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by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Committee Members and Friends, I am attaching Nathan et al's Research Statement - from Kara Kockelman's message to the Travel Survey Committee this morning - "It emphasizes data sharing & archiving (across agencies) and is titled "Integrating Existing and Emerging Transportation Data Collection Activities to Maximize Analytical Capacity". It will be in NCHRP's formal pipeline within a few months. Feel free to start advocating this topic to your AASHTO reps now. Thank you!" - We want to help with the advocating from ABJ30 as well - Hope to see many of you at our Summer Meeting in Seattle!!!! Regards, 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 lawsonc(a)albany.edu

16 years, 9 months

Ideas/Plans for Annual Meeting Cross-Cutting Sessions need to happen NOW!!!!

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Tom Palmerlee would like us to work on developing ideas for Cross-Cutting Sessions (due by the end of May) - and send them to him to move forward - I would like to invite all of you to respond to the listserv or individually with ideas - or if you know of another Group looking for partners to push on a topic or issue. We need your help!!!!! THANKS!! Proposals for Annual Meeting Cross-Cutting Sessions Proposals for TRB Annual Meeting sessions that cut across more than one Group are due by May 29. Each proposal should include a session title, brief description of the session, who will organize the session, the lead Group, and partner Group(s). Sessions selected by TAC in June will not count against any committee's allotment. The key requirement is more than one TRB group participating. It may also be useful to address one of the Technical Activities Council (TAC) critical and cross-cutting issues. They are * Capacity (or congestion) of the transportation system: what does the future hold? * Getting rid of the seams (integrating modes and institutions for a more seamless transportation system) * Matching transportation systems to the communities they serve (context sensitivity, land use/sprawl, demographics, environmental justice, economic impacts, etc.) * The growing shortage of transportation personnel: outlook, implications, experiences, and actions * Making transportation investment decisions - art or science? * Transportation, energy, and climate change * Balancing environmental and transportation goals * Moving the goods: giving freight the attention it deserves * Show me the money: meeting the long term funding needs for transportation * Safety: future options that could make a real difference * Security: where do we go from here? * Renewing the aging transportation infrastructure See the 2006 POG issues at http://www.trb.org/Committees/AB000/IssueDesc2006.pdf. 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 lawsonc(a)albany.edu

16 years, 11 months

Draft Copy of TSP for your review

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Attached please find a draft copy of our Committee Triennial Strategic Plan Document --- the final version is due to TRB staff by April 15, 2009 - so please forward your comments, edits, additions, etc. as soon as possible. I would like to have our final version ready by the end of March. Thank you for taking the time to review our document. For those of you who are using the Committee website/wiki at http://sites.google.com/site/trbabj30/Home - there is a "word" version and a pdf version available on the Draft Triennial Strategic Plan link. Regards, 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 lawsonc(a)albany.edu

16 years, 11 months

Registration OPEN for Seattle Summer Meeting

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Committee Members and Friends, The TRB 2009 Joint Summer Meeting is being held Sunday, July 19, 2009 - Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, Washington. Join transportation professionals participating in the midyear meetings of more than 30 TRB committees. In open committee meetings, joint collaborative discussions, and general sessions, transportation professionals specializing in planning, policy, economics, freight, and data systems will share information on how transportation agencies are dealing with uncertain times. Plus, attend optional workshops before and after the meeting. For a list of TRB committees that will be meeting, details on how to register for the meeting and to make a hotel reservation, visit the website below. 2009 Joint Summer Meeting <http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,ed57e411-12a8-456d-bfba-8f8b3b33b85 1> (If the link above does not work, please copy & paste http://TRB.org/Calendar into your web browser.) We look forward to hearing from you soon! Sincerely, Transportation Research Board --- _____________________________ 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 lawsonc(a)albany.edu

16 years, 11 months

TSP confirmation of liaisons with Other TRB Committee and Organizations???

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, We need some help with updating our list of Member/Friends activities with Other Committees and Organizations. Please take a minute and let me know if you are participating as a formal liaison representation with another TRB Committee and/or if you have been or are able to act as a liaison representation with outside organizations. Thanks so much for your help -- 6. Interaction with Other TRB Committees, Organizations, and Customers A. List other TRB committees which your committee maintains a formal liaison representation. Members/friends -- please self-identify B. List outside organizations which your committee maintains ongoing liaison representation. Members/friends --- please self-identify Regards, 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 lawsonc(a)albany.edu

16 years, 12 months

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

by Zhongren Wang

I will be out of the office starting 03/09/2009 and will not return until 03/23/2009. For Ramp Metering and HAR issues, please contact Diana Gomez at 916-651-9054. Thank you. For Freeway Operations Academy issues, please contact Carol Wilbon at 916-654-4830. You can also call my cell at 916-969-6189 or left me a phone message at 916-654-6133. I will get back to you as soon as I can.

16 years, 12 months

Re: [ABJ30-Friends] TSP confirmation of liaisons with Other TRB Committee and Organizations??? (Out of Office Reply)

by Nathan Erlbaum

I am out of the office from Mon 3/2 - Fri 3/6 , returning possibly 3/9 weather permitting. If you have an IT issue, please carbon Bob Curtis as he will proxy for me in my absence. If you have a GIS issue please contact Aaron Westcott, I will have limited e-mail access but will be monitoring my messages. If it is a technical question I'll get back to you upon my return.

17 years

Final Agenda and Minutes from 2008 Annual and Summer Meetings

by Catherine T Lawson

ALB30 Members and Friends, Attached are the meeting minutes from the 2008 Annual and Summer meetings and our final agenda for 2009. For more information on our "Summer in Seattle" Mid-year Meeting see www.TRB.org/conferences/2009/Summer <https://exchange.albany.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.trb.org/co…> - Safe travels! 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 lawsonc(a)albany.edu

17 years, 1 month

Input on Data Report Card Intiative - upcoming discussion session

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Below is a brief description of the Data Report Card Initiative -- I think this idea now has even more value as we face more concerns about fiscal constraints and increased pressure for the very best data to make important transportation decisions -- let me know what you think -- thanks! ABJ30 Contribution to the Data Report Card Initiative On March 19th and 20th, the Data and Information Systems Section held a Retreat to develop a shared "near term vision" - with representatives from each of the Section's 11 committees, two subcommittees, at-large members and invited guests from partnering agencies. Based on the ABJ30 Special Discussion we held at the 2008 Annual Meeting, three priority issues were submitted for discussion at the Retreat. These issues are: * Stewardship: What guidelines are needed to treat data as an asset? * What are the urgent needs for urban transportation data? * Are there new ways of obtaining and serving up data? All of our priorities will require collaboration with other committees and new partner agencies. In extensive discussions at the Retreat, it was recommended that we work on these prior issues in a new Initiative - a Data Report Card. While a TRB-associated entity cannot produce a document that "grades" databases and data programs, it can provide guidance on how an agency could do this as a self-assessment tool. The data report initiative will be focused on developing the content and process to help improve data at all levels (federal, state and local) by identifying criteria and categories of data, providing best practices for collection and analysis and visualization techniques, and serving as an on-going data improvement strategy. ABJ30 is well-positioned to contribute to this initiative. As a Committee, we can use this opportunity to move forward with our priorities in this comprehensive setting. We will need to establish an internal process for making our contribution. Do we want to establish a new "working group" or look for contributions from all members/friends? One option for moving forward could be to consider using a "layering" strategy for assessing and improving data (actually used in developing a bike path) where the direction and elements possible today are explicitly laid out - so you can travel the whole system, even if some areas are uneven - you can still follow the path. The layers are planned and implemented as incremental improvements, while the path continues to "work". This process differs from phasing, where normally only portions are completed, from start to finish. This would allow agencies to find their way towards better data - encouraging improvements, while planning changes, etc. -- ______________________ 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 lawsonc(a)albany.edu

17 years, 1 month

Identified Areas of Interest for ABJ30 -- please review and comment - thanks!!!

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Another task for our upcoming TSP is a review of our "Identified Areas of Interest" - below is a retelling of our previously listed areas -- Please confirm your general level of interest, interest in contributing to the development of research statements, conference or workshop ideas or special interest (e.g., special e-working group). Members and Friends are encouraged to respond to this listserv, contact the Chair directly (lawsonc(a)albany.edu), bring ideas to WDC TRB meeting and/or respond to post-meeting follow-up -- Original Set of Topics (with some expansions) 1. Using census data in transportation planning (now expanded in our Subcommittee - combined with Continuous Census Data (American Community Survey) 2. Monitoring traffic and transit systems 3. Using ITS-generated data in planning 4. Using household travel survey data in describing traveler characteristics and metropolitan travel patterns 5. Combining data sources 6. Studying issues of privacy and confidentiality (combined with "Privacy and Data Ownership Concerns") 7. Creating standards for meta-data (data about data) and meta-analysis (comparative data analyses) - (see http://www.trb.org/committees/datasection/DataSection-Metadata.pdf - what should ABJ30 do now?) 8. Continuous Personal Travel Data - surveys 9. Archiving IT Data for Planning and other Applications (now expanded in our joint ADUS Subcommittee) 10. Use of global positioning systems and other technologies in urban transportation data (consider approaching Travel Survey Methods - New Technologies Subcommittee as a joint Subcommittee?) 11. Small Area Land Use and Socioeconomic Data (consider expanding to include Administrative Data, such as parcel data, building permits, public works maintenance records for sidewalks, parks and trails bike path data, etc.) 12. Information from Data (expand to include Data Visualization - and form joint Subcommittee with ABJ95 Visualization in Transportation) Additional ideas from Members and Friends to formalize and include as "Identified Areas of Interest for 2009" - consider Workshop/Conference to develop research agenda(s) and move forward with ideas for mid-year and 2010 Annual Meeting - New Areas of Interest to Consider for 2009 More focus on GIS as an integration base - Data integration - more than combining sources - consider integration at the time of data creation Data accessibility - web-based dissemination that allows user to interact with raw data sources to acquire exactly what they need, including visualization of data as a "guided tour" of where the key data elements or policy issues are located "at a glance" More cooperation with Travel Survey Methods (including joint Subcommittee on New Technologies) New focus on Household Travel Surveys - new technologies for data collection, analysis and visualization New formats and panels for Household Travel Surveys that integrate with existing data systems (e.g., local count programs, weather, public health community, school systems, etc.) Intercept surveys, including electronic passive data collection, such as license plate, road permits, other administrative data sources Travel time and speed data - floating car program rather than "one-off" research projects Transit surveys - new technologies, new formats for gathering information including GPS Truck travel surveys - consider formalizing linkage to Freight Data Committee and Subcommittee on Truck Surveys Focus on data needs for new generation of activity-based models - including parcel data for land use models, GPS for validating microsimulation models, consideration of impact on data needs for integrating Open Source travel forecasting models with existing off-the-shelf modeling software More?????? --- _____________________________ 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 lawsonc(a)albany.edu

17 years, 1 month

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