ABJ30-news January 2007

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Two Items of interest to Data Committees

by ed christopher

I got this from Tom Palmerlee... Several items of importance surfaced last week. Alan Pisarski and Tim Lomax both testified before the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of House Transportation and Infrastructure. In response to a request from members of Congress, Alan submitted the attached piece on Department data needs. Also attached is Tim's testimony. At a session on Transportation Information Assets and Impacts, Neil Pedersen, Maryland State Highway Director, gave an excellent presentation on executive information needs. That is also attached. This fits in with the decision at the data section research subcommittee to focus more on executive information needs. I encourage you to share these with your committees.

17 years, 10 months

TRB--sunday workshop

by ed christopher

If you have not already planned your day, attached is the agenda for the ADUS workshop which Karl Petty one of our newest members has been developing. Please distribute you to those you think might be interested. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ADUS workshop agenda... Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:33:35 -0800 From: "Karl Petty" <karl(a)bt-systems.com> To: mgardner(a)fugro.com, edc(a)berwyned.com, "Ralph Gillmann" <Ralph.Gillmann(a)dot.gov> Hi, Mark, Ed and Ralph. If you have a chance, and you think it's appropriate, can you email out the enclosed agenda for the TRB Workshop that is being held this coming Sunday morning on ADUS systems and freeway operations to your respective (sub)committee email lists? This workshop is being sponsored by Highway Traffic Monitoring, Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems, and the ADUS subcommittee. Since we were a bit late getting the agenda on the web site I just wanted to make sure that people knew what we were going to be covering. Thanks. Karl -- ----------------------------- Karl Petty Berkeley Transportation Systems, Inc. 2030 Addison Street, Suite 640 Berkeley, CA 94704 Phone: 510-540-7647 Fax: 510-540-7612

17 years, 11 months

[Fwd: New BTS Director]

by Ed Christopher

FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New BTS Director Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:30:39 -0500 From: "Palmerlee, Thomas" <TPalmerlee(a)nas.edu> To: "Sandra Tucker" <SaTucker(a)lib-gw.tamu.edu>,<alanpisarski(a)alanpisarski.com>,<thomas.bolle(a)bts.gov>,<edc(a)berwyned.com>,<dave.gardner(a)dot.state.oh.us>,<fdharrison(a)gmail.com>,<hall.jim(a)uis.edu>,<psh(a)ornl.gov>,<kkockelm(a)mail.utexas.edu>,<jonette.kreideweis(a)dot.state.mn.us>,<michael.manore(a)bentley.com>,<harvey.miller(a)geog.utah.edu>,<Ralph.Gillmann(a)fhwa.dot.gov>,<ritchey(a)battelle.org>,<drumms(a)portptld.com>,<kikuchi(a)vt.edu>,<Simon.Washington(a)asu.edu>,<reg(a)iastate.edu>,<gary.spring(a)merrimack.edu>,"Vandervalk Anita " <avandervalk(a)camsys.com>,<jzmud(a)nustats.com> >From the RITA Administrator, I am pleased to announce Dr. Steven D. Dillingham as RITAs new Associate Administrator and Director for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Dr. Dillingham has an extensive background in research and statistics. His previous government service includes serving as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and directing research and planning for the Department of Justice's U.S. Trustee Program. He also served as Chief Administrator of the American Prosecutors Research Institute. Recently, he has been Chief Counsel for the Vice Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board. He holds graduate degrees in government (PhD, MPA), law (JD, LLM) and business (MBA). Dr. Dillingham is expected to start in early February. For those who would like to meet him, Dr. Dillingham will be attending the all-hands event on Tuesday when Secretary Mary Peters cuts the ribbon bringing the ITS JPO officially to RITA.

17 years, 11 months

TRB Urban Data and Information Systems Committee Meeting Info

by ed christopher

Urban Data Committee Members and Friends Attached is the agenda for the Urban Data Committee. Although the agenda looks rather full keep in mind that there is a lot room built into it for discussion. Please note that our committee will be meeting Tuesday morning, which is different day from last year. I would also like to draw your attention to our "Members Activities" round robin and encourage you to bring any materials or handouts that you would like to share with the group on activities that may be of relevance to the group. Over the years I have gotten good feedback on this portion of the meeting and of course, it's success depends on your participation. I did not want to bury with a long list of activities the committee is involved with but instead would encourage you to go to the TRB Interactive Meeting Planner (http://trb.org/meeting/) and enter the key name ABJ30 (that is the committee number) and take a look at what comes up. It will be a list of activities that the committee has either organized or is a partner in sponsoring. I know that there are a lot of time conflicts but I please make an effort to attend at least one other committee event besides our annual meeting. I'll look forward to seeing in a few weeks. -- Ed Christopher, Chair ABJ30 urban Data and Information Systems Committee Resource Center Planning Team Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) 708-283-3501 (F)

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ABJ30-news January 2007