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Status Updates for Week of Nov 26

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Examined validation run output and reviewed reports.		Finalize all final deliverables.
Lisa	Out of town	Final report edits. Pushed/tagged release version. Prepare slides for TMIP presentation
Greg
Renee	Processed outputs from network change, future demand, and BRT tests. Started a new Random Seed test with the network updates and new version of Dynameq. Updated the documentation.	Process Random Seed and Pricing test results. Finish documentation. Prepare webinar slides.
Dan	Updated v24 Pricing inputs, made pricing-related code changes, and started running Pricing scenario Added additional content to future research topics report and methodology report	Complete congestion pricing scenario test Make final report edits Prepare slides for TMIP presentation

Status Updates for Week of Nov 19

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Reviewed Validation Runs. Wrote reports.
Lisa	Pulled out San Francisco boundary nodes from the DTA Anyway library to ready the code base for release Report updates	Out of town.
Greg
Renee	Worked on finalizing calibration. Started new network change and future demand tests. Processed base scenario output (from Dynameq 2.6.0.1)	Run and process network change and future demand test results. Process BRT scenario results. Work on documentation.
Dan		Updated v24 Pricing inputs, made pricing-related code changes, and started running Pricing scenario Added additional content to future research topics report and methodology report

Status Updates for Week of Nov 12

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Reviewed Validation Runs. Wrote reports.
Lisa	Network updates to address known issues Report updates Count Dracula updates (upload UI, parser updates)	Pulled out San Francisco boundary nodes from the DTA Anyway library to ready the code base for release Report updates
Greg
Renee	Tested dynamic path search for different calibration settings. Installed Dynameq 2.6.0.1 and tested different network settings in that version	Finalize calibration in Dynameq 2.6.0.1 Perform sensitivity tests in Dynameq 2.6.0.1 with final calibration settings Add additional content to documentation and update tables for final calibration settings
Dan		Started final calibration run in Dynameq 2.6.0.1 (test) Began 2012 BRT scenario DTA Added additional content to methodology report

Status Updates for Week of Nov 5

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Reviewed Validation Runs. Wrote reports.
Lisa	Count Dracula updates (UI, upload UI, updating counts)	Network updates to address known issues Report updates Count Dracula updates (upload UI, parser updates)
Greg
Renee	Continued calibration testing.	Test using dynamic path search. Run network change and future demand sensitivity tests when final calibration settings are chosen.
Dan		Corrected v24 (JHC2012 Base) and started new run as “v24_wDwell” Started new version of v24_DynamicPath_wDwell on Dynameq v. 2.6.0.1 over weekend after v24_wDwell ran to 80 iterations Updated v24 BRT inputs Updated JHC 2040 Baseline DTA inputs to correct transit dwell, signal cards, and turn penalty files

Status Updates for Week of Oct 29

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Reviewed Validation Runs. Wrote reports.
Lisa	Followup for Issue 111: don't split short links Split earlier for one-way links Documentation updates	Count Dracula updates (UI, upload UI, updating counts)
Greg
Renee	Continued calibration testing. Updated the documentation on signal code.	Keep adding to documentation. Run sensitivity tests for small network change and future demand.
Dan		Summarized v20 and v21 model runs Ran v24 model run with v21 specs, but 21ft PCU effective length

Status Updates for Week of Oct 22

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Reviewed Validation Runs. Wrote reports.
Lisa	Fix Issue 132: Check CountDracula filters vs full set of 3-hour counts Work on Issue 147: Final Methodology Report	Followup for Issue 111: don't split short links Split earlier for one-way links Documentation updates
Greg
Renee	Ran some calibration tests. Updated some relevant portions of the documentation.	Continue calibration testing. Update signal code portion of the documentation.
Dan	Ran v18 and v19 DTA runs with two alternative implementations of bus lane link splitting. Extracted subarea networks and demand from 2012 Base, 2012 BRT and 2012 Pricing CHAMP model output. Computed and mapped turn movement pedestrian friction factors for observed SF pedestrian count locations using HCM 2010 methodology. Proposed three-tier pedestrian friction factor zone system with CBD, neighborhood commercial, and low pedestrian activity classifications.	Assigned shorter effective length factor to CBD links (to represent tighter spacing of experienced commuters in congested areas). Designated turning movements without dedicated turning movements to be PERMITTED and assigned followup times depending on Area Type such that high pedestrian volume CBD areas have lower turning movement capacity. Reduced response time factor at congested NB US-101 freeway weaving area. Specified four "Final Calibration" model runs using JHC 2012 land use and the JHC 2012 network. Started running two of the four assignments on SFCTA computers.

Status Updates for Week of Oct 15

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Reviewed Validation Runs. Wrote reports.
Lisa	Fix Issue 149: Push Count Dracula to Tehama Fix Issue 111: Transit Lanes split for right turns Work on Issue 132: Check CountDracula filters vs full set of 3-hour counts Fix Issue 135: Remove requirement for pylab	Fix Issue 132: Check CountDracula filters vs full set of 3-hour counts Work on Issue 147: Final Methodology Report
Greg
Renee	Reviewed results of current tests and perform additional calibration tests.	Perform additional calibration tests. Update some sections of the documentation.
Dan	Reviewed results of both JHC 2012 SF CHAMP scenarios in preparation for DTA Anyway scenario testing runs.	Run v18 DTA model with bus lanes. Extract subarea networks and demand from 2012 Base, 2012 BRT and 2012 Pricing CHAMP model output. Prepare final plan for quick implementation of pedestrian friction.

Status Updates for Week of Oct 8

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Reviewed Validation Runs. Wrote reports.
Lisa	Issue 149: Push Count Dracula to Tehama	Fix Issue 149: Push Count Dracula to Tehama Fix Issue 111: Transit Lanes split for right turns Work on Issue 132: Check CountDracula filters vs full set of 3-hour counts
Greg
Renee	Continued testing additional speed flow parameters to find settings that don't cause gridlock.	Do more testing to get calibrated version of the model.
Dan	Finished model runs v6 and v8. Started model run v7, but it was not completed. Completed SF CHAMP model run for JHC 2012 Congestion Pricing scenario. Annie standardized 11 count locations with truck information.	Reviewed results of both JHC 2012 SF CHAMP scenarios in preparation for DTA Anyway scenario testing runs.

Status Updates for Week of Oct 1

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Scheduled Webinar and secured TMIP webinar resources Sent Greg info on future research topics Updated/created all tasks through end of contract varia on our contract	Help on count standardization Write, Write, Write.
Lisa	Count Dracula work, Fixed Issue 134 Custom Priorities for two-way stops	Issue 149: Push Count Dracula to Tehama; Work on Issue 111: Transit Lanes split for right turns
Greg		Outlines! New run with 1/2 the distance impedance term.
Renee	Started tests V9, V10, and V11 for different speed-flow parameters and generalized cost term. Look at test results and decide on what tests should be done next.	Test with V11 settings with half of the coefficient on the generalized cost term.
Dan	Started model runs v6 and v8	Finished model runs v6 and v8. Started model run v7, but it was not completed. Completed SF CHAMP model run for JHC 2012 Congestion Pricing scenario. Annie standardized 11 count locations with truck information.

Status Updates for Week of Sept 24

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Documented findings of draft peer review report on PeerReviewImmediateFollowUps wiki. Got time extension to allow us to get webinar scheduled in November. re-read through our FHWA contract to make sure no deliverable was left hanging	Check on webinar resources send Greg info on future research topics write network development deliverable and send out for review make sure contract time extension goes through
Lisa	Count Dracula work	Count Dracula work, Fixed Issue 134 Custom Priorities for two-way stops
Greg
Renee	Tested adjusting the critical gap values with V4 traffic flow parameters.	Help with continued traffic flow parameter tests. If time, test adding distance term to generalized cost function.
Dan	Continued validation runs on ResetSpeedFlow v4 and v5 to 130 iterations.	Prepare four additional validation runs to test changes to effective PCU length, follow-up time, gap acceptance, and the general cost expression (by adding a distance function)	Need to split model runs between SFCTA and PB computing resources.
Jim

Status Updates for Week of Sept 17

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Check on Peer Review Panel Report	Read Peer Review Panel Report draft ASAP
Lisa	Count Dracula work	Count Dracula work
Greg
Renee	Tested some of the new traffic flow parameters to decide on final settings.	Test adjusting the critical gap values with the V4 traffic flow parameters.
Dan	Began testing revised traffic parameter settings in validation run series titled "ResetSpeedFlow"	Continued revised traffic parameter settings validation runs.
Jim

Status Updates for Week of Sept 10

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth		Check on Peer Review Panel Report
Lisa	Count Dracula work	Count Dracula work
Greg
Renee	Did Random Seed sensitivity tests. Re-ran base test for sensitivity with the same signal plans as other tests.	Help Dan with testing new traffic flow parameters.
Dan	Discovered misinterpretation of how traffic flow parameters are simulated in Dynameq Began new validation model run using the parameters we previously thought were being simulated - That validation run resulted in gridlock	Perform additional model runs where response time and vehicle length parameters are relaxed.
Jim

Status Updates for Week of Sept 3

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth		path validation get the static counts
Lisa	Started work on Count Dracula update to GeoDjango	Continuing work on CountDracula update
Greg
Renee	Tested stop signs at centroid connectors. Tested adding back in more of the trucks with stop signs on centroid connectors.	Start sensitivity testing with Aug 28 run as the baseline. If done by the end of the week, test updates with pedestrian friction. Test sensitivity to random seed and to network changes if there is time.
Dan	Started Annie on standardizing additional validation counts	Conduct speed-flow parameter sensitivity tests
Jim

Status Updates for Week of Aug 27

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Wrote and sent progress report.
Lisa	Completed custom priorities implementation for Issue 137: Two way stop control for centroid connectors	Started work on CountDracula update to GeoDjango
Neema
Greg
Renee	Tested changing truck RT to 1.25. Confirmed that corridor plots code works and closed Issue 85. Updated the Validation Tracker with extended demand tests from last couple of weeks.	Test stop signs at centroid connectors. If done by the end of the week, test turn updates with pedestrian friction. Work on Issue 139: Developing smarter demand profile for trucks after Lisa checks count data.
Dan	Reviewed results of setting alley speeds to 10mph Started working on turning movement pedestrian friction	Implement first round of pedestrian friction turn movement capacity restriction Get Annie Chung started on choosing and adding counts for validation
Jim

Status Updates for Week of Aug 20

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth		Progress report and code reviews.
Lisa	Fixed Issue 118: No intersection Control Warning Documentation update Started implementation of Issue 137: Two way stop control for centroid connectors. Looks like we'll need custom priorities though.	Completed custom priorities implementation for Issue 137: Two way stop control for centroid connectors
Neema
Greg	Help identify issues with gridlock given EV and MD demand.	Look at PeMS data for truck and auto count profile.
Renee	Tested extended demand with EV and MD trip tables. Investigated gridlocked locations in extended demand runs to see what is causing the problems. - Trucks and/or left turns from connectors are most likely Worked on Issue 116: Network Coding of Ramps. - Finished re-coding ramps already listed	Test changes to trucks in order to get MD/EV hours working. Confirm that corridor plots code works and close Issue 85. Update the Validation Tracker with extended demand tests from last couple of weeks. Test two-way stop signs at centroid connectors. If time, check for additional ramps that need to be changed to correct the number of lanes.
Dan	Adjusted FT on downtown streets so that all multi-lane one-way couplet streets are at least minor arterials Added a new facility type for alleys Closed out old and irrelevant issues	Review results of setting alley speeds to 10mph Work on turning movement pedestrian friction Choose counts for addition to validation counts Review Matt Chan's progress on turn restrictions Organize file structure of recent runs
Jim

Status Updates for Week of Aug 13

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Vacation.
Lisa	Created the demand for other time periods A number of network edits (both freeflow and the shapefile) trying to figure out the 100% demand run gridlocking for FAST-TRiPs	Fixed Issue 118: No intersection Control Warning Documentation update Started implementation of Issue 137: Two way stop control for centroid connectors. Looks like we'll need custom priorities though.
Neema
Greg
Renee	Ran test to figure out why extended demand period ends in gridlock.	Test extended demand with EV and MD trip tables. Work on developing a demand profile from counts. Investigate gridlocked locations in extended demand runs to see what is causing the problems. Work on Issue 116: Network Coding of Ramps. Confirm that corridor plotting code works and update the version of matplotlib needed in the documentation.
Dan		Adjusted FT on downtown streets so that all multi-lane one-way couplet streets are at least minor arterials Added a new facility type for alleys Closed out old and irrelevant issues
Jim

Status Updates for Week of Aug 6

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth		Vacation.
Lisa		Created the demand for other time periods A number of network edits (both freeflow and the shapefile) trying to figure out the 100% demand run gridlocking for FAST-TRiPs
Neema
Greg
Renee	Updated demand codes so that we get demand for 2:30-7:30. Updated code to allow us to use a non-uniform demand profile. Updated reporting spreadsheets to include VMT/VHT comparison to static assignment.	Run tests to figure out why extended demand period results in gridlock.
Dan
Jim

Status Updates for Week of July 30

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth	Peer Review!	Turn peer review items into actions.
Lisa	Peer review: code base presentation	Started looking into counts
Neema
Greg
Renee	Peer review panel.	Update demand codes so that we get demand for 2:30-7:30. Update code to allow us to use a non-uniform demand profile. Update reporting spreadsheets to include VMT/VHT comparison to static assignment. Look at how to use bucket rounded matrices for future tests.	Need trip tables for MD and NT periods to get the 2:30-3:30 and 6:30-7:30 trips.
Dan
Jim

Status Updates for Week of July 23

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth		Read and approve all peer review materials
Lisa		Peer review: code base presentation
Neema
Greg
Renee	Ran test to finalize results to be presented to peer review panel. Fixed signal errors by changing how "G"s and "Y"s are matched to green and yellow time. Found some issues with travel times and discussed how they could be fixed.	Finalize presentation for peer review panel.
Dan
Jim

Status Updates for Week of July 16

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Elizabeth
Lisa
Neema
Greg
Renee	Tested effects of changing CBD speeds and not using transit-only lanes. Tested the effects of increasing internal demand. Tested link penalty for locals and collectors. Did some additional work on the signal codes. Fixed some of the problems with the corridor plotting codes.	Run additional test when network updates are completed. Investigate the travel time outliers. Run select links and check paths where possible to see if results make sense.
Dan
Jim

Status Updates for Week of July 9

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis
Elizabeth
Lisa	Quick stop sign update: mark as all-way stops if facility type ambiguity exists for two-way stops. Generalize the way that the user specifies which links not to split.	Issue 109 Count Trends across years. Start Issue 113: Import GTFS to DTA
Neema
Greg
Renee	Did a validation run on PB machine where results matched what SF got for Jun 18 test. Did a few calibration runs - incorporating intrazonal trips, converting two-way stops with conflicts to all-way stops, and incorporating response time factor updates. Updated the codes to take care of connector problems. Updated the validation spreadsheets to also compare to static assignment results.	Calibration runs to test: removing bus-only lanes, getting rid of FF speed pentalties in CBD, increasing the demand Fix signal code problems Possibly update movements and u-turn prohibitions on Octavia.
Dan	Analyzed resulting data and used findings to adjust DTA model settings	Re-adjust speed-flow parameters and re-run model Write speed-flow documentation for wiki and peer-review Make additional grade-based speed-flow parameter changes

Status Updates for Week of July 2

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis
Elizabeth
Lisa	Fix for Issue 93: Investigate duplicate/mismatched counts in Count Dracula output. Issue 96: Documentation for DTA Anyway. Issue 95: SF-CHAMP Overview of LOS Inputs	Quick stop sign update: mark as all-way stops if facility type ambiguity exists for two-way stops. Generalize the way that the user specifies which links not to split.
Neema
Greg
Renee	Joined link counts to the link shapefile to visualize differences and count locations. Ran a few tests on PB machine, but need to figure out why they don't match the SF results.	Do a validation run on PB machine to get results to match what SF got for Jun 18 test. Do a few calibration runs once the settings are all correct. Run the corridor plots script and make updates if necessary. Update codes to take care of connector problems. Update validation spreadsheets to also compare to static assignment results. Look at balance of flow across facility types and figure out if more changes need to be made to speeds for some facility types.
Dan	Conducted speed, flow, queue, and response time surveys. Surveys were conducted at 9 locations in San Francisco featuring various street grades.	Analyzed resulting data and used findings to adjust DTA model settings.

Status Updates for Week of June 25

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	update the visualizeDTAResults script to produce 200 or so plots add counts to the corridor plot have link and movement methods that can aggregate counts
Elizabeth	Wrote FHWA Progress Report	minimal work please. We're moving!
Lisa	Code review/cleanup for unsignalized intersections (Issue 35). More data collection.	Fix for Issue 93: Investigate duplicate/mismatched counts in Count Dracula output. Issue 96: Documentation for DTA Anyway. Issue 95: SF-CHAMP Overview of LOS Inputs
Neema
Greg
Renee	Ran the code all the way through and documented the process for a User Guide. Continued to work on importing signals codes and getting rid of remaining Dynameq control file errors.	Join link counts to the link shapefile to visualize differences and count locations. Identify important places where we may have enough counts to create a screenline. Identify outlier counts and decide what to do about them. Do at least one full model run on NY server to test updates to codes.
Dan	Started work on turn prohibition review related to feedback from SFMTA on turn penalty map	Conducted speed, flow, queue, and response time surveys. Surveys were conducted at 9 locations in San Francisco featuring various street grades.

Status Updates for Week of June 18

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	added a corridor plot to the visualizeDTAResults module helped Greg install and run libraries and talked with him about our calibration strategy	update the visualizeDTAResults script to produce 200 or so plots add counts to the corridor plot have link and movement methods that can aggregate counts
Elizabeth	Review validation reports Wrote path creation method for travel time validations	Outline Documentation for Peer Review Review validation reports Write FHWA Progress Report
Lisa	Fix Issue 83: Implement transit lanes and Issue 68: Add date/time args to count dracula. Code cleanup - reuse orientation code rather. Data collection for response times/jam density. Worked on some signals.	Code review/cleanup for unsignalized intersections (Issue 35). More data collection. Get calibration runs going.
Neema
Greg	Wrote script to attach counts to network, export to CSV and summarize results in spreadsheet. Tested unsignalized instersections code. Discussed options for integration/feedback with Michalis. Attempted DTA run with slow locals/collectors. Dynameq license should be in NY by now.	Evaluation of model results and refinement. Vacation Wed-Fri.
Renee	Got a preliminary version of code to import unsignalized intersections done. Identified a few problems with the stops files, and fixed the ones that were possible. Set two-way stops with conflicting facility types to all-way.	Run the code all the way through and document the process for a User Guide. Join link counts to the link shapefile to visualize differences and count locations. Add External Stations tabe to Model vs Counts spreadsheet to show how we're doing at the entry and exit points. Identify important places where we may have enough counts to create a screenline. Identify outlier counts and decide what to do about them.
Dan	Away	Started work on turn prohibition review related to feedback from SFMTA on turn penalty map	Conduct speed, flow, queue, and response time surveys

Status Updates for Week of June 11

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Prepared movement validation reports(15 min) Added capability to the DTA library to read counts of multiple time periods and calculate aggregates at the movement level started preparing count validation script	prepare link validation scatter plot update script that produces count validation reports add corridor plots to the above script
Elizabeth	Wrote draft peer review agenda developed initial draft (on wiki) of validation targets based on Caltrans microsim guidelines developed a schedule working towards the peer review looked at results from validation runs 1, 2, and 3 and developed issue lists.	D
Lisa	Fix Issue 78 Transit import should verify that all required movements are allowed for transit and Issue 79 Links are too short for buses	Fix Issue 83: Implement transit lanes and Issue 68: Add date/time args to count dracula. Code cleanup - reuse orientation code rather. Data collection for response times/jam density. Worked on some signals.
Neema
Greg
Renee	Worked with some of the new mapping and movement errors for signals. Updated the movement_overrides.csv and uturnPros.csv files. Hard-coded fixes to problems with 3rd St & 23rd St and Broadway & Broadway Tunnel.	Finish with CSO matching errors (weekend vs. weekday) Start working on Issue 35.

Status Updates for Week of June 4

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Nothing important	Do some vaidation plots
Elizabeth	Coded Movements and gave to group Tried to start run but encountered too many issues	Develop new list of things to do based on Validation Run 1!	QA/QC in dynameq please!
Lisa	Fixed Issue 74 and Issue 76	Fix Issue 78 Transit import should verify that all required movements are allowed for transit and Issue 79 Links are too short for buses
Neema
Greg
Renee	Fixed Issue 80 and Issue 81 with signals. Fixed some errors with signal mapping. Still working on fixing all CSO matching issues and remaining signal and movement mapping problems.

Status Updates for Week of May 28

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis
Elizabeth	Finalized peer review dates and panel	Code Movements and give to group
Lisa		Fixed Issue 74 : Read the movement turn type override file (to help signal processing) Fixed Issue 76 : ignore movement penalties, only use movement prohibitions
Neema
Greg
Renee	Fixed additional mapping problems both programmatically and manually. Found problem with CSO matching and fixed. Identified possible issue with weekend/weekday CSOs that I will look into next week. Found problem with writing signal control file, and learned from Michalis how to fix that.

Status Updates for Week of May 21

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Created a histogram plot for the demand. Coded bucket rounding	Investigated the error caused by matrix rounding. Differences in row and column sums can be as much as 40 trips
Elizabeth	FT	QA/QC needs to happen on some level before you mark an issue complete
Lisa	Fix Issue 71: true shape display omits divided streets Code review/cleanup	Moved remaining centroid connectors from intersections Helped familiarize Neema with DTA Anyway
Dan
Greg
Renee	Compiling a list of movement and network errors related to signal mapping. Fixing somw signal card errors manually, currently creates 1037 time plans.

Status Updates for Week of May 14

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Fixed external centroid placement. Calculated number of lanes correctly for the external connectors	Created a histogram plot for the demand. Coded bucket rounding
Elizabeth	nada	FT	QA/QC needs to happen on some level before you mark an issue complete
Lisa	Cleanup/code review of Transit import scripts and related classes	Fix Issue 71: true shape display omits divided streets Implemented static network +5mph speed, static network capacity, static network facility type translation Code review/cleanup
Dan
Greg
Renee	Started working on importing excel signal cards. Fixed CSO matching errors and started identifying and fixing node and movement mapping errors.

Status Updates for Week of May 7

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Calculated capacities for protected movements at signalized intersections. Added capacity information to corridor plot	Fixed external centroid placement. Calculated number of lanes correctly for the external connectors
Elizabeth	Unfortunately not much.
Lisa		Cleanup/code review of Transit import scripts and related classes
Dan
Greg
Renee	Found Cube script to check transit/highway network compatibility. Fixed bus routes in sfmuni.lin file based on compatibility check. Started fixing bus.lin file.

Status Updates for Week of April 30

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	refactored Phase, PhaseMovement, TimePlan according to comments	Calculated capacities for protected movements at signalized intersections. Added capacity information to corridor plot
Elizabeth	did code review of signals	schedule peer review more code review? FT stuff	staffing for calibration
Lisa
Dan
Greg
Renee	Finished updating importTPPlusTransitRoutes code. Only remaining problems are where transit route files don't match the network.

Status Updates for Week of April 23

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Add functionality to the CorridorPlot module including svg output, the ability to show incoming and outgoing link flows, and the ability to show link capacity	refactored Phase, PhaseMovement, TimePlan according to comments
Elizabeth	moving forward on peer review. got approval from TMIP. sent progress report to FHWA.	code review for signal code
Lisa
Dan
Greg
Renee

Status Updates for Week of April 16

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Ported the Corridor Plot module to the new API	Add functionality to the CorridorPlot module including svg output, the ability to show incoming and outgoing link flows, and the ability to show link capacity
Elizabeth	drafted TMIP peer review application met briefly with Greg and Lisa re staffing finished progress report sans hours	send progress report do FT stuff	staffing
Lisa
Dan
Greg
Renee

Status Updates for Week of April 9

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis
Elizabeth	reviewed 100% demand model run (post centroid connector freeway ramp fixes) and made a list of things to check	drafted TMIP peer review application meet with Greg send progress report
Lisa		Fixed Issue 59: Make sure CountDracula works with DTAAnyway and worked on Issue 62: Import counts to CountDracula
Dan	Conducted validation model runs with 50%, 75%, and 100% of PM peak period demand Manually adjusted boundary connector network coding after 50% model run	Review and document potential network coding errors in validation network Adjust import signal scripts to match signal phasing on "C" instead of "CSO"
Greg
Renee

Status Updates for Week of Feb 27

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Imported the route module imported the SP algorithms and made them work with the network and route module updated the route module to report simulation results along the route (to be used in some reports)	create the Path module from the route module Link the demand class to the multiarray module document importSignals.py and other modules
Elizabeth	Talked to candidates for our peer review panel Supervised Dan's work Got task order signed	Think about unsignalized intersection methodology
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Code review and documentation set up the process for subarea extraction
Dan	Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits	Create sub-area extraction of current network Remove short links from the network Review 79 additional signal cards identified by MX
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Feb 20

NEEDS UPDATING

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Make a city wide simulation with all available signals and the latest available demand fixed bug related to centroid connectors and other give Dan a a new list of signals with errors or incomplete info make the createSFNetworkFromCubeNetwork.py available for everybody to run	Imported the route module imported the SP algorithms and made them work with the network and route module updated the route module to report simulation results along the route (to be used in some reports)
Elizabeth	Contact candidates for our peer review panel Supervise Dan's work	Contact candidates for our peer review panel Supervise Dan's work Get task order signed
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Code review and documentation set up the process for subarea extraction
Dan	Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits	Create sub-area extraction of current network Remove short links from the network Review 79 additional signal cards identified by MX
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Feb 13

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Make a city wide simulation with all available signals and the latest available demand fixed bug related to centroid connectors and other give Dan a a new list of signals with errors or incomplete info make the createSFNetworkFromCubeNetwork.py available for everybody to run	Make a city wide simulation with all available signals and the latest available demand (900 plus signals) make the createSFNetworkFromCubeNetwork.py available for everybody to run fix bus related to turn prohibitions fix bugs related to link shape review signal import validation reports incorporate new subeara network
Elizabeth	Contact candidates for our peer review panel Supervise Dan's work provide Michalis with subarea demand
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Code review and documentation set up the process for subarea extraction
Dan	Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits	Create sub-area extraction of current network Remove short links from the network Review 79 additional signal cards identified by MX
Greg

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Read Simulation results update the node mapping script to deal with two-word street names address issues #31 and #28 deal with very small links	Make a city wide simulation with all available signals and the latest available demand troubleshooting and minor bug fixing give Dan a a new list of signals with errors or incomplete info make the createSFNetworkFromCubeNetwork.py available for everybody to run
Elizabeth	brainstormed candidates for our peer review panel ran a more recent subarea demand extraction	Contact candidates for our peer review panel Supervise Dan's work providing Michalis with subarea demand
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Code review and documentation
Dan	Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits	Create sub-area extraction of current network Remove short links from the network Review 79 additional signal cards identified by MX
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Jan 30

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis			Prepare county wide signal validation reports update the node mapping script to deal with two-word street names address issues #31 and #28 deal with very small links
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Contact some candidates for our peer review panel Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan		Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Jan 23

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Make Countywide runs with 800 signals check movement capacities
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan		Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Jan 16

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	improve the import success rate about (66% now) work with Dan fix bugs and remaining issues	Make Countywide runs with 800 signals check movement capacities troubleshooting
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan		Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Jan 9

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Imported 700 signals (one period only) to Dynameq fixed some importing errors (more left) Refactored signal code and unit tested it resolved outstanding issues fixed bugs	improve the import success rate about (66% now) work with Dan fix bugs and remaining issues
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan		Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Jan 2

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Modified the algorithm that identifies conflicting movements to more accurately determine permitted and protected movements	Imported 700 signals (one period only) to Dynameq fixed some importing errors (more left) Refactored signal code and unit tested it resolved outstanding issues fixed bugs
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Dec 30

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Resolved outstanding issues helped Dan develop a working setup produced signal conversion reports	Modified the algorithm that identifies conflicting movements to more accurately determine permitted and protected movements
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan	Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Dec 23

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	address some of the lingering issues we have troubleshooting	Resolved outstanding issues helped Dan develop a working setup went over various errors with Dan produced signal conversion reports
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan	Start making updates/corrections Run the scripts to verify edits	Edit Cube Network update Excel Cards Run the scripts to verify edits
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Dec 17

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Refine the scripts so that Dan can use them Continue troubleshooting the import process Address some of the lingering issues we have	address some of the lingering issues we have troubleshooting
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan	Review node mapping and other errors and suggest ways to correct them	Start making updates/corrections Run the scripts to verify edits
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Dec 12

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Update tools based on Dan's work import hundreds of signals to Dynameq Take another look at the movement errors and prepare an error file for Dan	Refine the scripts so that Dan can use them Continue troubleshooting the import process Address some of the lingering issues we have
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Dan	Review node mapping and other errors and suggest ways to correct them	Start making updates/corrections Run the scripts to verify edits
Greg

Status Updates for Week of Dec 5

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Correct errors in the calculation of yellow and red times of the last phase distinguish between protected and permitted movements work with Dan find someone to help me fix errors	Update tools based on Dan's work import hundreds of signals to Dynameq Take another look at the movement errors and prepare an error file for Dan
Elizabeth	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work	Supervise Dan's work

Dan	Review node mapping and other errors Run the node mapping scripts	Review node mapping and other errors and suggest ways to correct them

Greg	Supervise Dan's work

Status Updates for Week of November 28

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Import excel signals to Dynameq do quality control	Correct errors in the calculation of yellow and red times of the last phase distinguish between protected and permitted movements work with Dan find someone to help me fix errors
Elizabeth		Supervise Dan's work
Lisa		Supervise Dan's work
Dan	Add more street street names to the Cube network Run the node mapping scripts	Add more street street names to the Cube network Run the node mapping scripts
Greg		Supervise Dan's work

Status Updates for Week of November 21

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Review errors from the movement mapping scripts update the scripts to map more movements or modify the excel signals manually to correct movement mapping errors	Import excel signals to Dynameq do quality control
Elizabeth
Lisa	Supervise Dan's work
Dan	Add more street street names to the Cube network Run the node mapping scripts
Greg

Status Updates for Week of November 14

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Reviewed all 140 files for which the scripts failed to load the excel signal updated the scripts or modified the excel cards so that the scripts can read them coordinate manual import tasks with SFCTA review errors in the import process and try to fix them	Review errors from the movement mapping scripts update the scripts to map more movements or modify the excel signals manually to correct movement mapping errors
Elizabeth
Lisa		Supervise Dan's work
Dan		Add more street street names to the Cube network Run the node mapping scripts
Greg

Status Updates for Week of November 7

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	matched Dynameq nodes to excel signal cards using street names and Google Earth. Success rate is about 80%. Created the JSON signal format for future use Refactored part of the signal import procedures	Map intersection movements between the dynameq network and the excel signal files based on street name and link orientation coordinate manual import tasks with SFCTA review errors in the import process and try to fix them
Elizabeth
Lisa		Supervise Dan's work
Dan		Add more street street names to the Cube network Run the node mapping scripts
Greg

Status Updates for Week of October 31

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	match the street names in the signal cards with the Dynameq ones fix the adv file troubleshooting	Import signals from excel to Dynameq and identify types of error messages during the import process identify intermediate format to use for signal entry take another look at how link shape is being written to the advanced file
Elizabeth
Lisa
Dan
Greg

Status Updates for Week of October 17

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Simulate 3 hours of demand using the county network consisting of the Geary DTA network and the Cube network combined	write the Dynameq signal classes write data structure and the algorithms that map two networks enhance the Network copy method to include signals troubleshooting
Elizabeth
Lisa
Dan
Greg

Status Updates for Week of October 10

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Implement the new network merge method that is based on location rather than node/link id implement link shape implement turn prohibitions	Simulate 3 hours of demand using the county network consisting of the Geary DTA network and the Cube network combined
Elizabeth
Lisa
Dan
Greg

Status Updates for Week of October 3

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	RemoveNode and RemoveLink methods left the network object in incosistent state when called to delete virtual links or connectors. Started refactoring remove methods	Implement the new network merge method that is based on location rather than node/link id implement link shape implement turn prohibitions
Elizabeth
Lisa	Update county network with external centroids do another subarea-cut modify some very small links in the Cube network that prohibit Dynameq from running
Dan
Greg

Status Updates for Week of September 12

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	made a successful assignment of a few thousand vehicles resolved all Dynameq import errors programmed non-recursive DFS and meta-graph algorithms to be used in the demand validation process	Merge links to expedite the SP step reduce the number of nodes in the network from 13400 to 12500 without removing network detail research algorithms that encapsulate a set of points (convex hull etc) think about easy ways to read link shape from a shapefile
Elizabeth		make permanent manual edits to the cube network to eliminate very short and overlapping links do another subarea cut
Lisa
Dan
Greg

Status Updates for Week of September 5

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Overlapping connectors are found and resolved by slightly moving their virtual nodes (success rate is usually 100% but sometimes it drops to 98%) Created the demand class that reads Dynameq and Cube matrices and it is based on a multidimensional labeled data structure that allows slicing and accessing elements using labels rather than consecutive integers	Simulate demand on the county network but without signals
Elizabeth
Lisa
Dan
Greg

Status Updates for Week of August 29

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Enhance network merge algorithm to take care of connectivity issues at the boundary of the merged networks. The algorithm gave inconsistent results when relying on the link ids only. move around centroids so that centroid connectors do not overlap with links test all the algorithms with our current data think about how to implement the demand class think of a variation of the convex hull algorithm that creates a polygon containing all the network links (to be used when merging networks)	None of the algorithms for finding overlapping links (dot product, link orientation) gave satisfactory results. It proved that the best way is to shift all links to the right (same as dynameq) and then calculate the angle to the next link The merge algorithm works as long as there are no node and link id conflicts I was able to merge Geary with the downtown SF network but the algorithm failed when I tried merging the county network due to link id conflicts Created the demand API and decided on the implementation details A variation of the Graham's scan algorithm that uses a finite step should work
Elizabeth	figure out how to get Dan involved.
Lisa
Dan
Greg

Status Updates for Week of August 22

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Worked on Merge Script (initial version functional when networks are disjoint) made connector creation smarter about turn prohibitions (and configurable) made connector splitting smarter about where it is attaching scripts (and configurable) wrote more detailed documentation for some of the methods produced Sphinx documentation	Enhance network merge algorithm to take care of connectivity issues at the boundary of the merged networks move around centroids so that centroid connectors do not overlap with links test all the algorithms with our current data think about how to implement the demand class think of a variation of the convex hull algorithm that creates a polygon containing all the network links (to be used when merging networks)
Elizabeth	talk with Brian G. about contracting update write progress report	figure out how to get Dan involved.
Lisa
Dan	Get acquainted with the project
Greg	Brainstorm Peer Reviewers

Status Updates for Week of August 15

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Apply the algorithm that removes centroid connectors from intersections on the entire netwrok work on importing the entire network from Cube to Dynameq Submitted bug report and fixed ordering issue for virtual links and links int eh dynameq ASCII	Work on Merge Script make connector creation smarter about turn prohibitions (and configurable) make connector splitting smarter about where it is attaching scripts (and configurable) write more detailed documentation for some of the methods produce Sphinx documentation
Elizabeth	Very little	talk with Brian G. about contracting update write progress report brainstorm peer reviewers
Lisa
Greg		Brainstorm Peer Reviewers

Status Updates for Week of August 8

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Code review (r94) Finished the algorithm that removes centroids from intersections Checked DynameqNetwork write functionality	Apply the algorithm that removes centroid connectors from intersections on the entire netwrok work on importing the entire network from Cube to Dynameq write more detailed documentation for some of the methods produce Shpinx documentation
Elizabeth	write progress report for July for FHWA review intern applicants and discuss resource allocation with F&A spend time with Greg on Thursday continue looking into travel time data licensing issues	need invoice for PB or at least an informal statement of hours so I can update progress report
Lisa	respond to comments on r94 go over checkins and documentation (and move CountDracula documentation to github from twiki) chat with Greg on Thursday	Interviewed DTA intern candidates.
Greg

Status Updates for Week of August 1

Contributor	Previous Week	This Week	Issues For Group
Michalis	Reviewed the code (r85, r86) Added functionality that allows links/nodes/movements to be added and removed by the programmer. Added unit tests that cover the delete Movement, Link, Node features.	Code review (r94) Finish the algorithm that removes centroids from intersections Fix some of the ASCII output errors.
Varun	code reviewed changes to DTA and Count Dracula libraries addressed all issues in code review including: moving CountDracula class to CountDracula code base and made the dta code base just access it with a script fixed the suffix matching issue so that you are only required to have a suffix if there is ambiguity in the intersection name. finished up documentation, updated documentation on CountDracula website confirm that the count matching script that he committed worked.	Varun finished up at the end of last week	we should make sure we understand the documentation and confirm that everything works before our memory about what Varun did was lost. we should look at his TODOs and make sure none of them are critical web front end is still in dev...need a plan for this.
Elizabeth	participated in Varun's code review re-advertised intern position on website haggled with travel time data providers about cost/licensing issues	write progress report for July for FHWA review intern applicants and discuss resource allocation with F&A spend time with Greg on Thursday continue looking into travel time data licensing issues	need invoice for PB or at least an informal statement of hours so I can update progress report
Lisa	participated in Varun's code review	respond to comments on r94 go over checkins and documentation (and move CountDracula documentation to github from twiki) chat with Greg on Thursday

Status Updates for Week of July 25

Michalis Created the test folder (at the same level with dta) containing the unitests. Started the network unittest module

Varun Added CountDracula-based count importing

Elizabeth and Lisa Code-reviewed CountDracula first cut

Status Updates for Week of July 18th

Elizabeth Received and Plugged in the Dynameq Size 10 license WOOHOO

Lisa Implemented Network.insertVirtualNodeBetweenCentroidsAndRoadNodes(), uploaded small test networks. Full San Francisco network is viewable in Dynameq (although lacking in lots of attributes, of course).

Status Updates for Week of July 11th

Michalis Review Lisa's Code

Lisa: DTA networks can now have shifts and shape points; implemented beginning of CubeNetwork read methods

Elizabeth Installed 64-bit Dynameq 2.5 test on FOLSOM.
Got Michalis' VPN working again so he can remote access our license. Still having a bit of trouble with the VNC portion.

Status Updates for Week of July 5th

Lisa: Continuing to read/write Dynameq and Cube networks; goal is to get something by end of week

Michalis & Elizabeth: Wednesday and Friday code review

Status Updates for Week of June 27th

Lisa: Working on code to read/write Dynameq and Cube networks.
Michalis: Discuss progress by phone

Status Updates for Week of June 20th

Lisa: Branched dev and created some stub files. Talked to Michalis about the plan and timeline, decided that I would convert the existing code to the new dta module in order to:

• read and write the geary dynameq network
  
• read the cube network and write the dynameq network
  The goal is to get this working by July 1; Michalis would then assist with the merge portion. Also discussed plan of action for the new intern, Varun, who will be assisting with getting counts infrastructure into place.

Status Updates for Week of June 13th

Lisa: Commented on APIdiscussion

Status Updates for Week of June 6th

Elizabeth

Last Week:

• There were a lot of contract and task order hoops that had to be jumped through on the TA side of things...but I think things are on the way to getting a TO to PB by the end of the week or beginning of next with an NTP
  
• Decided on a DTA intern
  
• Followed up with Inro about software licensing. We will have a version of Dynameq in our hands that can accept the entire network by the 2nd week of July. Until then, we can focus on getting the data ready and developing the script infrastructure. The Inro purchase order should be out the door.

Next Week:

• I will be on vacation.

Issues for Group:

Status Updates for May 31

Elizabeth

Last Week:

• Updated scope, schedule and budget and sent to PB to review this will be for both a contract amendment with FHWA as well as the PB task order
  
• Interviewed potential DTA interns
  
• Had discussions with Inro about software licensing needed for this project as well as software versions

This Week:

• Finalize scope and get task order to PB
  
• Hire a DTA intern
  
• Get purchase order out to Inro

Issues for Group:

• Need to make sure everybody has the hours I said they did in the scope and schedule.

Lisa

Last Week:

• Updated wiki to provide more detail for each task
  
• Researched GPL licensing

This Week:

• Draft a licensing memo/wiki page
  
• Draft a code base structure
  
• Draft and potentially test a workflow

Issues for Group:

• Need to discuss GPL licensing issues
  
• Need to discuss dependency issues/software requirements, etc.
  
• Need to test workflow

Status Updates for May 2

Billy

• Reviewed site hosting options (looked at sourceforge, google code, github, gitorious.) Chose Google Code!
  
  • Note: Google Code doesn't support GIT, our internal code repository, but does support Subversion and Mercurial. I vote for Subversion since Git talks to it fluently. In my opinion Mercurial is a vestigial system that is being superseded by Git in the marketplace.
    
• Created initial project web pages for landing frontpage, initial task wiki pages, and project statuses.
  
• Created internal mailing list for the project team, [email protected]. All team members can have access to it from http://groups.google.com/group/dta-discuss?hl=en -- let's discuss who wants to be on it?

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