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TRANSIMS-MOVES Integration
Format conversion
Major Challenges
§A Matlab program was developed to convert the
required inputs and outputs for TRANSIMS and MOVES by calling the MySQL database, and
running the two models.
§For links within the subarea network, detailed second-by-second vehicle speed trajectories were used to derive the link drive schedules.
§For links outside
the micro-simulated area, emissions were based on the average speeds.
Incorporation of the gradient information
§Another program
was developed to extract the elevation of the nodes of each link through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Elevation
Web Service.
§Calculated roadway gradients were
manually validated and incorporated into MOVES input using MySQL tables