ABJ30 Members and Friends,
Tom Palmerlee is asking for a copy of our Agenda for our Summer Meeting ASAP!!!! ---
please review below and let me know your thoughts - sorry for the rush - thanks for your
help!
Kate
DRAFT Agenda
ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and
Information Systems Committee
Keck Center
June 8, 2011
I. Introductions - Welcome new Members and Secretary Outwater
II. Chair Report - Announcements - Kate Lawson
III. TRB Report - Tom Palmerlee (flexible, if necessary)
IV. Subcommittee Reports
a. ABJ30(1) Subcommittee on Census Data--Clara Reschovsky (MWCOG) & Kristen
Rohanna (SANDAG)
b. AFD30(1) Archived Data User Service Subcommittee-Kristin Tufte (PSU)
V. Committee Liaison Reports
a. TBA
VI. Emerging Topic Areas
a. Travel Time Speed and Reliability - moving forward with subcommittee formation
b. Our Role in How We Travel (Special Report 304)
(
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr304.pdf)
c. Our Role in the Federal Transportation Program Restructuring effort -
contributions from ABJ30 to the Boston sessions on this topic
d. New Directions
* Crowd sourcing data (e.g., Bluetooth, cell phones or GPS) compiled by vendors/
sold in aggregate form for different purposes
* Commercial data sets management: procurement, licensing, data evaluation, data
accessibility
* Urban Data Integration (UDI): land use, travel, traffic data, organizational,
policy, and technical issues
* Integrated urban travel forecasting models and integrated urban data collection -
opportunities and threats
VII. Discussions/Preparation for Next Annual Meeting
a. Workshop Opportunities
* AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Statistics Workshop Proposal - benchmarking
datasets
* Travel Time, Speed, and Reliability Workshop (level of interest?)
* Urban Data Integration (UDI) - Land Use (Land-based Classification Standards),
Travel (GPS), Traffic (Continuous Count and WIM) - What are the Organizational, Policy and
Technical Issues facing MPOs?
* Census - Finding the Numbers to Answer the Questions: Tools, Trials and
Tribulations - Best Practices Roundtable -
VIII. New Business
a. Self Assessment - Preparing for our Triennial Review
b. TRB Critical Issues and Cross-cutting Issues
c. Other Business
Related Links
ABJ30 Committee website:
www.trburbandata.org<http://www.trburbandata.org>
Related committee websites:
www.travelsurveymethods.org<http://www.travelsurveymethods.org>
New Technologies Subcommittee:
http://www.travelsurveymethods.org/Tech.asp
Catherine T. Lawson, Ph.D.
Interim Chair
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