Dear TMIP Community, The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is seeking a Principal Planner to support development of our first statewide travel demand model. Your role is instrumental in the development, implementation, and use of travel modeling tools to support the State’s planning, performance, and sustainability goals. You will immediately contribute to efforts just getting underway to create the model's statewide transportation network and to lead a household travel survey that will underpin subsequent phases of model development. View the position description and apply through Minnesota’s career portal. Applications being accepted through November 18. https://careers.mn.gov/psp/mnjob/MNCAREERS/HRCR/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1001&JobOpeningId=97957&PostingSeq=1 Paul Morris, PE (he/him/his) Statewide Travel Demand Modeling Director Office of Transportation System Management paul.morris@state.mn.us | 651-366-3754

Last Thursday, November 5, 2026, the US Census Bureau released the 2024 data for LEHD/LODES. LEHD = Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics LODES = LEHD Origin Destination Statistics. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/onthemap-lehd-lodes.html?utm_campaign=20261105pios3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Census Bureau Releases OnTheMap Update with More LODES Employment Data census.gov This release (LODES 8.5) includes new data for 2024. The LEHD program now has year-to-year data from 2002 to 2024. [...]

Who wants to come to London with me to study the Science of Cities? We'll learn how London evolved from early origins through the Industrial Revolution while examining cities from the standpoint of economics, culture and global trade, and we'll visit the infrastructure and systems that make a modern system function. [...]

Thanks, Chuck for bringing this up to our collective attention regarding LEHD/LODES and the lehdr R package version 1.2.2 available at lehdr R-universe Repository. Thanks also for your important suggestion to perform comparative analyses between LEHD/LODES, ctpp, and ACS. Coincidentally, this is what we have been doing at ARC, including other peripheral origin-destination datasets as well as transportation "Big Data" from public and private sector sources. Our data analytics platform was developed internally in-house for the metro Atlanta region, see ARC's ODMAP_External, soon to be updated with the below referenced 2024 LEHD/LODES data. It also includes FHWA's 2019 Next-Generation National [...]

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DMDU Launch Party Reminder Hosted by Marty Milkovits and Flavia Tsang   A reminder to join us tomorrow (Friday, November 6) for the DMDU Launch Party in the Zephyr Lounge! Come learn what the Zephyr DMDU Activity is all about, play a fun round of DMDU Jeopardy!, and explore ways to get involved. Whether you’re new to DMDU or already putting it into practice, we’d love to have you join us! Building on years of foundational work established across prior national committee efforts, the Zephyr Foundation is establishing a dedicated home for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU)! Our goal is to bridge research and practice by equipping planners and agency leaders with open, actionable tools.  Friday, November 6, at 2:15 PM Eastern / 11:15 AM Pacific in the Zephyr Lounge on Discord. Note: You'll need to join the Zephyr Forum Discord server to access the Lounge. Join the Zephyr Forum here.

On 10/29/26 the US Census Bureau released the 2025 single-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS). Next up will by the 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) for 2025, probably in a month or so (“TBD”). The five-year data release (2021-2025) will probably be released before the end of this year. [...]

TMIP community, please see below for the San Francisco County Transportation Authority's RFP for Model Development Services for CHAMP 8 Model Development Project. Thanks, Drew *Drew Cooper*Senior Manager of Data and Forecasting Office: 415-522-4814 drew.cooper@sfcta.org sfcta.org | sign up for our newsletter ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: San Francisco County Transportation Authority Date: Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM Subject: RFP 26/27-01 CHAMP 8 Model Development Project To: [...]

Good afternoon, Fresno Council of Governments (Fresno COG) is requesting proposals from qualified consultants to assess the ground access travel behaviors of passengers arriving at/departing from the Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) that will help implement an ActivitySim airport access model within Fresno COG's Activity Based Model (ABM). The primary objective of an airport ground access survey is to gather data on the transportation methods utilized by passengers and other individuals traveling to and from an airport. The survey will collect information regarding the respondent's most recent ground access journey to arrive at/depart from FAT (i.e., revealed preference data or [...]

Dear Transportation Planning and Modeling Community, To advance travel analysis practices and bridge the gap between academic research and practical agency implementation, the Zephyr Foundation is establishing a dedicated home for our Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) Activity. Building on foundational work established through prior national committee collaborations, this initiative empowers planners, modelers, and researchers to shift from rigid "predict-then-act" forecasting toward rigorous, adaptive planning frameworks. Core Tools & Web Resources * Champion’s Toolkit: Practical guidance, key references, and frameworks to help you advocate for and implement DMDU practices within your organization.   * State-of-the-Practice Case Studies: Real-world applications highlighting lessons learned to motivate future research and practical adoption. (Featuring the Oregon Department of Transportation, with additional case studies from MTC and Translink coming soon!)   * Web Hub: Access all activity materials and archived work at zephyrtransport.org/activities/decision-making-under-deep-uncertainty/. Ways You Can Get Involved Today * Join the Discord Launch Party (November 6): Kick off the activity with peers on our Discord server! Connect in real time, explore dedicated channels, and meet fellow practitioners.   * Attend the November 19 Learning Session: Register for "Planning for an Uncertain Future: US and UK Approaches to Long-Range Planning".   * Join the Restarted Google Group: Sign up to join technical discussions, ask questions, and receive activity updates.   * Submit Your Work as a Case Study: We are actively seeking project examples to expand our repository, showcase the state of the practice, and provide real-world insights for peers. Contact us to submit a project or draft outline.   * Help Advance the Activity: Reach out to Marty and Flavia at dmdu@zephyrtransport.org to get directly involved in shaping, contributing to, or leading future activity initiatives! Together, we can build open, rigorous travel forecasting methods capable of navigating an uncertain future. Best regards, The Zephyr DMDU Team

Podcast Feature: Talking Maths in Museums with Talking Maths in Public: Series 2, Episode 4 "By humanising the discipline and highlighting its global roots, we explore how educators can move past the standard '17th-century European male' perspective to show a diverse student body their own cultural heritages reflected in the maths they do every day." [cat_tail]

Podcast Feature: Talking Maths in Museums with Talking Maths in Public: Series 2, Episode 3 "Stream Thomas K. Briggs' interview on the TMiP podcast exploring how authentic mathematical threads are deeply woven into heritage sites and architecture. [cat_tail]

TMIP、リアルワールド（以下、RLWRLD）、三菱地所は10月15日、16日の2日間、東京都千代田区の大手町仲通りでフィジカルAIロボット「RLDX-1」による飲料提供および空容器回収の実証実験を実施する。

フィジカルAIロボット基盤モデル（RFM）の開発に取り組むリアルワールド株式会社（RLWRLD）、三菱地所株式会社、一般社団法人TMIP（Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform）は、フィジカルAIロボットによる飲料提供と空容器回収の実証実験を実施する。

As a freelancer who helps heritage sites and cultural organisations communicate the mathematics hidden within their collections, my ideal holiday naturally involves visiting as many museums as possible. This article explores what happens when we intentionally look for mathematical threads in cultural spaces. Inspired by a session I ran at the Talking Maths in Public (TMiP) conference (where I discovered that even dedicated mathmaticians often overlook these connections when exploring heritage sites) this piece is an open invitation to look at history through a completely different lens. Illustrated with photographs taken during my own travels, the article highlights a few fascinating examples of “maths in the wild.” I guide readers through everything from wartime trigonometry at the Cornwall at War Museum and architectural geometry at Raglan Castle, to game theory and historical datasets at the British Library and Wellcome Collection. It is a lighthearted but passionate argument for viewing museums as vital spaces for informal learning, complete with a practical call-to-action on how visitors can encourage museums to make their mathematical stories visible. ## Where to read it: The full article is published in the Summer 2026 “Maths on Holiday” special edition of Mathematics Today (June 2026, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 70-71). If you are a member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), you can read the issue via the IMA Mathematics Today Archive. ### Share this: * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * ### _Related_

[リアルワールド株式会社] 　世界最先端※のフィジカルAI基盤モデルの開発に取り組むリアルワールド株式会社（RLWRLD、本社：アメリカ 代表：リュ・ジュンヒ／日本法人：東京都千代田区 代表：李フン、以下 リアルワールド（RLWRLD））は三...

RLWRLD、三菱地所、TMIPは2026年10月15日・16日に、東京都千代田区の大手町仲通りでフィジカルAIロボットの実証実験を行う予定だ。

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is seeking to hire a consultant or consultant team (Consultant) that will collect comprehensive information on how people travel throughout the nine-county Bay Area, including trip purposes, travel modes, frequency, and origin-destination patterns. The study will use a primarily smartphone-based travel diary survey, supplemented by web and/or telephone methods, to collect data from a representative sample of Bay Area households. The resulting data will support regional transportation planning, travel demand modeling, and analysis of evolving travel patterns. [...]

RLWRLD（リアルワールド）のフィジカルAIロボットが飲料提供、空容器を回収　大手町仲通りにて「まちまるごと実証実験by TMIP」第4弾を実施について紹介しています。