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SCOOT Workshops

TRL holds 2-day workshops each year for traffic engineers and technicians. The objective of the course is to enable delegates to understand and apply SCOOT. The next course is planned for 21-22 October 2010. For further information and online booking details, please visit the training section of the TRL software website, www.trlsoftware.co.uk, or contact TRL Software Sales.

The programme covers:

  1. The SCOOT method
    • The SCOOT traffic model
    • SCOOT optimisers
    • Vehicle detection
  2. Setting up a SCOOT system
    • Detector siting
    • Data requirements
    • Model validation
  3. Getting the best out of SCOOT
    • Congestion Management
    • SCOOT output
    • Customising SCOOT
  4. SCOOT facilities
    • Bus priority
    • ASTRID
    • Historic profiles
    • Gating
    • Emissions estimates
  5. Current research
    • Recent SCOOT versions
    • Future developments
  6. Practical exercises
    • Setting up SCOOT data
    • SCOOT validation