Participants are also expected to bring their own laptops, and be generally familiar with the HCM freeway procedures.

They are also encouraged to provide feedback to the tool developers. Participants in the workshop (optimally 10-15 persons) will be given free access to the software, and to the FREEVAL user manual material. This tool was developed jointly by NC State and Florida International University with funding from the Southeast Regional Transportation Center at the University of Florida. The main focus of the hands-on workshop will be on the use of a new dynamic version of the FREEVAL tool (FREEVAL-DSS for Dynamic Strategy selection), which is designed to evaluate the impacts of Active Traffic Management (ATM) strategies on the operations of a freeway facility. In addition, the workshop will include a hands-on session on the use of FREEVAL, the official computational engine of the freeway analysis methodologies in the latest HCM. This workshop will provide an overview of the new material in the HCM6 as well as highlighting the changes compared to HCM 2010. The workshop will cover freeway analysis methods and software in the new edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) 6th edition, released in fall 2016.

will offer a FREE 6-hour workshop in Oakland, CA on Feb 28, 2017. ITRE at NC State University in collaboration with Kittelson and Associates Inc. Freeway Analysis & Software in the HCM 6th Edition: The Role of Active Traffic Management Strategies

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