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Run the Model ¶

1. Set Up the Model Run Directory ¶

a. Activate Your Virtual Environment ¶

Open a terminal and activate your tm2py virtual environment:
<your_tm2py_env_name>\Scripts\activate

b. Configure Input and Output Paths ¶

Edit the configuration file located at:
tm2py/examples/setup_config.toml

Set your input file paths and expected output (run) paths here.

c. Run `setup-model.ipynb` ¶

In the same virtual environment, launch Jupyter Notebook:
jupyter notebook
Navigate to the notebook:
tm2py/notebooks/setup-model.ipynb

Alternatively, open the .ipynb file in Visual Studio Code using the correct virtual environment.

This notebook:
References the example config file: examples/setup_config.toml
Copies model input files and folder templates from various sources
Includes Box links for data sources in the comments
Prints setup logs in the model run folder

Run this notebook to create a clean model directory structure.

d. Manually Update IP Addresses in CT-RAMP Properties Files ¶

Update the following files with the correct IP address values:

...\CTRAMP\runtime\mtctm2.properties
...\CTRAMP\runtime\mtcpcrm.properties
...\CTRAMP\runtime\logsum.properties

Look for the following keys in each file:

RunModel.MatrixServerAddress
RunModel.HouseholdServerAddress

e. Enable Warm Start Demand ¶

Edit the file:
<your_run_directory>/scenario_config.toml

Set the model to use warm start demand ,like this:

[warmstart]

warmstart = true

use_warmstart_skim = false

use_warmstart_demand = true

Note: You may need to update the emmebanks to the latest version before the model will run.
Also: We used a different WalkTransitDriveSkims.xls file in the CTRAMP folder.

2. Run the Model ¶

While still in the activated virtual environment:

Navigate to the model run directory you set in step 1b.
Run the model:
python RunModel.py

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