Technical and Non-technical Support of TRANSIMS

Services provided by the Volpe Center will be targeted at specific areas that support FHWA's work in the use and promotion of TRANSIMS. The areas include the following and are described in subsequent sub-sections: (1) Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) support to FHWA on one of the TRANSIMS deployments that is anticipated to be awarded in response to the previously mentioned BAA; (2) Management of the TRANSIMS on-line community; (3) Support of TRANSIMS peer reviews; and (4) Development of TRANSIMS documentation. Work performed by the Volpe Center is managed in accordance with the standard practices derived from the Project Management Institute and documented in Volpe Order 5000.5. A Project Management plan will be developed that describes in detail the practices that will be employed to manage this project including detailed deliverable schedules and reporting procedures.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $460000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTFH61-08-V-00013 Ta

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Planning, Environment and Realty (HEP)
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Gardner, Brian

• Performing Organizations:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Principal Investigators:

  Smith, Scott

• Start Date: 20080730
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100930
• Source Data: RiP Project 20320

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Project management; Research projects; Traffic flow; Traffic simulation
• Identifier Terms: John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; TRANSIMS (Computer model)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Technical support
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01459695
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-08-V-00013 Ta
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:10PM