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Events for September 15, 2010
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METRANS SEMINAR SERIES
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Peter Gordon , Professor, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Talk Title: Peak â Load Pricing on L.A.âs Freeways: Modeling and Simulations
Abstract: Peak-load pricing has been seen as a way to internalize externalities and, at the same time, as a set of incentives to shift some peak-hour trips to off-peak periods. The policy has also been viewed as a mechanism to generate revenues. But it is an open question how travelers trade off time for money and respond to peak-off-peak pricing differentials. This generates some timely and related questions, including: 1) How can we model the activity location and traffic implications for multiple time-of-day periods in a major metropolitan area? 2) What are the network level-of-service and urban development effects of implementing peak-load pricing on selected routes? It is possible to conduct simulations on actual highway networks to treat these questions, but none of the many existing basic urban models are able to examine the issues of simultaneous route choice and time-of-day choice involving millions of travelers, thousands of traffic network zones, and hundreds of thousands of network links in an equilibrium system.
Lewis Hall(RGL) Room 209
12:00 Noon - Lunch / 12:20-1:30 PM - Seminar
Our research addresses these questions by extending the Southern California Planning Model (SCPM) so that it can be used to determine the time-of-day, trip distribution, and network traffic effects of various pricing plans for the greater L.A. (five-county) metropolitan area. The model estimates improvements in levels of services throughout the highway network for various toll charges. It examines how drivers trade off route-choice with time-of-day choice against the option of traveling less. Our approach estimates the implied revenues by local jurisdiction as well as possible land use effects in terms of altered development pressures throughout the region. The effects for two different toll scenarios are compared and policy implications are discussed.
RSVP* for lunch to Shawn Gong, TGong@usc.edu by Noon, Tues. Sept. 14
The seminar will start promptly at 12:20 pm.
Biography: Peter Gordon is a Professor in the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. His research interests are in applied urban economics. Dr. Gordon and his colleagues have developed various economic impact models that they apply to study the effects of infrastructure investments, disruptions from natural events, or terrorist attacks.
In addition, he continues to be interested in urban structure and economic growth along with the associated policy implications. Peter Gordon has published in many of the major urban planning, urban transportation and regional science journals. His recent papers are available at www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon. He has consulted for local, state and federal agencies, the World Bank, the United Nations and many private groups. Gordon received the Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971.
Host: METRANS
Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 209
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Presentation to ISE 508 Class
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 @ 06:40 PM - 08:00 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Pete Delgado, Chief Executive, Los Angeles County LAC-USC Healthcare Network
Talk Title: Health Care Operations Improvement
Abstract: The Chief Executive, Los Angeles County LAC-USC Healthcare Network gives a presentation to the Epstein ISE 508 Class on Health Care Operations Improvement.
Date/Time/Place: Wednesday, 9/15/10, Studio C, Olin Hall (DEN) 6:40 PM
Biography: Pete Delgado, a health care administrator with a broad range of experience in running medical centers in Texas and California, was selected as the chief executive officer of the LAC+USC
Healthcare Network in 2003. Previously, Delgado operated his own independent healthcare consulting firm that worked on the
development of affordable healthcare products for small employers.
He has also served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Christus Santa Rosa Hospital System in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to that, Delgado was the CEO of the
Columbia Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas.
Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - Studio C
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Georgia Lum
