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Auto-Reply: Zhongren WANG is out of the office.

by Zhongren Wang

I will be out of the office starting 07/03/2012 and will not return until 07/16/2012. For Ramp Metering issues, please contact Terry Thompson at 916-654-3318 or Monica Kress at 916-651-1255. Thank you. For Traffic Mobility Workshop issues, please contact Laurie Jurgens at 916-718-0113 or Vincent Becera at 916-651-6130.

12 years, 5 months

FW: Announcing Travel Survey Symposium Nov 8-9 2012 and Call for Posters

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, An opportunity to explore - Announcing an upcoming opportunity to engage in discussions of lessons learned and challenging issues facing the personal travel survey research field. Let's learn together what is needed to help improve the practice in a time of rapidly changing technology and societal expectations. It's been almost 20 years since the U.S. travel survey community gathered to share lessons learned and insights gained in conducting regional and statewide personal travel surveys. Mark your calendar now to join us in Dallas November 8-9, 2012. For additional information on: * The symposium, preliminary program, or registration, please visit our website at: http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tss12/ * A call for posters on innovative survey designs and lessons learned, see: http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tss12/call-for-posters.php (NOTE: deadline for submitting abstracts is August 15, 2012) * Symposium sponsorship opportunities, see: http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tss12/sponsorship.php * General questions or to be added to the conference mailing list, contact: Stacey Bricka (s-bricka(a)tamu.edu<mailto:s-bricka@tamu.edu>) or Chris Simek (c-simek(a)tamu.edu<mailto:c-simek@tamu.edu>) Symposium Highlights: * Innovations in data collection technology * Survey design and methods, including efficient and effective sampling * Cost-effective tactics to increase survey participation * Key elements to include in RFPs that reflect lessons learned in prior surveys * Applied research needs to move the state-of-the-practice forward, and how we fund those * Poster session highlighting surveys of the future, and lessons learned from the past We hope to see you in Dallas, and in the meantime, please feel free to forward this email to others you think would enjoy having a part in identifying the future of household travel surveys as part of the Symposium. [Description: cid:image001.png@01CD5E99.593CB390] [Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CD5E99.593CB390] [Description: cid:image003.jpg@01CD5E99.593CB390] ________________________________ Stacey Bricka, PhD | Texas Transportation Institute | 1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 300E, Austin, TX 78723 | 512-407-1123 direct, 512-467-0952 receptionist | Fax 512-467-8971 |

12 years, 5 months

FW: [CTPP] Census allowing for apps

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Ed Christopher forwarded this information to me with the following statement: "This came across the census news today. This could be the start of something big." --- and I agree!! I would like to include a short discussion of this emerging opportunity at the Annual Meeting - stay tuned for more apps in our future! Web Transformation Census Application Programming Interface (API) - The Census Bureau is releasing its first ever API. This online service provides the building blocks for developers to design online and mobile apps, such as interactive maps, charts and databases, using a variety of Census Bureau statistics. The API provides statistics down to the neighborhood level (tracts and block groups) from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey. With these two datasets available in the form of an API, database editors and other developers have easier access to a wide variety of timely, localized information, including population totals, age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, home ownership, education, income, employment, commuting and occupation. The API is currently undergoing beta testing and is scheduled for public release in July. More information about the API can be found at <http://www.census.gov/developers/>. Regards, Kate -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)ryoko.chrispy.net http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news

12 years, 6 months

Special call for participation in Workshop

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, We need your help with our Workshop at the Annual Meeting. Please consider participating if you are working on the topic areas listed or forward to folks you think would be interested - we are looking for broad participation --- thanks for your help! Call for participation - 2013 TRB annual meeting workshop Big Data Informatics: Innovations in Mining Structured and Unstructured Information for Mobility Decision-Making Sponsoring Committee: ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Co-Sponsoring Committee(s): ABJ60 Geographic Information Science and Applications ABJ95 Visualization in Transportation Organized by: Computational Transportation and Society joint subcommittee ABJ30(2) Call Description: The convergence of pervasive sensing with location-aware and social media technologies, along with infrastructure-based sensors, will lead to massive amounts of innovative "Big Data" in transportation. These data can be structured or unstructured, ranging from GPS trajectories to text, video, still images and so on. The workshop will focus on data management, information extraction, data mining, mobility mining, analysis of User-Generated Content, multi-sensor fusion and mobility information services that can be built using such data. The committee is also interested in data quality issues relating to User-Generated Content and computational and policy research related to privacy and information security. The Computational Transportation and Society joint subcommittee, ABJ30(2), is especially interested in presentations and demonstrations that fit into one of the three areas: i) pedagogic reviews of the state-of-the art/practice in big data informatics for mobility decision-making; ii) examples of proposed or ongoing projects, or; iii) visionary statements of challenges or opportunities. We welcome participation across a broad spectrum of scientists and practitioners interested in big data and mobility decisions, including (but not limited to) academia, public sector, private sector, and local transportation and planning agencies and organizations, and software developers Subject Area(s): Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Society Organizers: Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah, University of Illinois- Chicago, Co-chair ABJ30(2) (vonu-pt(a)uic.edu<mailto:vonu-pt@uic.edu>); Harvey J. Miller, University of Utah, Co-Chair ABJ30(2) (harvey.miller(a)geog.utah.edu<mailto:harvey.miller@geog.utah.edu>) Time line: August 5, 2012 - Expression of interest to one or both of the co-organizers (via email); please include title and a brief description (100 words) of your proposed presentation/demonstration August 20, 2012 - Extended abstract (limited to 500 words) to one or both of the co-organizers (via email). September 10, 2012 - Notification of acceptance January 13, 2013 - Workshop 1:30pm - 4:30pm, Hilton Washington DC. Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program 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

12 years, 6 months

FW: Program Analyst, GS-0343-12/13

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Good news about some job opportunities below - please share with folks you think would be interested - thanks! There is a need for several individuals to help in the analysis of transportation policy at FHWA. It's a fun job, the people are great, and we have lots to work on! An advertisement should be in the USA JOBS today for relatively senior individuals at the 12/13 level who have experience in research and who are capable of preparing work plans, presentations, reports, and performing data analysis. Very soon another ad should be published for an entry level person with a similar skill set but perhaps little experience. The jobs are being fast -tracked and the first is currently closing on June 29,2012. We have asked for a 5 day extension. 6/29/2012 Program Analyst, GS-0343-12/13 (Open to all U.S. citizens) DB<http://jobsearch.dot.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=111229443&AVSDM=2012%2D06%2D20+07…> Vacancy Ann.#: FHWA.HPL-2012-0011 Who May Apply: Public Pay Plan: GS-0343-12/13 Appointment Term: Permanent Job Status: Full-Time Opening Date: 6/20/2012 Salary: >From 74,872.00 to 115,742.00 USD per year Transportation, Federal Highway Administration Washington, DC, US, US 74,872.00+ Regards, Kate

12 years, 6 months

FW: Vancancy Announcement: BTS' Office Director of Transportation Analysis

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends - The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is seeking the Director of the Office of Transportation Analysis. The announcement is open for a 10-day period only -- from Tuesday, June 19, 2012 to Thursday, June 28, 2012. For all applicants: http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/319337200 For Fed only: http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/319336300 I'd appreciate it if you can share this with your committee chairs for them to share with their members. Thanks, Pat

12 years, 6 months

We are co-sponsoring this Call for Papers --

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Please consider the Call for Papers below - we are joining ADB40 on this Call for Papers - please forward to others you think would be interested - thanks! Kate Call for Papers 92ND TRB Annual Meeting January 13 - 17, 2013 Washington, D.C. Emerging Data Collection Methods and Travel Demand Models Sponsoring Committee: ADB40 - Transportation Demand Forecasting Call Description: Emerging data collection methods such as GPS, location aware technologies, transit smart cards, mobile phones and hand-held computers, sensor networks, web-based records, and conventional household travel surveys have expanded both the quality and quantity of information available to model travel demand. As these data collection methods increasingly complement or even replace traditional vehicle and person-based surveys such as travel diaries, their application to travel demand models seems to be key to validating the characteristics of the data collected as well as the complexity of the models developed (mode choice, route choice, activity type choice, travel time, etc.). At the same time, data from sensors measuring air quality, noise, and energy consumption has expanded the scope of travel demand models to include integrated modeling of transportation and energy consumption and better representation of the impacts associated with travel. This year the Emerging Methods Sub-Committee is interested in and would welcome submissions on new methods of data collection for travel demand or the development of travel demand models using these emerging methods. New methods include but are not limited to: * GPS and location aware technologies * Transit passive data or smart cards * Smart phones and hand-held computers * Sensor networks (wired or wireless) * Web-based mass data * Integration of multiple data sources, including new technologies and conventional surveys Studies that have developed travel demand models using such data sources, or are in the process of doing so and can report on technologies, challenges, data issues, planned model development, etc., are welcome to submit papers in response to this call. Authors who have submitted papers in response to this call are requested to send AN E-MAIL WITH THE PAPER NUMBER, TITLE, AND ABSTRACT to MAYA ABOU-ZEID (ma202(a)aub.edu.lb) by August 3rd, 2013. Subject Area(s): Planning and Forecasting; Data and Information Technology Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program 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

12 years, 6 months

Opportunity for your input on the future of NHTS -

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends - This is a message from Stacey Bricka regarding an opportunity for input on the future of NHTS - hope you can participate! Hi - as you may remember from the 2012 Annual Meeting, TRB established ABJ45T (TRB Task Force on New Directions for the NHTS) in Fall 2011 to serve as a bridge between FHWA and the NHTS data user community, providing updates and listening to the needs of the data user community with regard to the design of the next NHTS. In support of our scope, we have scheduled several in-person NHTS data user forums at conferences this summer and fall, with the goal being to hear from as many users as possible. As part of that effort, ABJ45T will be hosting an NHTS data user's forum at NATMC. This will be held on Wednesday, June 6, from 10:30 am to noon, in the Continental Room. The plan is focus on three main questions: (1) what do you/have you used the NHTS for? (2) how well does it meet your needs? (3) what would you like to see as part of the next NHTS? We are also planning to give a brief update on FHWA activities to prepare for the next survey. The resulting discussion will be documented and compiled in a research circular (along with the details gleaned at the other forums) and a presentation to FHWA. The forum is open to all NATMEC attendees and particularly the members and friends of your committees. Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program 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

12 years, 7 months

Texas Talk -- if you can't make to Dallas - join us on your computer or phone!

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, It is almost time to get everyone to Dallas for NATMEC - but for those of you who can't make it there in-person - please join our Mid-Year Meeting via your computer or phone - we would love to have you participate!! Details for the gotomeeting, phone access, and agenda are below -- TRB Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ30) Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. CST; Monday June 4 Weblink: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/304992633 Phone: 1-877-339-0018, Access: *870-9080* http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conferences/2012/NATMEC/ABJ30-Agenda.p… Hope to hear from everyone! Regards, Kate Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D. Director, MRP Program 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

12 years, 7 months

FW: Annual Meeting Call for Papers Site Now Open

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, The submission site for committee Calls for Papers for the 2013 TRB Annual Meeting is now open and will remain open until August 1, the paper submission deadline. I am asking for your help in developing proposals --- One that I would like to see might be along the lines of: Synthetic Urban Data: Is it the Real Deal? --- focusing on the use of synthetic population data, synthetic trips, etc. - with references to the PUMS report - any supporters willing to help write up such a call? Other ideas??? Regards, Kate

12 years, 8 months

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