2026 Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC SimCap Meeting
January 13, 2026
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Georgetown Room (M1), Marriott Marquis Washington DC
901 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington , DC 20001
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The Chesapeake and Potomac Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (CAPSITE) is pleased to invite you to the joint CAPSITE and VASITE Simulation and Capacity Analysis User Group (SimCap) Technical Meeting. The meeting will be held on January 13, 2026 from 6pm - 9pm at the Marriott Marquis Washington DC (Georgetown Room - Level M1). 2.5 PDH credits are anticipated for all registered attendees.
Agenda:
6:00PM - 6:30PM - Registration and Networking
6:30PM - 6:40PM - Welcome and ITE/Section Updates by Sanhita Lahiri and Sogand Karbalaieali
6:40PM - 7:30PM - Presentations:
- Simplification of the TAT VOL II – Automation of Cluster Analysis (15 minutes)
- Chung Tran (WSB Engineering) and Scott Washburn (University of Florida)
- Ped/Bike Performance Measures (15 minutes)
- Sanhita Lahiri (VDOT) and Rajib Saha (VDOT)
- PTV Updates (20 minutes)
- Sean Fitzgerel (PTV Group)
7:30PM - 7:45PM - Coffee break with light refreshments
Sponsored by PTV Group and CAPSITE
7:45PM - 9:00PM - Presentations:
- Aimsun 26 – Improvements for better modeling and Update on Aimsun Live Deployments using Real Time Simulation in Dubuque (10 minutes)
- Matthew Jukes (Aimsun US)
- GenAI for Smart mobility analysis (15 minutes)
- Junghwan Kim (Virginia Tech)
- Multi-Resolution Modeling of a Light Rail System (15 minutes)
- Joe Blasi and Soheil Sajjadi (HNTB)
- Macro-Mesoscopic Modelling for Scenario Analysis and Project Prioritization in Northern Virginia (15 minutes)
- Feng Liu (Cambridge Systematics) and Harun Rashid (NVTC)
- Traffic Forecasting and Analysis in M-NCPPC, Montgomery County Planning Department (15 minutes)
- Jun Yang (Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission)
Please reach out to Sana Hong if you have any questions about the event. For PDH inquiries, please reach out to Deep Patel.
This event is sponsored by the PTV Group.
SimCap is a volunteer group established to develop and share guidance and best practices regarding the application of simulation and capacity analysis methodologies and tools. It is intended as a resource for transportation professionals, both government agency and private consultants, to advance the state of the practice.
Tickets
$50.00 CAPSITE Private-Sector Member
$65.00 Private Sector Non-ITE Member
$0.00 CAPSITE Public Sector/Retired Member
$0.00 Public Sector Non-ITE Member
$0.00 Student
$0.00 Presenter
