EMME version upgrade to OpenPath EMME 2024

[JiaXu1024]

Proposed changes

EMME 4.3.7 has been used for ABM2, ABM2+ and ABM3 for years. It's time to upgrade EMME version to OpenPath EMME 2024. The main change is converting scripts from python 2 and python 3. There are also minor changes in modules, such as GDAL. Detailed updates can be reviewed in the commits.

Impact

About 4 months ago, Bentley published OpenPaths EMME 2024, which introduces network acceleration for improved SOLA traffic assignment performance, new transit analysis capabilities for auxiliary transit modes, easier specification of auxiliary transit times and costs in the Extended transit assignment tool, and new Flow features for folder-based organization, support for file and directory selection widgets and a new Edit mode to protect flows from inadvertent changes. (see OpenPaths 2024 EMME Highlights)

Since ABM3 15.2.0 is released, it is a great time to upgrade EMME version for ABM3.

Types of changes

What types of changes does your code introduce to ABM?
Put an x in the boxes that apply

• Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Documentation Update (if none of the other choices apply)

How has this been tested?

Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes.

• Creating a scenario from latest ABM3 release, changing the EMME product from 4.3.7 to OpenPath EMME 2024, and converting scripts from python 2 to python 3 (on old server Mcfarlane)
• Multiple runs to get the scenario run in OpenPath EMME 2024 (on old server Mcfarlane; new server Mustang)

Checklist:

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• My changes generate no new warnings

Further comments

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