ABJ30 Members and Friends,
The preliminary schedule for NATMEC has the following
information for our Committee meeting (room yet to be assigned)
Urban Data Committee Meeting
Thursday, August 07, 2008, 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Catherine Theresa Lawson, State University of New York,
Open meeting of the TRB committee 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.
I will need to find out the availability of a phone
conference set-up –
Kate
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Catherine T. Lawson, Ph. D.
Director, MRP Program
Associate Professor
University at
Geography & Planning
AS 218 1400
(518) 442-4775
(518) 442-4742 FAX
lawsonc@albany.edu