[ABJ30] Its all about Data

I snagged this from the AMPO newletter. In it are some serious things for the data community to be thinking about. ---------- TRB recently released Special Report 288, Metropolitan Travel Forecasting: Current Practice and Future Direction. This report examines metropolitan travel forecasting models that inform decisions on major transportation system investments and policies. The AMPO Travel Modeling Work Group and staff worked closely with the TRB committee that produced this report, including a joint meeting in Berkeley in 2005. The final report explores what improvements may be needed to the models and how federal, state, and local agencies can achieve them. We’re now working with AASHTO to form a group of MPO and state DOT modeling experts to review the study and develop a collaborative response to its findings and recommendations. The report can be accessed at http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7821. This site also includes a link to extensive data and findings of surveys of MPOs that were used to develop the report. ---------- -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 19900 Governors Dr Olympia Fields, IL 60461