Transportation Forecasting Forum
The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) System Forecasting & Trends Office hosted the virtual 2025 Transportation Forecasting Forum (TFF) on December 11th and 12th. This event brought together transportation modelers and professionals from across the state to share ideas, explore emerging trends, and learn about the latest tools and methods in transportation forecasting.
This year’s forum featured four sessions over two days, each focused on a distinct topic related to forecasting, modeling, and planning, along with a virtual social hour to foster networking and informal discussion. Participants registered for individual sessions to engage in conversations and connect with others in Florida’s transportation modeling community.
Each session was recorded and can be viewed via the FDOT YouTube page by clicking on the individual session title below.
Moderator & Speaker Bio Archive
December 11, 2025
Session 1
It's a Bird, It's a Plane. It's AAM!
Advanced Air Mobility is a revolutionary approach to air transportation that expands aviation beyond traditional roles, enabling efficient movement of people and goods in urban, suburban, and rural areas. Florida is preparing now for the future deployment of AAM. Hear from our panelists, on the land use, technical, and logistical planning that is happening now to bring AAM to Florida. You won't want to miss this session as our panelists share how Florida is laying the groundwork for AAM to supplement and enhance the existing transportation network and provide future mobility options for our Florida communities.
Session 2
Tools to Develop Strategies for Congestion Relief
As Florida's population increases and our economy continues to grow, transportation solutions must be developed more rapidly. Without changes, traffic in Florida will become more congested. Join us as we showcase strategies for evaluating and delivering congestion relief alternatives, highlighting frameworks, tools, and modeling methods at both regional and local levels. We'll learn from two case studies that demonstrate how modeling and analytics support data-driven decisions to relieve congestion.
December 12, 2025
Session 3
O Come, All Ye Modelers: Technology is Here!
Technology is transforming transportation modeling through automation and interface design. Join us for a panel discussion on emerging technologies and the impact on modelers, workflow acceleration, and current limitations. We'll also gain insights into use of technology to auto-validate travel demand models, as well as a practical example of a model graphical user interface (GUI). Are new technologies a tool for improving our models or a potential replacement for traditional methods? Join us for a lively discussion on these emerging technologies.
Session 4
Do You See What I See? Communicating Model Outputs in Visually Engaging Ways
Data visualization is instrumental in telling the data story and leads to informed decision making. However, ensuring the right visualization for the right scenario is essential. Join us for a session packed with real-world examples of when modeling data was visualized to tell a story. Through visualization of forecasted traffic to coordinate an interagency traffic plan, mapping of project scenario results, and HTML-based model output reporting and visualization, these examples illustrate the value of using visualization to tell the story and guide decision-makers.
If you have any questions about the forum, please contact the System Forecasting & Trends Office or Thomas Hill at [email protected].
Thank you to all who attended the 2025 Transportation Forecasting Forum. We look forward to seeing you again in 2026!
