ABJ30-Friends April 2010

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by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Tom Palmerlee has just provided us with a Workshop Request Form (due June 1, 2010) for the Annual Meeting - please let me know if you have any ideas for topics (e.g., ADUS, collaborative data collection, etc.) and we can start pulling together a workshop program. THANKS!! Kate Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX (518) 209-1155 CELL

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TRB Committee News

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Committee Members and Friends, Tom just provided us with important dates and events for Summer (and beyond). Our Census Workshop is part of the Joint Summer Meeting (information for registration below) - Also (see bottom item) proposals for workshops for the 2011 Annual Meeting need to be completed by June 1st - I am hoping to hear more about plans for a Census Workshop and an ADUS Workshop - any other ideas or cross-cutting topics that might require partnerships with other committees?? Since the deadline for proposals is prior to our meeting opportunities, we can use our website, this listserv, or individual email traffic, to get our plans ready in time -- please send ideas!!!!! Possible topics - collaborative data collection strategies; integrating "trace data" (e.g., GPS, blue tooth) with other urban datasets; electric utilities and changing the vehicle fleet; and........??? Let me know if you would be interested in helping work on a workshop proposal - thanks! Kate Joint Summer Meeting The Early Bird registration deadline is here, Monday, April 19th. To register, go to www.TRB.org/conferences/2010/Summer. All the committees should consider sending a member to this Sunday work designed for committee communication coordinators. No charge for this meeting but a capacity limit is likely and will be filled soon. Sunday, July 11, 2010, 9:00am-12:45pm, Minneapolis Marriott City Center, Ballroom 3 Putting Web and Social Network/Media Technologies to Work For Your Committee or Transportation Organization Jeffrey L. Western, Western Management and Consulting, LLC; Julie Lorenz, Kansas Department of Transportation, presiding Sponsored by Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection (ABE40) Wondering how to start or improve communication within your TRB committee? Then this workshop is for you. Designed around the most popular and effective electronic tools, participants will learn how to use Google Sites, Ning, Twitter and Digg, WIKI, FaceBook and other web-based communication methodologies will also be covered. We'll review TRB Guidance and Rules on web-methodologies and explore practical applications of these technologies in a DOT or transportation organization. Committee Communications Coordinators, the Council, and TRB Guidance (0096) Jeffrey L. Western, Western Management and Consulting, LLC Julie Lorenz, Kansas Department of Transportation Building a Great Committee Website (0097) Michael Nesbitt, Federal Highway Administration Using FaceBook, LinkedIn, and Twitter (0098) Janet Fraser, Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute Using Wiki and Ning (0099) Michael A. Manore, Vispective Management Consulting, LLC Using Social Media Technologies at a State DOT (0100) Kevin Gutknecht, Minnesota Department of Transportation Practical Applications of Social Networking Technologies (0101) Julie Lorenz, Kansas Department of Transportation Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A (0102) Jeffrey L. Western, Western Management and Consulting, LLC Julie Lorenz, Kansas Department of Transportation NATMEC: Improving Traffic Data Collection, Analysis, and Use The Early Bird deadline is Wednesday, April 21. Register at www.natmec.org <http://www.natmec.org/> . Four TRB Committees are meeting there * Highway Traffic Monitoring Committee (ABJ35) * Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ20) * Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ30) * Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Committee (RTSMO) Call for Abstracts - Research Perspectives on Transportation Systems for Livable Communities Conference See http://www.trb.org/conferences/livability2010.aspx. Abstracts for due May 10th. Call for Proposals - Using National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Data for Transportation Decision Making Workshop See www.trb.org/Conferences/NHTS2010.aspx. Proposals are due May 13th. Annual Meeting Workshop Proposal due June 1. Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX (518) 209-1155 CELL

14 years, 8 months

Early bird for NATMEC - and Census Workshop at Minneapolis Mid-year

by Catherine T Lawson

Committee Members and Friends, Please try to join us in Seattle for our Mid-Year Meeting. The NATMEC Early Bird registration deadline is Wednesday, April 21. Below is the list of Committee Meetings, dates and times of the meetings at NATMEC - Monday, June 21 9:30am- 4:30pm Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations (AHB10) Monday, June 21 12:00pm- 2:00pm Bottom of Form TRB Data and Information Systems Section Executive Board Meeting Tuesday, June 22 7:00am- 8:15am TRB Committee Meeting: Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee Tuesday, June 22 12:15pm- 1:45pm TRB Committee Meeting: Highway Traffic Monitoring Committee Tuesday, June 22 5:30pm- 6:30pm ASTM Subcommittee on Traffic Monitoring Devices Wednesday, June 23 7:00am- 8:15am TRB Subcommittee: Archived Data User Service (ADUS) Wednesday, June 23 12:15pm- 1:45pm TRB Committee Meeting: Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee Thursday, June 24 7:00am- 8:15am TRB Subcommittee: Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) I also want to welcome all of you to join me at the Minneapolis Mid-year for a special Census Workshop sponsored by ABJ30- * Making Sense out of Census Data ABJ30 Tue 7/13/2010 2:00pm- 5:45pm Ballroom 2 We will plan to have an informal gathering of any and all ABJ30 Members and Friends in Minneapolis - although our formal mid-year will be in Seattle - hope to see all of you either in Seattle or in Minneapolis!! Kate Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX (518) 209-1155 CELL

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