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Review materials for Scope, Goals and Objectives

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, To prepare our Triennial Strategic Plan (TSP) - we need your input on our draft Goals and Objectives document (see below) - thanks for all your help!!!! Confirmation, Edits or Amendments to GOALS & OBJECTIVES January 2009 Scope: This committee is interested in the design, collection, analysis, and reporting of transportation supply and demand data needed to support urban and metropolitan transportation planning efforts. In particular, the committee is interested in developing the data requirements of new and innovative techniques for measuring and monitoring the performance of metropolitan transportation systems; and in evaluating changes in demographic and urban travel characteristics. In terms of household and other transportation surveys, the committee is concerned with the analysis, reporting, archiving, and dissemination of results and data products. The committee is interested in the effective use of census and other federal, secondary data sources in metropolitan transportation planning. The committee is concerned with advancements in information systems and information technology for the improved dissemination and sharing of knowledge about metropolitan transportation systems and urban travel behavior. Committee Goals: Goal #1: Provide a national forum for the continuing identification and prioritization of research on urban and metropolitan transportation "supply and demand" data, inputs needed for and outputs created from information systems and the dissemination of research findings. Strategies: a) Provide active assistance to the National Research Council in developing a prioritized listing of urban and metropolitan transportation "supply and demand" data research problem statements that address the emphasis areas identified for this Committee. b) Encourage the active participation of Committee members and friends on national cooperative research councils including NCHRP, TCHRP and other relevant research panels for studies of interest to the Committee. c) Recommend publication of significant urban and metropolitan "supply and demand" data research papers in the Transportation Research Records; d) Conduct at least one paper session at each annual meeting; e) Task each Committee member with identifying emerging urban transportation data and information systems issues, future areas of concern and opportunities for new research, and with sharing this information through the Committee's communication network; f) Continue to develop the Committee website devoted to Committee activities and research in topic areas. Goal #2: Continue to prepare for and conduct relevant and valuable gatherings of the Committee members and friends. The Committee shall meet at least twice per year in association with TRB annual meeting in January and in a mid-year business meeting. These activities provide a strong focus for the Committee and should be continued. Strategies: a) Strive to identify important and timely workshop and presentation topics that advance the Committee's efforts to promote areas of emphasis. b) Work with TRB to ensure desired paper sessions are featured in the annual meeting agenda; c) Form and task a mid-year Workshop Subcommittee with identifying a suitable host location and agenda for each mid-year meeting and work with other relevant committees to increase synergy across topics; d) To the degree possible, conduct the Committee's mid-year meeting in a different region of the country each year to gain greater national exposure and support for the work of the Committee; e) The Committee Chair shall be responsible for moderating all business meeting sessions or delegating this responsibility to another member of the Committee; f) The Chair shall assign responsibility to a Committee member or friend for recording minutes for each meeting and submitting an electronic version to the Chair as soon as possible (preferably within two weeks of completion of the meeting). g) The Chair shall be responsible for preparing and transmitting final business meeting reports to TRB within 45 days of the completion of each meeting. Copies of the reports shall also be sent to each member and friend of the Committee. h) Copies of all reports of the proceedings of the annual and mid-year business meetings shall be retained by the Section Chair for use in preparation of the ABJ30 Triennial Self Evaluation Report. Goal #3: Maintain an active organization that supports the mission of TRB Section ABJ00 and ABJ30. The Committee shall utilize one or more subcommittees to carry out its overall functions and responsibilities. Subcommittees will be created to address ongoing or emerging issues to the Committee as a whole. Strategies: a) The Committee Chair shall be responsible for creating or dissolving subcommittees with input from the members present at the annual or mid-year business meeting; b) The Committee Chair shall appoint a current committee member to be the chairperson to oversee the activities of each subcommittee; c) Each subcommittee shall be tasked with creating its own set of goals and objectives that support the overall goals of the Committee; d) The Committee Chair shall ensure that the Committee members conduct Committee and subcommittee business meetings at each annual and mid-year meeting; e) Each subcommittee shall be tasked with reporting at the annual meeting on the accomplishments made through the proceeding year and activities planning for the succeeding year. Goal #4: Expand and formalize the Committee liaison program. Many members of ABJ30 are also members or friends of other TRB Committees (or similar communities in other organizations). The research and other activities of these groups can be of valuable assistance to ABJ30 in achieving out Committee goals and our activities may be of similar value to them. A closer liaison should be encouraged and formalized to improve on the existing communications between these groups. Strategies: a) A listing of all appropriate TRB and other regional and national committees and groups shall be established and maintained; b) To the degree possible, one or more ABJ30 members shall be assigned as liaisons to each identified group; c) Liaisons shall be tasked with responsibility for reporting on important external group activities through the Committee's website or at mid-year meetings. d) Liaisons shall actively promote joint activities that support the Committee's areas of interest and bring these activities to the attention of the full Committee. Goal #5: Maintain a geographically and organizationally diverse Committee membership of well-qualified, highly motivated individuals. The Committee actively seeks diversity in its organization by striving to ensure the participation of members drawn form a variety of federal, state and local government agencies, academia, public interests, private enterprises (including consultant sector), and the general public. Broad geographical distribution of members, including international participation, is an important element in achieving the desired diversity. Strategies: a) Form and task a Steering Subcommittee with annually reviewing the membership roster and identifying potential problems or concerns with membership numbers, terms or levels of participation; b) Task the Steering Subcommittee with reporting on the status of the Committee membership at each mid-year meeting of the Committee. The report should include identification of any interest group or geographical membership gaps, term limit concerns and participation issues. c) Task each additional subcommittee with responsibility for identifying highly qualified potential members and forwarding names and resumes to the Steering Subcommittee; d) Charge each member of the Committee with volunteering a minimum of 40 hours per year toward supporting Committee activities such as reviewing or preparing technical papers, chairing or serving on a subcommittee, serving as a liaison to another TRB or similar organization committee, or actively participating in the annual and mid-year meeting programs. --- _____________________________ 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

Draft Agenda and Important Questions -

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Below is our draft agenda - we will plan to keep to it as much as possible - noting some of our guests/speakers have indicated possible conflicts - For planning purposes - check our TRB website details on ABJ30 and Events Schedule for Annual Meeting http://www.trb.org/directory/comm_detail.asp?id=1141 http://www.trb.org/am/ip/assembly_search.asp?c=ABJ30&comm=Urban+Transpor tation+Data+and+Information+Systems For those of you not able to join us in Washington, D.C., (and those who will and want to get a head start on our discussions), I will be forwarding some additional listserv messages for confirmation/discussion/edits, etc.). IMPORTANT ISSUES - please let me know your response to the two issues below (either using this listserv, by emailing directly - lawsonc(a)albany.edu or contributing to our discussion at TRB Meeting) - thanks! First, we need input on the best option for a sustainable internet strategy -- as we thank Chuck Purvis, previous Committee Chair, for his generous contribution of hosting our Committee's website. Over the last 12 months, we have not been able to schedule a new host - and given the problems with keeping a website current - please consider the following options: should we use a "wiki" service (Shawn is trying this strategy with the ADUS Subcommittee)? - should we use a "free" site (e.g., Google)? - should I "lobby" TRB staff for a user-friendly single page TRB-hosted website that would provide a generalized format with information on how to participate in a dedicated wiki? -- other ideas or offers of host capability?? Second, I am hearing some concerns about travel funds for our summer meeting - should I ask TRB staff about holding a webinar as part of our Summer Events? This would allow more of our Members, Friends, and with sufficient advanced notification - our target population - transportation planners, MPOs, consultants, university faculty, and interested citizens, to participate - let me know and I will try to get confirmation that we could use webinar technologies. ABJ30 Committee on Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Draft Meeting Agenda Monday, January 12, 2008, 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Hemisphere, Hilton Hotel 1:30 - 1:34 Call to Order Catherine Lawson 1:35 - 1:44 Introductions All 1:45 - 1:49 TRB Talk* Tom Palmerlee 1:50 - 2:09 State of the Committee, Chair Report Catherine Lawson 2:10 - 2:19 ABJ30(1) Subcommittee on Census Data Clara Reschovsky/Kristian Rohanna 2:20 - 2:29 AFD30(1) Archived Data User Service Subcommittee Shawn Turner 3:00 - 3:14 RITA/BTS Activities and Initiatives* Thomas Bolle 3:15 - 3:29 BREAK 3:30 - 3:44 The "Virtual" Project* Kim Fisher, TRB 3:45 - 3:59 NHTS Update Heather Contrino, FHWA 4:00 - 4:14 Data in Action Kuo-Ann Chiao, NYMTC 4:15 - 4:29 Travel Survey Archive Project Pavithra Parthasarathi, University of Minnesota 4:30 - 4:44 New Tools for Analysis Nathan Erlbaum, NYSDOT 4:45 - 5:14 Special Discussion Topic Catherine Lawson and All Are we ready for 2010? Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Urban Transportation Data 5:15 - 5:29 Other New Business 5:30 Adjourn *Times may vary due to other obligations Midyear Meeting: Seattle, WA, July 19th - 21st, 2009 --- _____________________________ 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

SUMMER, SUNSHINE, and SEATTLE - 7/19-21, 2009 midyear?

by Catherine T Lawson

Members and Friends of AJB30, As we get ready to head for Washington, D.C. in a few weeks for the Annual Meeting - please let me know your thoughts about having our Mid-Year Meeting in Seattle from July 19th through the 21st. Tom Palmerlee is in final negotiations for the summer venues and this ones sounds really good to me (and yes, it is near blizzard conditions here in Albany, New York) - According to Tom's recent email, the summer meeting will stress time for flexible committee meetings with less emphasis on sessions. I think our Committee should take this opportunity to really get to know the urban data issues facing other Committees - and be ready to help with the data challenges ahead!! (this should help us make the case for why data programs need $$$ --after all - data is a critical component of any infrastructure spending!!!) - Thanks in advance for any input for our summer meeting - and have a wonderful Holiday! 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

17 years, 2 months

Re: [ABJ30-Friends] SUMMER, SUNSHINE, and SEATTLE - 7/19-21, 2009 midyear?

by Duekerk＠aol.com

Great idea. By then our foot of snow ought to be gone. Meanwhile, I will continue to miss DC in January (replaced by Palm Springs). Ken In a message dated 12/22/2008 11:08:45 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, lawsonc(a)uamail.albany.edu writes: your thoughts about having our Mid-Year Meeting in Seattle from July 19th through the 21st. **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000…)

17 years, 2 months

Early Registration ends November 30th -

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 and friends, Best wishes for a great Holiday! --- and it is time to remind everyone who hasn't yet registered for the Annual Meeting to take advantage of early registration (ends November 30th). http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9679 You can put together your customized schedule (http://www.trb.org/am/ip/default.asp?e=445) - Looking forward to seeing all of you in January! More details on our sessions and meeting agenda soon -- 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

17 years, 3 months

Krishnan Viswanathan/camsys is out of the office.

by Krishnan Viswanathan

I will be out of the office starting 08/24/2008 and will not return until 09/02/2008. I am on vacation.

17 years, 6 months

Draft NATMEC/Mid-year Meeting Minutes for Review

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, Please find attached a copy of the draft minutes of our NATMEC/Mid-Year Meeting in WDC. Emily Parkany, our new Committee Secretary, prepared the minutes and you can email comments, etc. directly to her at Emily.Parkany(a)noblis.org. I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday Weekend - (and don't forget to finish those paper reviews!! Thanks!!) - 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

17 years, 6 months

Rich Margiotta/wdc/camsys is out of the office.

by Rich Margiotta

I will be out of the office starting 07/18/2008 and will not return until 08/03/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. I will be checking voicemail periodically.

17 years, 7 months

Meeting Agenda

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Committee on Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Meeting Agenda Thursday, August 7, 2008, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Forum Room, Shoreham Hotel Phone Information (877) 339-0018, Access *879-9080* If you have a problem phoning in - please call (518) 209-1155 7:00 - 7:03 Call to Order Catherine "Kate" Lawson 7:03- 7:05 Introduction of New Secretary Emily Parkany 7:05 - 7:10 Introductions All 7:10 - 7:20 TRB Talk Tom Palmerlee 7:20 - 7:35 Chair Report Catherine "Kate" Lawson 7:35 - 7:40 ABJ30(1) Subcommittee on Census Data Clara Reschovsky 7:40 - 7:45 AFD30(1) Archived Data User Service Subcommittee Shawn Turner 7:45- 8:00 Liaison Report Mary Lupa 8:00- 8:15 Presentation from Statewide Data Anita Vandervalk-Ostrander 8:15 - 8:30 Committee "Direction" Discussion All 8:30 Adjourn Annual Meeting Washington DC, January 11-15, 2009 --- _____________________________ 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, 7 months

Preparing our Committee Annual Agenda for Publication by Friday!!!

by Catherine T Lawson

ABJ30 Members and Friends, I just received a request from Tom Palmerlee (see below) to forward him our agenda for the Annual TRB Meeting - (subcommittees - this also applies to you) - since we won't have our regular opportunity to develop the agenda at our Mid-Year in time for this request - can I get some volunteers to help with the preparation? I will plan to include the review of our Strategic Plan and special attention to the topics that we currently cover - any suggestions, etc. would be greatly appreciated as this description of our plans should help bring newcomers to our meeting - thanks! >From Tom Palmerlee: "I would like to post short agendas for the TRB committee and subcommittee meetings a week before the Advance Registration deadline so we can make attendees aware of these open meeting. So please send me a short version oriented to those who don't necessarily attend TRB committee meeting. Emphasize the programmatic issues to be discussed, not administrative items. If I get it by next Monday, we can post them and get an email out about week before the deadline. I will also put those agendas in the final program." 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

17 years, 8 months

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