ABJ30 Members and Friends,
Webinar invitation below --
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Transportation Data for a Nation on the Move
Join BTS on April 25, 2011 from 3:00-4:00PM Eastern time for a one hour webinar discussing data products and services available from BTS!
Log on to http://fhwa.adobeconnect.com/actsmeeting click on "Enter as Guest", type in your name and enter the room. A 1-800 call in number will also be provided on the website.
Future BTS Webinars will include information on the Transportation Services Index, airline statistics, National Census of Ferry Operators, and international transportation data. Stay tuned for more!
Thomas M. Palmerlee
Associate Director, Technical Activities Division
TRB
202-334-2907
ABJ30 Members and Friends,
Based on the phone conference discussion yesterday, our agenda for the Summer Meeting has been revised (see below). We will be holding joint meeting on topics with shared interest - with our Committee Business Meeting now scheduled from 2:00 until 3:00 on June 8th. We should have phone numbers and remote-access information available shortly - hope to see as many of you as possible on-site!
Agenda
ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and
Information Systems Committee
Keck Center
June 8, 2011
Wednesday 11:45 AM - 3:00 PM
I. Joint TRB Committee Meeting - Bike and Pedestrian Data Discussion (11:45 - 12:30)
a. ABJ20 Statewide, ABJ35 Traffic Monitoring, ABJ 40 Travel Survey Methods
LUNCH BREAK (12:30 - 1:15)
II. Joint TRB Committee Meeting - Travel Time, Speed and Reliability Discussion (1:15 - 2:00)
a. ABJ20 Statewide, ABJ35 Traffic Monitoring, ABJ70 Artificial Intelligence
III. Committee Business
a. Introductions - Welcome new Members and Secretary Outwater (2:00 - 2:05)
b. Chair Report - Announcements - Kate Lawson (2:05 - 2:10)
c. TRB Report - Tom Palmerlee/Reg Souleyrette (flexible, if necessary - 2:10 - 2:20)
d. Subcommittee Reports
i. ABJ30(1) Subcommittee on Census Data--Clara Reschovsky (MWCOG) & Kristen Rohanna (SANDAG) (2:20- 2:30)
ii. AFD30(1) Archived Data User Service Subcommittee-Kristin Tufte (PSU) (2:30 - 2:40)
e. New Directions (2:30 - 2:50)
* Crowd sourcing data (e.g., Bluetooth, cell phones or GPS) compiled by vendors/ sold in aggregate form for different purposes
* Commercial data sets management: procurement, licensing, data evaluation, data accessibility
* Urban Data Integration (UDI) - Land Use (Land-based Classification Standards), Travel (GPS), Traffic (Continuous Count and WIM) - What are the Organizational, Policy and Technical Issues facing MPOs?
* Integrated urban travel forecasting models and integrated urban data collection - opportunities and threat
f. New Business (2:50 - 3:00)
i. Self Assessment - Preparing for our Triennial Review
ii. TRB Critical Issues and Cross-cutting Issues
iii. Other Business
Regards,
Kate
Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D.
Interim Chair
Geography and Planning Department
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