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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

13 years, 11 months

FHWA Webinar: Understanding the Value of Safety Data

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends - Special invitation to participate in this upcoming webinar - enjoy!!!! FHWA Webinar: Understanding the Value of Safety Data Quality data are the foundation for making important decisions regarding the design, operation, and safety of roadways. FHWA is hosting a Webinar, Fundamental Data Elements: Understanding the Value of Safety Data, on April 26th from 2:00 - 3:00 PM eastern time. The Webinar is open to all transportation practitioners (particularly State and local DOTs) interested in knowing more about the value of investing in data for safety and the Fundamental Data Elements (FDE). Please see the attached flyer for more information on the Webinar, including how to register. Please contact Mshadoni Smith in the FHWA Office of Safety for more information (202-366-7105, mshadoni.smith(a)dot.gov<mailto:mshadoni.smith@dot.gov>). 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

13 years, 11 months

AUTO: Liang Long is out of the office. (returning 04/11/2012)

by Liang Long

I am out of the office until 04/11/2012. I will respond to your message when I return. Please contact with Cemal Ayvalik (cayvalik(a)camsys.com) for CTPP technical support. Note: This is an automated response to your message "ABJ30-Friends Digest, Vol 37, Issue 2" sent on 3/22/2012 1:00:01 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

13 years, 11 months

Symposium on the Science of Science Communications

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, NAS is sponsoring a symposium on the science of science communications, which seems relevant to the issue of communicating technical analyses to decision makers. It is in DC and it is full, but one can join via the web. http://www.nasonline.org/programs/sackler-colloquia/upcoming-colloquia/agen… - Thanks to Joe Schofer for forwarding this - should be very interesting - 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

13 years, 11 months

April 1, 2012 Deadline for NCHRP 08-36 Research Needs Statements

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, >From Tom Palmerlee: This is a reminder about the deadline to submit your ideas concerning research to be funded through the NCHRP 08-36 funds. NCHRP 08-36 research is intended to be quick response research designed to develop improvements in analytical methods and tools used in statewide and metropolitan planning or to support the activities of SCOP. Research is to be completed in 12 months or less at a cost of $100,000 or less. For fiscal year 2013, we again have $600,000 to program. To provide for a timely evaluation of research problem statements, we need all submittals by April 1, 2012. The SCOP Subcommittee on Research has an ongoing web-based system for submitting new Problem Statements. You may submit new Problem Statements at any time through our Subcommittee website at: http://planning.transportation.org/Pages/research.aspx. To be considered in this next cycle we will need to have new statements submitted by April 1, 2012. If you have any questions concerning the submission process please contact Matt Hardy at mhardy(a)aashto.org<mailto:mhardy@aashto.org>. Anyone can submitted proposals to this program. 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

13 years, 11 months

FW: BTS Webinar Outreach Series - State Facts & Figures: Mar 15, 2012 3:00pm EST

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends - Cc: Bolle, Thomas (RITA) Subject: BTS Webinar Outreach Series - State Facts & Figures: Mar 15, 2012 3:00pm EST Good morning! Please join us for the next webinar in our BTS Outreach Series on State Facts and Figures. This webinar will be conducted by Derald Dudley and Long Nguyen on Thursday, March 15th 1t 3:00pm EST. Please pass this information along to anyone who might be interested. Thank you!! [State Facts & Figures Webinar.jpg] Courtney Freiberg Executive Assistant Bureau of Transportation Statistics Research and Innovative Technology Administration U.S. Department of Transportation (202) 366-1270

13 years, 12 months

FW: SES Vacancy Announcement - RITA - Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Please spread the word - thanks! Kate From: Rosalyn.Alleman.CTR(a)dot.gov [mailto:Rosalyn.Alleman.CTR@dot.gov] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:20 AM To: Rosalyn.Alleman.CTR(a)dot.gov Subject: SES Vacancy Announcement - RITA - Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) in the U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking a dynamic executive to serve as the Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Deputy Director is responsible for guiding the Bureau's programs, as described in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users of 2005, under the direction of the Secretary of the Department, and the RITA Administrator and Director of the Bureau. As such, this executive will support the Director in leading the transportation data compilation, analysis and statistical programs of the Bureau, and its related research and development activities. The Deputy Director's responsibilities will be to manage and direct the operations of the Bureau to ensure the quality of the programs in developing statistical guidelines, statistics and data systems that provide effective information on the status, performance, trends and impacts of transportation nationwide. The individual filling this position needs to be a dynamic leader with fresh ideas and strong background in transportation and statistics. Furthermore, the individual we are seeking must have proven executive skills commensurate with a position at this level including, but not limited to, excellent interpersonal, communication, and planning skills; and extensive experience in managing resources (financial and human) in a large multi-disciplinary organization. While not required, executive experience in the Department/Federal government and an advanced technical degree are desirable. If you know someone who has the qualities described above and who may be interested in learning more about this challenging position, please encourage them to apply for this vacancy. We want to attract a diverse pool of candidates from within and outside the government who can bring strong executive skills to the position. The vacancy announcement can be found at http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/305933100 Thank you for your assistance.

14 years, 1 month

Triennial Strategic Plan available on ABJ30 Website

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, One of our important tasks at our Annual Meeting will be to review our draft Triennial Strategic Plan - you can find a copy on our webpage: http://www.trburbandata.org/Home/draft-triennial-strategic-plan Please feel free to email comments to me directly at lawsonc(a)albany.edu<mailto:lawsonc@albany.edu> as we will need to finalize our document quickly and get it ready to submit. Safe travels for all of you coming to WDC - 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

14 years, 1 month

ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Annual Meeting Agenda

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Below is our agenda for our Committee Meeting on Monday evening - looking forward to seeing all of you! ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee Hilton January 23, 2012 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM I. Welcome and Introductions (name, affiliation, two research areas of interest) (7:30 - 7:40) II. Approval of the Minutes - Maren Outwater [MOutwater(a)rsginc.com] (7:40 - 7:45) III. Report s a. Chair's Report - Kate Lawson [lawsonc(a)albany.edu] (7:45 - 7:50) b. TRB Report - Tom Palmerlee [TPalmerlee(a)nas.edu] (flexible, if necessary) (7:50 - 8:00) c. Section Chair Report - Reg Souleyrette [ rsouley(a)engr.uky.edu<mailto:rsouley@engr.uky.edu> or rsouley@engr.uky.edu](8:00 - 8:05) d. RITA/BTS Report - Steven Smith [Steven.K.Smith(a)dot.gov] (8:05 - 8:10) e. Subcommittee Reports i. ABJ30(1) Subcommittee on Census Data/Workshop - Clara Reschovsky [[creschovsky(a)mwcog.org], MWCOG/Kristin Rohanna [kroh(a)sandag.org], SANDAG (8:10 - 8:20) ii. AFD30(1) Archived Data User Service Subcommittee Kristin Tufte [tufte(a)cs.pdx.edu], PSU (8:20 - 8:25) iii. Health - Ed Christopher [edc(a)berwyned.com]/Eloisa Raynault [eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org] (8:25 - 8:30) iv. Bike and Ped - Elizabeth Stolz [liz(a)chapsys.com] (8:30 - 8:35) f. Emerging Topics i. Urban Data Integration (Workshop Update) Tony Z. Qiu [zhijunqiu(a)gmail.com]/Vladimir Livshits [VLivshits(a)azmag.gov] (8:35 - 8:45) ii. Computational Transportation Science - Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah [vonu-pt@uic.edu](8:45 - 8:55) iii. Transportation Secure Data Center (TSDC) - Jeff Gonder [Jeff.Gonder(a)nrel.gov] (8:55 - 9:05) iv. Travel Time, Speed, and Reliability - Karl Petty [karl(a)bt-systems.com] (9:05 - 9:15) g. Discussion on TSP (9:15 - 9:35) IV. New Business i. NATMEC 2012 - Texas (9:35 - 9:45) 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

14 years, 1 month

TRB Early Registration ends November 30th!!

by Lawson, Catherine T

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Just a quick reminder if you haven't already registered for the Annual Meeting - the early registration pricing program ends on November 30th - http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2012/AM2012Registration.aspx Looking forward to seeing all of you and having a great conference!!! More details on sessions of interest and our Annual Committee Meeting and Subcommittee Meetings shortly - 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

14 years, 3 months

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