Updated FDOT LOS Planning Software (LOSPLAN)

Contracting Agency: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)

PI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D.

With initial program design and development performed under a previous contract, this project was focused on improvements and enhancements to the LOSPLAN component programs, ARTPLAN, FREEPLAN, and HIGHPLAN, as well as the development of a new corridor planning analysis program.  Specifically, the following tasks were addressed under this contract: Refine the user interface of the existing LOSPLAN programs; Refine and test the computational methodologies of the existing LOSPLAN programs; Extend the computational capabilities of the existing LOSPLAN programs; and Develop a new LOSPLAN component program that would integrate the analysis capabilities of the existing LOSPLAN programs into a corridor analysis program.

The specific accomplishments of this project include the following: Revisions, refinements, and debugging of the user interfaces; Revisions, refinements, and debugging of the calculations; Revisions and updating of electronic help resources; Refinements of the program code structures to reduce computer resource consumption; Development of a batch processing utility; Integration of a remote automation capability; Demonstration of the potential for database interfacing with the LOSPLAN programs; Revision of the XML input routine; Development of dynamic link library (DLL) implementations of the calculations code; Development of a preliminary version of CORPLAN.

A more detailed project summary can be found at the following web site: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/Completed_Proj/Summary_PL/FDOT_BC354_65.pdf