implementing web based resource and highway decision making web based tool The results of R 11 and the subsequent tools for evaluating the impacts of renewal projects should be incorporated and integrated within web based resources established for the CO1 and CO2 SHRP 2 projects FHWA Work Zone Mobility and Safety Program A review of the materials created by the FHWA Work Zone Mobility and Safety Program was conducted specifically on the development of strategies and performance measures for work zones Pertinent and important information identified by the FHWA Program include the areas of 1 Perfo
8. B G D o TO ID DAY TIME NIGHT TIME DAY_FLOW NIGHT_FLOW Z 540 550 0 18 0 08 3 550 542 1 71 0 77 4 502 503 0 04 0 02 5 503 540 0 17 0 09 6 501 502 1 15 0 64 7 919 546 0 51 0 3 8 546 983 0 18 0 17 9 983 994 0 1 0 1 10 994 504 0 54 0 36 11 531 501 0 65 0 44 12 693 0 05 0 04 4 4 gt STATIC_IMPORT The FROM_ID and TO_ID are the start and end node IDs of all existing 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 only being used for either daytime or nighttime for whichever time Figure 50 STATIC_IMPORT csv file Opened in Excel period is not being used place O is the appropriate fields Importing OD trip demand Importing OD trip demand refers to importing OD trip tables that represent the daytime period and nighttime period being modeled in WISE The demand information being imported 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 OD trip demand file preparation The general procedure to prepare the OD trip tables in the format WISE requires for conversion is as follows 1 Export from the planning softwar
9. Contracting Public Information Short Duration Closures Improving Parallel Roads Project Sequencing Construction Techniques Daytime Nighttime Work Planning 07 WISE V2_54 File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 T PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Demand Based Strategy Demand Based Strategy Strategy Name Name Reduction Radius Total Cost D nl Test Demand 1 4 3 23000 Trip Reductions Radius Miles Demand Strategy Cost Test 3 a2 la a 18000 in Thousands Add Strategy Delete Duration Based Strategy Duration Based Strategy Name Duration Reduction Agency Cost Strategy Name gt CI Test Duration 1 3 34000 Duration Reduction Months Duration Strategy Cost in Thousands ada Strategy This is a Required Field TT Delet Import All Export AlL l See Figure 28 Project Strategies Tab Demand Based Strategies To create a Demand Based Strategy in the Demand Based Strategy box on the Project Strategy Tab enter the Strategy Name Trip Reductions Radius in miles and Demand Strategy Cost in thousands of dollars Once you have filled in all of the fields for the appropriate strategy click Add Strategy in the Demand Based Strategy box NOTE Each Demand Based Strategy must have a unique name If you duplicate a name WISE will prompt you as to whethe
10. Demand based strategy is only effective to reduce demand within a radius of 1 and 5 miles around the construction link Agency cost Agency cost Same value boundary rule defined in Project Information Constraints will be applied to each project specifically Planning Characteristics Constraints Field GUI VALUE Value of time 5 lt x lt 300 float Start time year 2010 integer End time year 2030 integer Day number of hours 1 lt x lt 12 float Night number of hours 1 lt x lt 12 float Seasonal factors 0 5 lt x lt 1 5 float Number of projects 1 lt x lt 20 integer Comment Between 5 300 Cannot be less than the year 2010 Cannot exceed the year 2030 Between 1 and 12 hours of day Between 1 and 12 hours of night Stay within reasonable range The engine cannot exceed more than 20 projects If any errors related to these data limitation fields are made the user will be prompted by the engine that an error has been made and that an error file called error_log txt was produced 68 VII Annotated Bibliography Cambridge Systematic PB Consult and System Metrics Group Analytical Tools for Asset Management NCHRP 545 2005 Provides a VERY useful framework for evaluating trade offs in decision making processes in transportation program development We believe that evaluation of trade offs is critical to selection and weighting of performance measures This is the foundation
11. also allows users to put constraints on the months of the year during which renewal cannot take place for example during the winter months with heavy snowfall 3 Demand reduction factor Before work zone implementation agencies usually carry out large scale public involvement campaigns which may reduce the local demand near the projects e g non work based discretionary trips such as shopping trips or tourism trips This local demand reduction is measured by the demand reduction factors 4 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 computation 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 Operations module to develop a microscopic simulation value for diversion 5 Putting weight on user cost with respect to monetary cost of the project WISE utilizes a general cost that combines both agency and user costs to measure whether a project is cost effective or not 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 min
12. gt Project Strategies seen in Figure 28 Strategies are either Demand Based or Duration Based You can enter strategies individually or import and export all strategies Please see Section IX 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 either help reduce demand close to the work zone or reduce the duration of the work zone Table 1 For example 1 Daytime and nighttime As the usual night demand is much lower than the day demand undertaking work zones at night might have very little impact on the traffic and thus save considerable user cost compared with working in the daytime However scheduling work zones at night usually costs more real dollars from the agency s budget There is a tradeoff between the magnitude of user cost and agency cost that planners and policy makers must address See item 5 below for how this can be addressed in WISE 2 Seasonal impact Another usual factor affecting the cost induced by work zone scheduling is the seasonal factor It is well known that traffic demand varies among seasonal periods month by month Particularly in tourism areas for example demand during non peak periods is much lower than during the tourism peak 25 Conducting work zone implementation during reduced demand periods certainly saves user cost The tool
13. has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences 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 Charles M Vest are chair and vice chair respectively of the National Research Council The Transportation Research Board is one of six major divisions of the National Research Council The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange conducted within a setting that is objective interdisciplinary and multimodal The Board s varied activities annually engage about 7 000 engineers scientists and other transportation researchers and practitioners from the public and private sectors and academia all of whom contribute their expertise in the public interest The program is supported by state transportation departments federal agencies including the component administrations of the U S Department of Transportation and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportation www TRB org www national academies org WISE USER GUIDE Work zone Impact and Strategy Estimator Version 1A An Introduction to The WISE Software Package for WISE Version 2 5A WISE USER GUIDE Table
14. is set up the Operation Tab will be populated with a list of all Projects in the WorkSpace Figure 56 The user must run a base scenario for all Projects and an individual Project Scenario for each Project for which the user would like Operation Module to provide Diversion calculations Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Projects r Project IDH Name Link Modified Project 1 779 786 Project 2 973 1024 Project 3 1013 554 Run Selected Project Scenario Run Base Scenario Figure 56 Need Caption Base Scenario To run the base scenario for all projects the user must select Operation Tab gt Run Base Scenario seen in Figure 57 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 base scenario The user must then launch DynusT to perform an analysis see Section 2 5 of DynusT instructions also Section X 57 Resources and Useful Links Once DynusT has completed the analysis of the base scenario close NEXTA DynusT and if the analysis was successful the WISE Operation Tab will now populate the Base Volume column with the Base Volume from the DynusT analysis for each Project as seen in Figure 57 WISE will display an error if the DynusT
15. of routes To enable the WISE supplied traffic diversion rate keep the user supplied box checked and input the number zero in the box Figure 34 File Current WorkSpace D temp test PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Project New of 0 All Projects LU Project Name Scheduling Details Earliest Start m verr m vere Total Contract Project Precedence Duration Months o Total Project Project Strategies Construction Cost Demand Based in Millions Day ion B Operation Supplied E Night null Validate Project Save Add Project Delete Project Figure 34 Defining WISE Supplied Traffic Diversion Rate 34 User Supplied WISE also provides an interface that allows users to provide a traffic diversion rate if such information is known by those who are familiar with local traffic performance or is obtained by additional traffic studies outside WISE To execute the user supplied mode select user supplied diversion on the page Project Info and insert a positive number at least 1 and no more than 100 in the box Figure 35 For example the number in Figure 35 stipulates that 15 traffic on the work zone construction link is to be diverted to the set of alternative routes Given the user supplied traffic diversion rate WISE still finds a set of alternative routes to the route going
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17. of development of scenario analysis comparison models Cambridge Systematic Tools Summary Sheet NCHRP 20 57 2005 Summarizes capabilities and limitations of 11 modeling software packages including HDM 4 HERS ST and STEAM that evaluate econometric and other parameters This assisted in the identification and evaluation of commercially available software products called for under Task 5 of this project Dr Stuart Anderson Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning Programming and Preconstruction NCHRP 574 2007 This report will be very helpful in building scenario analysis capabilities for the software product in Phase Il of this project Analyzing complex variables of material costs labor costs and right of way costs with imprecise or incomplete information at the planning and program management stages is inherently difficult and uncertain This very capability is what will be developed for the software for this project DynusT Wiki Online Help Generation Links and Destination Nodes Getting Started DynusTO Online User s Manual June 2011 DynusT Wiki Online Help Generation Links and Destination Nodes Default Control Signals Getting Started DynusTO Online User s Manual June 2011 DynusT Wiki Online Help Getting Started DynusTO Online User s Manual June 2011 J Hugh Louch SHRP 2 CO2 A Systems Based Performance Measurement Framework for Highway Capacity Decision M
18. run was unsuccessful File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 Project Link Project Volume ifiea 719 786 FALSE 973 1024 FALSE 1013 554 Run Selected Project Scenario Figure 57 Operation Module Project Volume Population Individual Scenario To run the individual scenario for a project the user must select the checkbox next to the Project for which they would like to run the Scenario on the Operation Tab Projects list and then select Run Base Scenario as seen in Figure 58 58 File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 Base Volume Project Volume 779 786 2400 nun 973 1024 1823 null Project 3 1013 554 1540 null Run Selected Project Scenario Figure 58 Operations Module Running Scenarios The Operation Module will perform a validation of the Planning Module and only run if the WorkSpace passes Planning WorkSpace Validation Ifthe 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 see Section 2 5 of the DynusT instructions Once DynusT has completed the analysis of the project scenario close NEXTA DynusT and if the analysis was successful the WISE Operation Tab will now populate the select Projects Project Volume column with the Volume from the
19. 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 C Program Files 86 DynusT 3 1 32 bit Space required 26 1 MB Space available on selected drive 308 04 GB Figure 10 Verify Directory 12 Click Next on the Ready To Install window Figure 11 to proceed to the actual installation 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 amp 86 DynusT 3 1 32 bit Shortcut folder Please click Next to proceed with the installation Figure 11 Ready to Install 13 The installation will begin running There will be three windows that will open on screen simultaneously a The original installation window Figure 12 will show the progress Dc Installing DynusT 3 1 32 bit Creating uninstall executable A Figure 12 Progress of Installation b The Microsoft Visual C Redistributable Package window will open Figure 13 Click Yes and the installation of this package will be complete 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 By using the software you accep
20. speed User supplied diversion rate Day cost Night cost Capacity Lane reduction Duration Duration based strategy Link GUI VALUE 5 lt x lt the original speed limit integer If user defined diverge is TRUE 1 lt x lt 100 integer If user defined diverge is FALSE x 0 integer and non negative integer and non negative X gt 0 01 float Integer 1 lt x lt latest end time earliest start time If one project i was applied by a duration based strategy k the duration of project i gt duration based strategy 1 Single use 67 Comment The work zone speed limit cannot be zero or cannot be faster than original speed limit If the route diverge uses user defined rate 1 lt x lt 100 integer If the route diverge compute diverge rate internally x 0 Agency cost should be realistic Percentage of capacity reduction due to work zone construction Should be greater or equal to 0 01 This must be careful with duration based strategies Duration based strategy cannot reduce the project duration to zero or negative Each project is unique link Strategy Information Constraints Field GUI VALUE Demand reduction rate 1 lt x lt 5 integer Demand based radius 1 lt x lt 5 integer Demand based cost integer non negative Duration reduction integer x gt 1 Duration based cost integer non negative Comment Demand based strategy cannot reduce demand more than 5
21. through the construction link as in the default mode and diverts the user supplied portion of traffic from the work zone construction link to the alternative routes regardless of the computed travel time PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteriatias Project Strategies Project Info Resulta All Projecta Total Project Conatruet onatruction Cos in Milliona Day Might Validate Projeat Save Add Project Delete Project Go To Project Figure 35 Defining User Supplied Traffic Diversion Rate Operation Supplied 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 36 hence the handshake between the planning and operation models in WISE To enable this mode users must perform the operation module in WISE first Without the analysis data produced by the operation module in WISE the operation supplied check box is grayed and not checkable After running the operation module and with the traffic data produced by WISE the check box becomes activated When the check box is selected WISE identifies the simulation dataset and reads the produced outputs internally and a diversion rate number pops into in the box automatically 35 File Current WorkSpace D tamp tane PLANNING eps import Analysis Area Planning Characteriotias Project Strategies Project into Re
22. DynusT analysis of the specific project scenario as seen for Project 1 in Figure 59 WISE will display an error if the DynusT run was unsuccessful Note WISE does not provide information on why a DynusT run might be unsuccessful DynusT is supported by the University of Arizona and as such users should contact the U of A for support 59 File Current WorkSpace PLANNING OPERATION Link Project Volume 779 786 973 1024 null 1013 554 null Run Selected Project Scenario Run Base Scenario Figure 59 Operations Module Project Volumes from DynusT Modifications to Projects after Operation Scenario Runs In the event that a Project is modified within the Planning Module the Project and Base Scenarios may need to be run again to collect the correct volumes for the new Project scenario A user can identify if a Project has been modified since the Base and Project volumes have been collected by viewing the Project Modified column on the Operation Tabs listing of Projects If the Project Modified column is False that means that no changes have been made to the Project or any attributes associated with it since the volumes were collected If the Project Modified Column is True as seen in Figure 60 for Project 1 the project or attributes associated with it have been modified since the volumes were collected and the user may want to re run Base and or Project Scenarios 60 File Current Works
23. ISE analyzes hourly delay and then multiplies by three to obtain daytime delay resulting from the representative demand E WISE V2_0B Ei File Current WorkSpace H 0224 casestudy6 file PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics project Strategies Project Info Results Seasonal Information JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP oct Nov DEC SEASONAL PREFERENCE SEASONAL 0 8 0 9 0 95 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 95 0 9 0 85 FACTOR MM YYYY 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 a i R Validate Planning Characteristics This is a Required Field Figure 49 Define Number of Hours of Representative Demand If the user opts to import existing traffic information follow the steps below Input file preparation A file titled STATIC_IMPORT csv is a comma delimited file csv and will need to be prepared for the WISE software to import The file contains the following columns and Figure 50 shows the format that is required to populate this information 49 e FROM ID e TO_ID e DAY TIME e NIGHT TIME e DAY_FLOW e NIGHT_FLOW E 4557 5 4461 5 4024 5 4024 4021 5 3893 5 3570 5 3569 3563 5 3534 5 3415 5 F 742 36 735 09 658 82 658 82 604 46 811 91 780 27 780 27 780 09 245 55 1227 64 A
24. Info Results Project New of 0 Bit Penisota 4 Name Link Precedence Project Name Scheduling Details Project Link Earliest Start Latest End anur z Capacity o HH YYYY HH YYYY Speed Total Contract Project Precedence D Duration Months o Number of Lanes D Diversion Total Project Project Strategies User Supplied Construction Cost Tiai in Millions ee AA v 0 NONE D Day Duration Based Operation Supplied NONE y Night l null es q Validate Project Save Add Project Delete Project Go To Project E AAA ee Figure 30 Project Information Tab To create a new Project navigate to the Project Info Tab within Planning and fill in the following fields by typing in the appropriate values 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 Construction Cost in millions of dollars you can only fill in a cost for Day Night if you select them You must select at least one strategy from the Project Strategy 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 automatically 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 you either have not generated any strategies have n
25. NG OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Network Import Analysis Area gt Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Import Night Demand Figure 45 Create Network button Once NEXTA is open a new blank NEXTA Project should already be opened If it is not simply click on File gt New in NEXTA This will create a blank project You can create new nodes links and zones using the network creation tools as demonstrated in Figure 46 For more information visit the DynusT and NEXTA online user manual at the following link http dynust net wikibin doku php id start getting started network_basics Place Protimed Signal Dengen pl ml Plw rn a Figure 46 Creating New Nodes Links and Zones in NEXTA 46 start getting started network_basics Place Protimed Signal Place Yield Sign Place Actuated Signal Face Stop 590 H OM ast Odatintee fi oJ Aw EA Create Two Way Link Figure 46a Creating New Nodes Links and Zones in NEXTA Zoom In It is best to save the NEXTA project before engaging in network creation and editing The user must save the network in the location of the WISE Workspace The specific location to save the network is located in WISE Workspace folder Planning where WISE Worksp
26. RVICE_RATE RIGHTTURNBAY 2 1 7187 96 1 1 3 1 12 13 3 2 7186 85 1 1 6 0 13 12 4 3 1047 65 1 5 3 3 19 14 54 982 30 1 5 3 3 14 19 6 5 3260 60 1 5 3 4 18 3 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 1 207 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 0 15 14 4385 64 1 5 2 NODE LINK ZONE SIGNAL 3 14 kel Figure 40 LINK Worksheet The ID column is not necessarily used in DynusT instead it is a reference for the user but is necessary The Length column contains the length of each link in feet The Dir column should contain a O 1 or 1 value All links in DynusT are directional and DynusT will convert links that are bi directional into two separate links in opposing directions The Type column refers to the link s functional class or functional type Table 3 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 3 Link Functional Classes Type Description Freeway Freeway Segment with Detector for Ramp Metering On Ramp Off Ramp Arterial HOT Highway HOV Freeway HOT O CONAUBWN PR 42 10 Freeway HOV The Lanes column represents the number of lanes in each directional link As stated earlier all links in DynusT are direction
27. SHRP 2 Renewal Project R11 Strategic Approaches at the Corridor and Network Level to Minimize Disruption from the Renewal Process WISE User Guide PREPUBLICATION DRAFT NOT EDITED STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES 2012 National Academy of Sciences All rights reserved ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials It was conducted in the second Strategic Highway Research Program which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies NOTICE The project that is the subject of this document was a part of the second Strategic Highway Research Program conducted by the Transportation Research Board with the approval of the Governing Board of the National Research Council The members of the technical committee selected to monitor this project and to review this document were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance The document was reviewed by the technical committee and accepted for publication according to procedures established and overseen by the Transportation Research Board and approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council The opinions and conclusions expressed or implied in this document are those of the researchers who performed the research They are not n
28. 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 the following columns and is shown in Figure 41 e ZoneNo e TAZ A B la D E 1 ZONENO TAZ 2 1 1 3 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 6 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 7 3 8 8 10 9 9 ti 10 10 12 11 11 13 12 12 14 13 13 15 14 14 ee HAH NODE UNK ZONE SIGNAL 2 Figure 41 ZONE Worksheet The ZoneNo column must be in increasing consecutive order starting from 1 The TAZ column should be filled with the actual TAZ IDs from the planning model One should note that in a typical planning model the TAZ number designation could be a sequence with skipped numbers not necessarily 43 starting from a TAZ ID of 1 however DynusT requires the zone number to start from 1 with consecutive numbers This worksheet maintains the mapping between the DynusT zone number and the actual TAZ numbers from the planning model SIGNAL worksheet This worksheet contains the following columns and is shown in Figure 42 e MaxGreen e MinGreen e Amber A B G D HaxGreen MinGreen Amber 45 5 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 S A M 4 gt NODE LINK ZONE SIGNAL 2 A Figure 42 SIGNAL Worksheet As noted in the NODE Worksheet section default traffic control can be placed on nodes Because of the great possibility that the network is of a large regional area the size of the network may be too signif
29. ace folder is the location and folder name of the WISE Workspace Saving in this location is very important if not saved in the correct folder WISE will throw an error as shown in Figure 47 47 a WISE V2_5A SIE File Current WorkSpace C Users Eric Desktop test1 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Network Edit Current Network pS Unsuccesfull Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Evaluate Import Night Demand Figure 47 WISE Error Creating Network from Scratch Once the user has created the desired network the user can then close the NEXTA window and the network will be recognized by WISE To ensure that the network is correctly saved and recognized by WISE click on the Edit Current Network button as shown in Figure 48 File Current WorkSpace C Users Eric Desktop 2 21 2012 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Import Existing Static Assignment en Import Night Demand Network Traffic Figure 48 Edit Current Network Button in WISE 48 Importing Tr
30. affic Information The WISE Planning Module is capable of using existing traffic information if such information is available from an external source or separate traffic study For example users have an option to perform traffic assignment analysis through an external traffic software package e g TransCAD or CUBE and then import the assignment results as existing traffic information into WISE The information that is used by WISE is the link travel time and link flows from assignment WISE supports importing 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 non peak demand as night demand Figure 49 It is the modeler s option to import two demand periods that s he is interested in analyzing delay for either day or night or both and the user has the option to define how many hours the two respective demand periods represent WISE analyzes 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 a modeler anticipates that major traffic delay in daytime will occur in the morning peak from 6 00 9 00 a m then s he can import a demand averaged from 6 00 9 00 a m as a day demand and define the number of hours associated with this demand as three hours W
31. aking Cambridge Systematics 2009 This related SHRP II project provides a decision making framework with regard to performance measures that will help formulate the topology of performance measures as well as guidance in the selection of performance measures for this project Panagiotis Anastasopoulos Samuel Labi Bob McCullouch Identifying the Appropriate Contract Types for Highway Maintenance and Rehabilitation Projects on the Basis of Project Characteristics Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Paper 09 2203 2009 Traditional vs innovative contracts are analyzed in this report using simultaneous equation models We believe that this work will provide useful insights into cost benefit decision making with regard to innovative contracting Use of calendar completion vs working day completion 69 10 11 12 contracts as well as incentive 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 We believe that a technique to evaluate the cost benefit of such contracting options will be important to the tools developed under this Project Stuart D Anderson and Ivan Damnjanvoic Selection and Evaluation of Alternative Contracting Methods to Accelerate Project Completion TRB s National Cooperative Highway Research Program NCHRP Synthesis 379 2009 This report presents a methodology for identifying evaluating and selectin
32. al links Since many planning tools represent links by one link that is marked as bi directional the user must be diligent if creating a bi directional link from one link listed Near the end of this section is a description of the possible warning message that NEXTA may give in the eventual import of the Excel template file The TAZ column indicates each link s association with a TAZ i e the link is within the geographical boundary of the TAZ If for any reason a link does not have a TAZ the user may insert a 0 The From ID and To ID columns are the start node and end node of a link As mentioned in the NODE Worksheet section these node IDs should be listed in the NODE worksheet The remaining columns denoted by a in the listing above are filled at the user s discretion default settings will be applied to these column fields if not filled The Grade column contains the 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 the saturation flow 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_
33. ational Academy of Engineering was established in 1964 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs encourages education and research and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers Dr Charles M Vest 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 services 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 Sciences 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 Harvey V Fineberg 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
34. d Planning Module enables this last option Limitations The model s data structure links very well with DynusT but needs to be expanded to include other software At the Planning stage the model does not consider improvements in capacity and free flow speeds Significant effort is needed to calibrate the mesoscopic model Risks associated with construction are not considered Explicit consideration of materials and workflow of the construction process are not modeled II Getting Started System Requirements 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 e Operating System Windows with Net Framework e Dynust 3 1 e NOTE The GUI only has Net Framework requirements The only processing requirements should be defined by the WISE Engine or NEXTA DynusT The GUI will work with anything running the appropriate Windows Net Framework Installation The CD or online application includes a set up file named WISE V2_0_5 Installer exe This set up file 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 in the installer with a NET Framework error please visit www microsoft com to download the latest NET Framework installe
35. d open source is focused on the community use and development of software to benefit the overall software community Data Inputs Cost of Various Strategies Different construction strategies have different implications on life cycle costs Use of fast construction material and techniques can result in reduction in the period of time workzones 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 Pavement As identified in the interviews in Phase most DOTs and MPOs pavement management systems play a critical role in determining projects and project sequencing Therefore it is critical to determine software tools that need pavement inputs and how they are utilized 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 vs day This would have a significant effect on the duration of work zone Traffic Traffic data includes volume counts speeds travel time and density and are used to calibrate and validate simulation models Measures of Effectiveness Agency Cost A figurative cost typically construction related cost to a government agency usually the Transportation Department faced by delay in construction and construction costs Environmental Impact The enviro
36. 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 Geographic Scale The geographic scale of a work zone becomes important when attempting to model potential traffic impacts A variety of software packages exist across a broad spectrum for modeling different sizes of networks Software on the lower end of the spectrum 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 main types of work zone geographic scales fall into four main categories isolated corridor pipe network grid and regional Corridor Pipe A corridor work zone or pipe work zone is any road work that occurs 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 Exam
37. dividual travel time and cost as well as system wide network measures for regional planning purposes To learn more about DTA read the DTA primer from the TRB website at http www trb org DatalnformationTechnology Blurbs 165620 aspx Chiu Bottom Mahut Paz Balakrishna Waller and Hicks 2011 Running a WISE Project in Operations DynusT Importing Time Dependent Demand Because the Operations Module is aimed at examining the time varying congestion interactions the modeler 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 54 vehicle generation for simulation With NEXTA the modeler can create time dependent demand for a peak period of interest Please note that the demand being imported is a single demand matrix being divided into several demand periods The general procedure for time dependent demand conversion is as follows 1 2 e E Export from the planning software the demand OD data to a comma delimited csv text file Go to the installation directory of DynusT The typical path to this folder is C Program Files DynusT 3 1 32 bit Copy the file demand txt to another working location This is the file that will be edited and imported to create the demand for DynusT Open the demand Got file It should look similar to Figure 53 Replace the information in this text file Th
38. e 12 of this document contains a definition of Program Management that the Team believes could frame a great deal of the work on subsequent tasks Table 4 presents useful guidance in bright lining application of program management that we believe may assist in the decision tree development for the tool developed in Phase II of this project Table 4 Table pulled from Road Software Tools HDM 4 70 13 Yi Chang Chiu Jon Bottom Michael Mahut Alex Paz Ramachandran Balakrishna Travis Waller 14 SCOPE OF ROAD MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS Nature and scope of actions involved e Defining road standards which optimize ths uss of resources Planning e Determining the budget required to support defined standards Determining the work program that can bs undertaken within the budgetary period Programming e Design of works e Preparation and Preparation issue of contract Undertaking tasks as Operations ES part of works activity and Jim Hicks Dynamic Traffic Assignment A Primer Transportation Research Circular E C153 June 2011 Yimin Zhu Irtishad Ahmad Developing a Realistic Prototyping RUC Evaluation Tool for FDOT Network coverage Entire network Sections likely to need treatment Contract or work packages Sub sections where works are taking place Florida Department of Transportation 2008 This report outlines a software tool developed to calculate Road User Costs RUCs for various
39. e fields are explained in the following steps An example is given after the completion of general procedure 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 d Line 10 the percentage of demand to each demand period 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 Open NEXTA and open the existing network project to which the demand will be imported In NEXTA go to File gt Import Files gt Import GIS Data Set gt Import Demand Table as shown in Figure 52 55 2000 5 of demand intervals 6 4 length of demand interval 60 10 0 24 0 30 0 27 0 19 12 1 1 46 3333 0 1 2 0 14 1 3 2 1667 15 1 4 43 5 16 1 5 48 6667 17 1 6 3 75 18 1 7 10 6667 19 1 8 52 9167 20 1 9 0 1667 21 1 10 5 75 22 1 11 6 4167 23 1 12 5 3333 24 1 13 5 6667 25 1 14 7 5833 26 1 15 37 5833 27 1 16 29 5833 Figure 54 Text File of Importing Time Dependent Demand Figure 54 explains the fields more completely The 2000 indicates the number of zones in the network Please change this to the correct number of zones of the WISE network 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 represent
40. e previously in the workspace To import and export select the Import or Export button at the bottom of the Planning Strategies Tab and a browser window will open Either navigate to the strategies that you would like to import or navigate to a folder and name the file that you would like to call the strategies you are exporting NOTE Importing strategies can only be done from WISE generated strategy files Project Information Creating Projects All WISE WorkSpaces must have multiple Projects to perform an analysis To create a project the user must define a network with valid links and at least one strategy All Projects are managed from the Planning Tab gt Project Info Figure 30 In the event that you modify a link or strategy after you have used it within a project please see the section on Viewing Modifying Projects to modify the Project to update the strategy links as needed A user can always identify how many projects are defined within a given WorkSpace by the Project Counter at the top of the Planning Tab gt Project Info see Figure 30 In Figure 30 the Project Counter is 0 and the current Project you are working on is a New Project of the 0 Projects currently defined 29 e a WISE V2_54 o File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project
41. e ranking algorithm based on the work of Martins 1983 As a general rule it finds the shortest path one by one between a set of diversion points and merging points More specifically WISE identifies a set of upstream nodes rof a work zone project as diversion points and specifies a set of downstream nodes sas merging points and then solves k shortest paths between sets r and s A set of paths among KSP that leads to a shorter travel time than the one going 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 a 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 heuristic usually identifies a better plan The analysis pr
42. e the demand OD data to a comma delimited csv text file as shown in Figure 51 2 Save the file as a txt file For daytime demand save the file as day txt For nighttime demand save the file as night txt 50 1 1 69 76 2 1 2 405 89 3 1 3 64 15 4 1 4 31 91 BL E 39 07 6 1 6 30 01 7 1 7 25 44 S 1 8 2 14 9 1 9 42 97 10 1 10 13 97 LL 1 11 10 70 Figure 51 Three Column Format of OD Trip Table Importing Once the demand text files have been prepared click the Import DAY Demand or Import NIGHT Demand as shown in Figure 52 and a file browser will open Choose the location of the day txt file as shown in Figure 53 The function will then convert the demand information to the appropriate format required for the WISE software File Current WorkSpace 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 52 Import Demand Data 51 Fr Favorites BZ Desktop my Downloads Dropbox LB Google Drive de PROJECTS PROPOSALS Libraries B Documents iw PROJECTS E PROPOSALS File name day bd Name Date modified Je Demand 2 22 2012 3 23 e Main_schedule 2 22 2012 3 24 E 2 22 2012 3 25 datasetPa
43. ecessarily those of the second Strategic Highway Research Program the Transportation Research Board the National Research Council or the program sponsors The information contained in this document was taken directly from the submission of the authors This document has not been edited by the Transportation Research Board Authors herein are responsible for the authenticity of their materials and for obtaining written permissions from publishers or persons who own the copyright to any previously published or copyrighted material used herein The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies the National Research Council and the sponsors of the second Strategic Highway Research Program do not endorse products or manufacturers Trade or manufacturers names appear herein solely because they are considered essential to the object of the report THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES Advisers to the Nation on Science Engineering and Medicine The National Academy of Sciences is a private nonprofit self perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare On the authority of the charter granted to it by Congress in 1863 the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters Dr Ralph J Cicerone is president of the National Academy of Sciences The N
44. eseeaeseceescesseseeaeeeeeeseeesesaaeeeeess 67 Strategy Information Constraints nosen eeens i a aea ae anaE A EARR aan 68 Planning Characteristics Constralnts aeei ae Ei aE a aa ARAA E E S 68 VII Annotated Bibliography Other Work Relevant to This Project c cccccccsssssssssceceeecessessnseseeeeecesseseaaeseceessessesneaeeeesesseeseaaeas 72 61 62 67 69 I Introduction and Overview What Is WISE The WISE software can evaluate the impact of multiple projects that have been incorporated into the Transportation Improvement Program TIP and the network The WISE tool is intended to be a Decision Support System to be utilized by planners and engineers to evaluate the impact of work zones and determine strategies to reduce these impacts The software has been developed so that the level of effort in conducting analysis is minimal WISE is envisioned to be used by agencies to adhere to the Work Zone Rule For this reason WISE has been developed based on the definitions and guidelines proposed in the work zone rule Key Provisions in the Work Zone Rule Section 630 1010 Significant Projects e Paragraph a of this section defines a significant project as one that alone or in combination with other concurrent projects nearby is anticipated to cause sustained work zone impacts as defined in 630 1004 that are greater than what is considered tolerable based on State policy and or engineering judgment
45. estimating impacts of proposed future improvements Users and Proprietary Issues Users such as engineers and transportation planners are intended to incorporate software packages that were evaluated for various functionalities identified in the previous section Engineers Use by engineers typically involves studying traffic impacts from an operational aspect as well as the planning process of project specific construction and operational 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 strategies for a road network depicting various projects to improve system wide functionality 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 64 Other software may be termed as open source or freeware meaning the use and licensing is more liberal in use of the study of and changes and improvements of software made by users Freeware focuses more on the free use of software an
46. ete a strategy select the check box next to the strategy or strategies that you would like to delete within the list of current strategies to the right of the GUI on the Project Strategies Tab Once you have selected all of the strategies you would like to delete for a given strategy type select Delete at the bottom of the appropriate strategy listing Figure 29 28 a WISE V2_54 ole File 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 ame Reduction i Total Cost amp est Demand 1 4 3 23000 Test Demand 2 3 2 18000 Strategy Name Trip Reductions Radius Miles Demand Strategy Cost in Thousands Add Strategy S Duration Based Strategy Duration Based Strategy Name Duration Reduction Agency Cost Strategy Name b CI Test Duration 1 3 34000 Duration Reduction Months Duration Strategy Cost in Thousands Add Strategy This is a Required Field 4 m H Import All Export AlL Delete Figure 29 Deleting a Strategy Import Export Strategies WISE GUI allows users to import and export listings of strategies Importing and exporting of strategies will import export all Demand and Duration Based Strategies at once Please note that when you import strategies you delete all strategies that wer
47. feasible schedules and recommends the best schedule plan with the minimum generalized cost that the program evaluated Display Interpretation of Results When the analyzing program is completed the sequence results are automatically popped up in the Analysis Results box on the right side of program window Figure 37 36 File Current WorkSpace H 0224 casestudy6 file PLANNING OPERATION Analysis Results DA Summary for WISE Planning Procedures Validate Planning WorkSpace RRA RAR RRA RR RAR RARA RR RAR RAR RARA RARA AA Time of completion Wed Apr 25 13 59 35 2012 Location of WISE Planning workspace H 0224 casestudy6 file Analyze Program Planning Start Period 1 2012 End Period 12 2015 Preference Seasonal Factor Figure 37 Displaying Analysis Results The first part of the WISE output summarizes 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 WISE 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 Current WorkSpace H 0224 casestudy6 file PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysia Area Planning Characteristics I Project Strategies I Project Info Results l
48. fined network creating a new network or modifying the current network All of these options are available under Planning gt Import Analysis Area gt Network Figure 25 e a ag WISE V2_54 Sa File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 04 PLANNING OPERATION 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 25 Import Analysis Area Tab Networks Importing an Existing Network To import an existing network select Import Analysis Area and a browser window will appear Navigate to the folder containing the network and select OK NOTE If you already have a network defined in a WorkSpace this will ERASE the current Network in its entirety This WILL NOT be reversed if you exit WISE without saving changes See Section V for instructions on converting an existing network to be usable in WISE Creating a New Network To create a new network select Create Network and NEXTA will be launched See Section V for instructions on creating a NEXTA Network Once you have created the network save the network in the Planning Folder of the WorkSpace and close NEXTA NOTE If you already have a network defined in a WorkSpace this will ERASE the c
49. g alternative contracting procedures The strategy of minimizing time to delivery is specifically identified for this project This work will assist in developing scenario indexing capabilities that are described in Section 3 0 of this report to be developed in Phase II of this project Tom Maze and Jon Wiegand Lane Closure Policy Development Enforcement and Exceptions A Survey of Seven State Transportation Agencies Center for Transportation Research and Education 2007 Provides a very useful summary of performance measure selection by several state DOTs This was useful in developing the performance measure topology as part of the software tool for this project It also helped identify interview candidates for Tasks 3 and 4 Wenteng Ma Ruey Long Cheu M ASCE and Der Horng Lee M ASCE Scheduling of Lane Closures Using Genetic Algorithms with Traffic Assignments and Distributed Simulations Journal of Transportation Engineering Vol 130 No 3 June 2004 pp 322 329 This report presents findings of scheduling of lane closures particularly the redistribution of traffic across a network as a result of such closures We believe that the genetic algorithms presented will provide useful insights into sequencing multiple lane closures so that traffic is not redistributed onto already bottle necked portions of the network Worldbank Road Software Tools HDM 4 Transport Roads and Highways Development Topics World bank Website 2002 Pag
50. he Longitude and Latitude columns contain the X and Y coordinates of each node It should be noted that any coordinate plane format is accepted as NEXTA will convert it to its own coordinate system The TAZ column indicates each node s association with a TAZ i e the node is within the geographical boundary of the TAZ If for any reason a node does not have a TAZ the user may insert a 0 The CTRL_TYPE column refers to the type of traffic control designated to that node Table 2 describes each control type s identification record It is suggested that the user set up default actuated signal control More information can be found at http dynust net wikibin doku php id start getting started default_control signals DynusT Wiki Online Help 2011 The traffic control types are listed below Table 2 Traffic Control Types for Nodes Type Description No Control Yield Sign 4 Way Stop Sign Pre Timed Signal Control Actuated Signal Control 2 Way Stop Sign DU BWN PB LINK worksheet This worksheet contains the following columns and is shown in Figure 40 e ID e Length e Dir 41 e Type e Lanes e TAZ e From ID e ToID e Grade e Name e LeftTurnBay e Um e AdjSpeed e Saturation_Flow_Rate e Max Service Rate e RightTurnBay A B C D E E G H I J K L M N D E 1 ID length Dir TYPE LANES TAZ From_ID To_ID GRADE NAME LEFTTURNBAY LIMIT ADJSPEED SATUATION_FLOW_RATE MAX _SE
51. icant as well as time consuming to manually place signals for 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 Please note that the default signal type can only be actuated e g not pretimed or none Importing Once the Excel template file is prepared the user can import this file by going to File gt Import Files gt Import GIS Data Set gt Import Network Table as shown in Figure 43 Please note that NEXTA must have a new blank Project open To do so go to File gt New NE Network Explorer Untitled fea Fite Edit View Project TextFiles Tools Window Advanced Utilities Help New Ctri N Q a Ed D SIE S Default Link Type Fre Open Ctri O Deeg A E Import Files gt Import GIS Data Set gt 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 43 Importing the Excel Template File 44 As mentioned previously pertaining to the indication of the number of lanes and bi directional links NEXTA will ask the following q
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53. in depth information of a microscopic simulation model The Operations 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 Operations 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 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 The handshake feature between the Planning Module and Operation Module enables the power of micro simulation in a macro simulation model WISE performs traffic diversions in the sequencing algorithm in the planning model to analytically evaluate interdependency of work zone construction projects and the resultant traffic impact and delays network wide and 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 analytical analysis module packaged with the sequencing algorithm WISE has the functionality to execute traffic diversion under three different modes WISE supplied user supplied and operation supplied The handshake between the Operations Module an
54. ion determination of resource requirements and the implementation of the project Determination of time of day for construction project design and optimal construction scheduling and traffic impact analysis are considered as part of the analysis to the estimate impact of management strategies Logistics Logistics involves determining efficient practices to transport materials and optimal scheduling to reduce operational and storage costs The workzone logistics would involve the duration of the closure of lanes determining construction techniques and how the workers will put up the cones etc 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 intelligent transportation systems 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
55. ion To enter the Planning Characteristics values select the text box associated with each and enter the value Once you have entered all Planning 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 the text box for all invalid values will be highlighted red Please see Section IX Data Limits for details on valid values for each Planning Characteristic A Dial R A path based user equilibrium traffic assignment algorithm that obviates path storage and enumeration Transportation Research Part B Methodological Volume 40 Issue 10 2006 917 936 24 a WISE V2_5A File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Rrea Planning Characteristics project Strategies Project Info Results Seasonal Information JAN FEB MAR APR 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 27 Planning Characteristics Tab 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 Tab
56. is 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 with expanded and unique functional capabilities enabled by the DTA methodology The objective of static traffic assignment is to determine network traffic flows and conditions resulting from demand 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 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 measures in a temporally coherent manner e g to improve further n 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 in
57. ividual cars in a macroscopic model is impossible They require less detailed network link data to operate than microscopic models but do not offer as much detail Simulation Mesoscopic Mesoscopic simulation models provide middle ground between the macro and micro scopic approaches Mesoscopic models typically are able to track individual vehicles but also rely on speed volume and density relationships to determine the movement of these vehicles Simulation Microscopic Microscopic simulation models are capable of tracking individual vehicles on a second by second basis and 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 network with different fidelities when necessary Examples include VISSIM with VISUM and TransCAD with TransModeler 62 Traffic Signal Optimization Traffic signal optimization software packages are tools used to develop signal timing plans at both isolated locations and synchronized corridors 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
58. ject Link Project 1 779 786 Project 2 973 1024 Earliest Start NONE Z Project 3 1013 554 Capacity H Hit KE Hit Yere Speed Total Contract Project Precedence o Duration Months o Nwber of Lanes H Diversion Total Project Project Strategies User Supplied Construction Cost D Based e in Millions 7 NONE Duration Based Operation Supplied WOME mul Figure 32 Project Information Tab Deleting a Project Planning Module WISE Analysis Engine Once all necessary inputs are entered into the Planning Module of the current WorkSpace the user can then choose to run the WISE Analysis Engine To run the WISE Analysis Engine the entire WorkSpace must complete a successful WorkSpace Validation and Save The WorkSpace Validation and WISE Analysis Engine are run from the Planning gt Results Tab Figure 33 32 8 a WISE V2_54 File f Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Analysis Results Validate Planning WorkSpace nl Figure 33 Planning Results Tab Validation To validate the entire WorkSpace the User must select Planning Tab gt Results gt Validate Planning WorkSpace This function will validate the entire WorkSpace and generate an error l
59. kZone 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 sub folder 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 only ever contain one Network File file with dws extension You may notice that some files are duplicated in the Planning sub folder and the Primary WorkSpace folder this is normal behavior for WISE The Planning sub folder 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 few moments to be created The following documents which can be found in the Planning sub folder are listed below with their origin as either WISE or Network Files indicates this must be present in all network analysis areas to import a network successfully dws Network DynusT exe Network NEXTA exe Network NEXTA_Config xml Network bg_demand_adjust dat Network bitmap dat Network bus dat Network control dat Network demand dat Network demand_HOV dat Network demand_superzone dat Network demand_truck dat Network destination dat Network 20
60. l 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 3 Import the Excel template file to NEXTA to convert the network to DynusT format The following describes the necessary information to copy into the Excel template file NODE Worksheet This worksheet contains the following columns and is shown in Figure 39 e ID e Longitude e Latitude e TAZ e CTRL_TYPE 40 A B G D E F 1 ID Longitude Latitude TAZ CTRL_TYPE 2 1 87365273 30543771 6 1 3 2 87358147 30533184 0 1 4 3 87367790 30522933 0 5 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 T 10 9 87345104 30503474 0 5 11 10 87319293 30481690 0 1 T2 11 87306365 30467481 16 1 13 12 87404965 30511595 1 1 14 13 87382957 30506474 0 1 15 14 87376318 30513453 0 5 44 gt gt t NODE LINK ZONE SIGNAL J 4 Figure 39 NODE Worksheet The ID column is the node ID and the IDs should be consistent with their association with the network links meaning that the node IDs used to describe links in the L section should be consistent here T
61. low and travel times are averaged over three months To facilitate a comparison the output also displays the original flow and travel time before construction Again those are annual average numbers Usually one may 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 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 hour 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 user cost traf fic delay hrs x value of time hr Agency cost stands for 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 work zone construction strategies in Section IV With the user cost derived from traffic delay plus the agency cost WISE evaluates the generalized cost summarized for the entire analysis period Logically WISE generates a number of evaluated schedule scenarios and eventually selects the best one with the minimum whole period generalized cost amo
62. nctionality behind the Operations Module The concept behind the Operations Module is to dive deeper into 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 53 The Operations 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 Operations Module attains a more accurate estimation of diversion due to the capacity reduction i e work zone project based on the network and simulation outcome 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 Dynamic Traffic Assignment DTA models have become a viable modeling option DTA models 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 analys
63. ng all schedule plans that the program has evaluated The main task of the sequencing algorithm is to evaluate traffic delay in computing user costs Note that traffic delay varies month to month because of geometric features of the network e g links are partially closed for construction in a specific month travel demand varies month to month and delays are scenario specific depending on the individual construction schedule plan In this regard WISE evaluates 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 considering the traffic diversion effect It is assumed that some travelers will respond to the construction event and choose their own alternate route to minimize their own delay Considering the traffic diversion effect highlights the need to measure the interdependency of work zone projects If two work zone projects are located where one is an alternative route to the other the algorithm is able to 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 as that leads to worsen traffic delay 38 Delay caused by work zone construction network wide is measured by a k shortest path KSP algorithm that appropriately captures travelers diversion The KSP algorithm in WISE is a revised version of th
64. nmental impact is directly related to the amount of emissions vehicles make during their trips This measure is especially relevant when there is a large amount of congestion present Road User Cost A figurative cost ascribed to all road users who face delay and congestion This cost represents the negative impact of such road conditions and the road user s preference to avoid such costs Safety Surrogates 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 engineers and planners to assess the traffic conditions such as speed delays accelerations lane changing etc on any particular roadway Queue Length and Delay Queue lengths and delays are used as a measure of effectiveness to evaluate the type and level of impact a work zone shall have 65 Resource Requirements Animation Presentation The ability of the software to make animations or presentations This is very important for traffic simulation not only to present results but also in order to locate trouble spots in the network Availability of Source Code Algorithm Open source software is any computer program that allows fellow developers to see the actual code that makes up the software This makes it much easier for developers in similar areas to calibrate Open source software is usually free or donation based
65. ocedure continues until the program cannot identify further improvement within a certain number of iterations 39 IL Planning Module Detail Elements Getting a Dataset into WISE Converting a Dataset into NEXTA Format Network Conversion DynusT adopts a flexible and robust interface an Excel template file approach with existing GIS based demand forecasting network planning software packages This information provides the appropriate stages of the process of importing an existing network e links nodes and zones to a DynusT dataset An Excel template is included in the software package located in the directory in which the software is installed file name GIS Network viel 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 and are removed For the purpose of DynusT in WISE it is optional for the user to remove or leave in the information The removal of centroids and centroid connectors from the dataset can be done either in the existing planning software from which the importing network originates or by carefully modifying these items from the Excel conversion template An overall explanation of the centroid methodology can be found at http dynust net wikibin doku php id start getting started generation links and destination nodes DynusT Wiki Online Help 2011 The genera
66. og in the event that errors are detected WISE will display the location of this error log in a pop up window when needed Validation of the Planning WorkSpace prompts the user to save the current WorkSpace and validates the following items e Check for valid network Ensure the following have not been modified since they were applied to a Project e Link including Speed Capacity Number of Lanes e Strategies e Validate the following dates e All Projects fit within program Each Project Precedence is feasible note projects can also coincide e All Duration Based Strategies applied to Projects have feasible Duration Reduction for Project Duration Running Planning WISE Analysis Engine Once the WorkSpace is ready for analysis of the Planning Module the user can select Analyze Program as seen in Figure 33 to run the WISE Analysis Engine This can be selected from the Planning Tab gt Results gt Analyze Program The Analyze Program will first perform a Validate Planning Network and the run the WISE Analysis Engine if all validations are clear When the WISE Analysis Engine is running the user will see a command window running the Analysis Engine At the completion of the 33 4 WISE Analysis Engine the Analysis Results Box will populate on the Planning gt Results Tab under the Analysis Results Section see Figure 33 Please see Display Interpretation of Results near the end of this section for more information on the analy
67. ot imported a valid network or all of your Project Links have already been assigned each Link can only be assigned to one Project Prior to adding the new project the user must also select a Diversion If the user 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 The user also has the choice of supplying a Diversion other than 0 based on experience and judgment or on separate studies If additional accuracy for estimating potential traffic diversion due to construction delays is desired the user can apply the DynusT model as part of the Operational function develop diversion estimates in the Operational Module and re run the Planning module Applying diversion estimates from the Operational Module is an explicit choice in the Planning Module See the sub section Diversion below for further information on Operation Supplied Diversion The Operation Module Supplied Diversion will not be available for new projects until the Operation Module is run until then the Operation Supplied box will indicate nul 30 Once all Project information is completed select Save Add Project to add the Project to the Project list to the right hand side of the Project Info Tab Upon clicking Save Add Project WISE will validate all fields and highlight them in red if they are invalid Once the p
68. p Launch WISE 2_0_5 Figure 20 WISE Is Launched Minimum Data Requirements e The user has the option of importing a predefined network creating a new network or modifying the current network The network dataset will have to be created in or converted to DynusT format 14 It must contain node link and zone information More details can be found in the Planning Section s detailed Network Conversion section Section V and the Planning Section Section IV e Al Planning Characteristic fields must be populated with valid values for the WISE Analysis Engine to run The Planning Characteristics consist of the following o The Season Factor for each month of the year defaults to 1 o Start and End time of the entire program MM YYYY Format o Value of Time for the program Dollars per Hour o Demand Number of Hours for Day and Night and o 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 Earliest start time Latest completion time Precedence constraints if any Agency project cost oOo 0 0 Mapping of each project to links in the network See Creating Projects under the Planning Module Section IV e The Planning Module includes drop down lists of demand based and duration based
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70. pace PLANNING OPERATION Projects Name Link Project Volume Project 1 79 786 1879 Project 2 973 1024 null Project 3 1013 554 null E Figure 60 Operations Module Internal Checks IV Back to Planning Planning and Operation Hand Off Once a given Project has collected the data for the Base and Project Scenario this Project can now use the Operation Supplied diversion within its Project Information in the Planning Module see Creating Projects in Section IV The user can now go back to modify the Project and select Operation Supplied Diversion Note The Operation Supplied Diversion is ONLY available if the Operation Module produced a valid Diversion see Section IX Data Limits for details on valid values for Diversion Otherwise the Operation Supplied Diversion will remain null in the Project information Tab Once the Operation Module has a valid diversion the user may choose to go back to the Planning WISE Analysis Engine and rerun the analysis with the new diversion 61 V Acronyms and Glossary Classification of Software Functionalities Transportation Modeling Categories Analytical Deterministic Analytical and deterministic tools are usually based on the procedures found in the Highway Capacity Manual The resulting factors capacity density LOS delay queue from these tools are based on empirical equations derived from field data and small scale experiment
71. ples of isolated work zones can include rural lane closures or redesigned intersections This type of work zone is small in size and 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 inter dependent 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 works zones in urban centers 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 inter dependent routes and may require detours 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 63 Functionality Software tools are utilized to make decisions regarding planning operations construction 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 co ordinat
72. r for your operating system Follow the steps below 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 click Next 7 Setup WISE 20 52 05 fon x Welcome 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 EE Figure 2 Installation Welcome Screen 3 Verify the directory of the installation Figure 3 then click Next Select Application Folder Please choose the directory for the installation s es 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 3 Directory for Installation 4 Verify the shortcut folder options Figure 4 then click Next F setup WISI Co es 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 Es below WISE 2_0_5 e Don t create a Program Group S Create shortcuts on the Desktop E Figure 4 Shortcu
73. r or not you 27 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 WISE will generate a warning and highlight the incorrect field in red without saving the strategy to the list of strategies Once you add a strategy the strategy will be displayed in the Demand Based Strategy List to the right of the GUI as seen by Test Demand 1 and Test Demand 2 in Figure 28 Duration Based Strategies To create a Duration Based Strategy in the Duration Based Strategy box on the Project Strategy Tab enter the Strategy Name Duration Reductions Months and Demand Strategy Cost in thousands of dollars Once you have filled in all of the fields for the appropriate strategy click Add Strategy in the Duration Based Strategy box NOTE Each Duration Based Strategy must have a unique name If you duplicate a name WISE will prompt you as to whether or not 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 WISE will generate a warning and highlight the incorrect field in red without saving the strategy to the list of strategies Once you add a strategy the strategy will be displayed in the Duration Based Strategy List to the right of the GUI as seen by Test Demand 1 in Figure 28 Deleting Strategies To del
74. rmance Measurement Development 2 Work Zone Traffic Management Guidance and Examples State Developed Traffic Management Resources New Jersey DOT Ohio DOT Oregon DOT and PennDOT 3 Peer to Peer Program for Work Zones 4 Work Zone Mobility and Safety Self Assessments includes an assessment by the State DOTs on the integration of work zone mobility and safety as part of the planning process 72
75. roject is Saved Added 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 the user can click Validate Project and WISE will highlight all fields that have errors or display an error free message Please see Section IX Data Limits for details on valid values for each field within the Project Info Tab Viewing Modifying Projects A user must go to an existing Project either to view it or modify it using the Go To Project Button at the bottom of the list of All Projects on the Project Info Tab To Go To a Project the user must select the check box next to one project in the All Projects list and click Go To Project as seen in Figure 31 This will populate the Project screen to the left of the Project Info Tab with the selected Project You can see that the current project counter will now display Project X of Total The user can now modify all Project fields as done while creating a project and click Save Add Project This will perform the same validation and operation as creating a new Project and update the Project in the All Projects list This will also return the Active Project screen back to New of Total so new Projects can be added a9 WISE V2_54 Lol zl File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 PLANNING OPERATION Import Anal
76. s This type of tool is able to analyze small scale effects but is not practical for large scale network applications DynusT A dynamic traffic assignment simulation model released under a GNU General Public License GNU General Public License A free software license DTALite and DynusT were released under this license for use in projects CO5 and C10B as a precondition for award of Project C10B Partnership to Develop an Integrated Advanced Travel Demand Model with Mode Choice Capability and Fine Grained Time Sensitive Networks 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 SacSim 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 Project C10B Partnership to Develop an Integrated Advanced Travel Demand Model with Mode Choice Capability and Fine Grained Time Sensitive Networks under SHRP2 project C10B DynusT is also the platform for the operations module of WISE 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 ind
77. s a 24 hour time period and this table is being divided 24 times there will be 24 demand intervals The 60 represents the length of time in minutes that each demand interval represents Line 10 gives 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 and the demand for this pair over the four hours four demand intervals at 60 minutes each interval is 46 3333 The demand for each one hour interval will then be 11 12 13 90 12 1 and 8 80 based on the proportions given in line 10 56 Edit View Project TextFiles Tools Window Advanced Utilities Help New on QQ Els loa as Default Link Type Fi Open Ctrl O Import Files gt Import GIS Data Set gt 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 Import Node Link Zone Geo Files Figure 55 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 diversion for each Project to be utilized in the Planning Module WISE Analysis Engine as specified in the Project Information for each project Once the Planning WorkSpace
78. sis results Diversion WISE performs traffic diversions in the sequencing algorithm in the planning module to analyze interdependency of work zone construction projects and the resultant traffic impact and delays network wide and 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 analytical analysis module packaged with the sequencing algorithm WISE is able to 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 This is the default setting If no traffic diversion information is supplied by users or the operation model WISE executes the default mode automatically Under this mode WISE analyzes traffic diversions through an internal logic which finds a set of alternative routes to the route going through the work zone construction link WISE analyzes if the work zone construction link involves congestion and if so a portion of traffic on the work zone construction link is diverted to the set of alternative routes if doing so leads to less delay The internal logic seeks an equilibrium state between the work zone link route and its alternative routes Analytically the WISE supplied diversion module achieves equal travel time between both sets
79. so 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 transportation network In addition DynusT can 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 network wide traffic is accomplished through the mesoscopic simulation approach that omits inter vehicle car following details while maintaining realistic macroscopic traffic properties i e speed density and flow After simulation necessary measures of effectiveness MoEs are fed into the traffic assignment module The traffic assignment module 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 is the main fu
80. 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 Figure 21 The four core topics are WorkSpaces Section III Planning Module Section IV Operation Module Section VI and Planning Operation Hand Off Section VII These sections provide sufficient information to permit the user to navigate through the WISE Software Package utilizing all of the functions Section V provides in depth instructions for importing converting and or creating a network 15 and importing traffic information E F 5 a3 WISE V2_54 Loa File Current WorkSpace NONE PLANNING OPERATION Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info results Import Analysis Area Edit Current Network Create Network Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Evaluate Import Night Demand Figure 21 WorkSpace Screen Create a WorkSpace Open an Existing WorkSpace Managing WorkSpaces All use of the WISE Software Package must be completed within a defined WorkSpace A WorkSpace 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 create
81. sulta Project Hen of o All Projects Project Mane ee Prados Schedaling Detasla Project Link karitant Starts latent imar em z Capacity H m vere m vere Speed 1 Contract Project Precedence D Duration Montha o Number of Lanes o Diversion Total Project Project Strategies User Supplied Construction Coat Hemand Naaed in MilLiona s s H as me sl El tay Duration lased Operation Supplied nee was E night E mati Validate Project Save Add Project Delete Project J Go To Project Figure 36 Defining Operation Supplied Traffic Diversion Rate Project Information Tools Running the Algorithm Validate Planning Workspace Upon completion of project setup right before proceeding to execute the program the user can click Validate Planning Workspace to ensure that the input numbers are valid This step provides an additional safeguard to check that the numbers of project setup are feasible within a reasonable domain supported by WISE Invalid numbers and inputs will be popped up in a warning message The program is not able to run until all invalid inputs identified by validation procedure are cleared Analyze Program The Analyze Program button executes the sequencing algorithm in WISE to analyze traffic delays in the network with the project setup The sequencing algorithm evaluates interdependency of construction projects as well as the resultant traffic delays under a set of logically generated
82. t Analysis Area Tab Traffic 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 Static_Import csv from the Importing Traffic Information discussion in section 5 in this user guide 23 WISE implements an Origin Based Algorithm called Algorithm B To run the static assignment algorithm the network and the demand that is imported from Importing Traffic Information in Section 5 must be in place Figure 26 shows the buttons used to run the algorithm At least Import DAY Demand or Import NIGHT Demand must have been imported before running the algorithm The Evaluate button will run the algorithm Once the algorithm is completed the Static_Import csv file will be produced in the same format as explained in Input file preparation in Section 5 Defining Planning Characteristics Planning Characteristics for the entire program under evaluation are defined under Planning Tab gt Planning Characteristics as seen in Figure 27 All Planning Characteristic fields must be populated with valid values for the WISE Analysis Engine to run The Planning Characteristics consist of 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 Descript
83. t Folder Options 5 Verify Installation Setup Options Figure 5 then click Install Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing WISE 2_0_5 2_0_5 on your computer S Click Install to continue with the installation or Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination directory C Program Files x86 WISE 2_0_5 Start Menu Folder WISE 2_0_5 Additional tasks Create shortcuts on the Desktop Figure 5 Installation Setup 6 After WISE Installation Progress Bar Screen completes DynusT 3 1 Installation is launch if administrator to the computer click Yes on User Account Control prompt Figure 6 User Account Control Es Program D Jee Publisher Unknown File origin Hard drive on this computer Show details Change when these notifications appear Figure 6 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 7 Click Next after E DynusT 3 1 32 bit Setup Serial Number Enter your serial number and click Next to continue Serial Number Figure 7 Serial Number 9 Click I agree to the terms of this license agreement radial button on the License Agreement window Figure 8 Borrom a a License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully
84. t these terms If you do not accept y Do you accept all of the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No Install will close To install you must accept this agreement es JI 10 Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Figure 13 Redistributable Package Window c The Setup window Figure 14 will also 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 lt a Figure 14 Setup Window 11 ii Verify the location of this installation Figure 15 Click Next Bra mm i mer Select Installation Folder 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 Folder C Program Files x86 University of Arizona Setup Install Setup for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer Everyone J
85. th bt 12 12 2011 11 dert 11 14 2011 12 _ demand bt 8 28 2006 3 25 E Error_log bt 2 24 2012 12 4 E New Text Document tt 2 19 2012 2 10 E night be 11 14 2011 12 E running tt 2 25 2012 4 38 LJ trace bd 2 24 2012 10 4 E Validation_ErrorLog bdt 2 21 2012 3 50 J H X tet files ba y L s HI oa Figure 53 Selecting the Demand Text File 52 III Operations Module Hand off Between Planning and Operations Interconnection DynusT DynusT is a dynamic traffic simulation and assignment DTA software that can support engineers and planners in addressing emerging transportation planning and operations issues With DynusT engineers and planners can estimate the evolution of system wide traffic flow dynamics patterns resulting from individual drivers seeking the best routes to their destinations responding to changing network demand supply or control conditions DynusT was not developed to replace travel demand models or microscopic simulation approaches instead by integrating with travel demand models and microscopic simulation models it is aimed at supporting 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 al
86. they apply specific work zone strategies and alternatives to meet specific needs in the project delivery process Analysis and recommend operational strategies Estimate work zone impacts at corridor and network levels Figure 1 Multi Resolution Modeling WISE includes two main elements the Planning Module and the Operations Module The Planning Module lets the user evaluate the effectiveness of various travel demand and construction duration strategies for multiple projects through comparisons of two main criteria construction cost and traveler delay cost that is converted to monetary cost Its primary output is a proposed sequencing of projects to minimize overall costs 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 e What is the impact on traffic of the present program DynusT is the main functionality behind the Operations Module The concept behind the Operations 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
87. 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 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 WISE analysis engines DynusT and NEXTA The WISE GUI links these tools using a WorkSpace concept A single WorkSpace gathers the metadata necessary to define a 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 keeping in mind the flow of the program delivery process and how planners and engineers would need to use this tool Because continual analysis would be needed in this process the WISE tool allows multi resolution modeling Figure 1 in which data can be passed from macro to meso level models to work in a consistent manner with reasonable ease The user needs to ensure data compatibility of these models at various levels and therefore it is anticipated that a multi resolution approach with ability to choose specific functionality and resolution will provide decision makers with a full range of strategic performance measures as
88. turn to at a later time If you select No you will be returned to the current WorkSpace without losing any data To close a WorkSpace select File gt Close WorkSpace WISE will prompt the user to save the WorkSpace before closing via Yes or No If you select Yes 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 WISE will not close and will return you to the active WorkSpace allowing you to fix errors or Close without Saving 19 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 documents along with two sub folders 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 LinkMatrix csv WISE SavedLinkMatrix csv WISE WISE_Version txt WISE Wor
89. uestion as a warning when converting the Excel template file Is the number of lanes on a two way link for one direction only Figure 44 NEXTA ES O ls the number of lanes on a two way link for one direction only Ne Figure 44 NEXTA Link Direction Warning This statement refers to links in the spreadsheet that are labeled with Dir 0 and whether the number of lanes for that link are for one direction or split the link evenly to create bi directional links In other words answering Yes imports the links as a 1 which is one directional and answering No imports the links as a O which is bi directional Once complete the user will be able to see the network produced on NEXTA Simply save the network by going to File gt Save create a new folder to contain all input files and give a name to the project file to complete the conversion process For more information regarding the conversion process and other information regarding DynusT and NEXTA please visit the online user s manual at http dynust net wikibin doku php id start getting started importing datasets DynusT Wiki Online Help 2011 Creating a Network from Scratch To create a network from scratch click on Create Network button under the Import Analysis Area tab of the Planning Module in WISE as shown in Figure 45 This will open the NEXTA interface 45 File Current WorkSpace C Users Eric Desktop 2 21 2012 PLANNI
90. universal file format Dynamic Demand Changes Departure Time Choice Departure time choice is usually a facet of the mode choice a traveler 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 destination other than the one they originally intended when the trip began Enroute Route Diversion A diversion that occurs when a traveler decides to alter his route during the trip This could be due to a number of factors including ITS signs warning of impending congestion radio announcements word of mouth or approaching traffic congestion first hand 66 Induced 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 where facilities with low LOS and or capacities experience lower volumes due to traveler s hesitancy to use such facilities Mode Shift Any shift a traveler makes in mode in order to complete a trip This action could be part of an overall trip plan or due to dissatisfaction with the current mode Pre Trip Route Diversion This type of diversion occurs when a traveler decides to alter his route before the trip begins Data Limits Project Information Constraints Field Work zone
91. urrent network in its entirety This WILL NOT be reversed if you exit WISE without saving changes 22 Modifying Current Network To modify the existing network select Edit Current Network and NEXTA will be launched with the current network open for editing See Section 3 1 for additional NEXTA instructions Once you have modified the network save the network and close NEXTA Importing Traffic The user has 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 to the user under Planning gt Import Analysis Area gt Traffic Figure 26 All of the Import buttons Import Existing Static Assignment Import Day Demand and Import Night Demand open a browser window and the user must navigate to highlight and select OK for the file that they chose to import The Evaluate button will run the OBA analysis as described above See Section V for greater detail on importing traffic data J a al WISE V2_54 Sar File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 04 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 Fee Pe Import Night Demand Figure 26 Impor
92. ust me Figure 15 Verify Location iii If administrator to the computer click Yes on User Account Control prompt Figure 16 Program na q pe Publisher Unknown File origin Hard drive on this computer Y Show details Change when these notifications appear Figure 16 User Account Control Setup 12 iv The Setup window will display the installation progress Figure 17 Installing Setup Setup is being installed Please wait Figure 17 Setup Installation Progress v Click Close to complete the installation of Setup Figure 18 Installation Complete Setup has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Cancel Figure 18 Installation Complete 13 14 Once DynusT Setup installations are complete click on Finish on the original installation window to complete the installation Figure 19 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 19 Finish Installation 15 You will be returned to the WISE Installation completion window click Finish and WISE will be launched Figure 20 T Setup WISE 20 52 05 e 7 Completing the WISE 2_0_5 Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing WISE 2_0_5 2_0_5 on your computer Click Fimish to exit Setu
93. ute of users travel time to monetary dollars The unit of VOT is dollar vehicle minute It is recognized that an agency may value in a different way between monetary dollars and the user cost that is converted by VOT which the modeler should take into account by a careful specification of VOT For example the general recommended value of VOT is in a range of one third to one half of the average hourly wage rate in the specified work zone construction area However an agency usually weights different values between monetary dollars and user cost that is converted by VOT For instance we say the agency cost is equivalent to the user cost by a factor of 2 meaning every 2 dollars of the user cost that is converted by VOT merits 1 monetary dollar In this instance a modeler should adjust the VOT by half so that WISE computes the monetary dollars of the general cost consisting of monetary dollars spent in construction plus the user cost that is weighted only half of monetary equivalence 6 Fast Construction Techniques Significantly reduces the duration but comes at increased cost 26 Table 1 Classification of Strategies Kl 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 T S 2 uv Q O Total vs Partial Closures Incentive Disincentive
94. will contain all of the data that is utilized in the Planning and Operations 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 Figure 22 and none of the Planning or Operation Functions will be available to the user 16 Current WorkSpace e 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 22 WorkSpace Example Creating a New WorkSpace To create a new WorkSpace select File gt Create New WorkSpace Figure 23 A browser window will appear on the screen which the user must navigate to where the WorkSpace is to be saved and provide a directory name for the WorkSpace Then Select OK Once the WorkSpace has been successfully generated WISE will create a notification saying The Following WorkSpace Has Been Created lt WorkSpace Name gt 17 Open Existing WorkSpace Open Recent WorkSpaces About WISE Exit Create Network Traffic Import Existing Static Assignment Import DAY Demand Edit Current Network
95. ysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Project Info Results Project New of 3 BAL Erejncte Name Link Precedence Project Name Scheduling Details Project Link 8 Project 1 219 306 le 2 Project 2 973 1024 o Earliest Start Latest End NONE y fi b Project 3 1013 554 2 Capacity D HH Kc HH Kc Speed Total Contract Project Precedence o Duration Months o Number of Lanes D Diversion Total Project Project Strategies User Supplied Construction Cost a asii fo in Millions f NONE Day Duration Based Operation Supplied NONE Night Y null mme Validate Project Save Add Project Delete Project Go To Project Figure 31 Project Information Tab Viewing Modifying a Project Deleting Projects To delete a Project from the WorkSpace select the check box next to the Project or Projects in the All Project List that you would like to delete then select the Delete Project 31 button from the bottom of the list as seen in Figure 32 WISE will delete all selected projects after prompting to ensure that you would like to delete as specified Once a Project is deleted it will no longer be seen in the All Projects List File Current WorkSpace C Projects WISE Test WorkSpace 01 Import Analysis Area Planning Characteristics Project Strategies Results Project New of 3 ALL Projects Name Link Project Name Scheduling Details Pro

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