Utah Model Users Group

The Utah Model Users Group (UtahMUG) was re-established in January 2023 to exchange information about travel demand modeling and forecasting within the state of Utah. Please read the About Us page for more information regarding our vision and goals.

For more information regarding upcoming or previous meetings, please check out our Meetings page.

For questions or concerns, please submit them via our Suggestion Box.

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Nicholas Gayer (User Spotlight May 2024)

May 2, 2024

NICHOLAS GAYER

Nicholas Gayer
Education: Arizona State University, BS, MS Urban Planning and GIS

Current Employment: Dixie MPO - Transportation Planning Manager

Greatest Interests about Travel Demand Modeling and Forecasting: The fact that it provides planners like me with the most accurate method of seeing the future. Without it, we might still be looking at crystal balls to make our planning decisions.

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Charles Allen (User Spotlight May 2024)

May 2, 2024

CHARLES ALLEN

Charles Allen
Education: Brigham Young University, BS, MS Civil Engineering

Current Employment: Parametrix - Transportation Engineer

Greatest Interests about Travel Demand Modeling and Forecasting: Forecasting is the foundation of so many projects that leads to multi-million-dollar decisions. Yet, it’s an imperfect science and the accuracy of its outputs are more akin to long-range weather forecasting than we would like to admit. He enjoys the challenge of taking imprecise inputs and assumptions and communicating results.

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