At our committee meeting last week we began to address the topic of the Transportation Information Needs Assessment (TINA) Study. In response to the suggestions from some committee chairs, TRB has decided to increase the number of ways for us to provide inputs to this important study. One way is to have a website to capture our ideas. At the website you will be asked to identify and then elaborate on "what are the unmet transportation information needs for you and/or those you work with or support?" For each session you can only have three unmet needs but that does not mean that you can not go through the form multiple times. The TINA website http://www.nustats.com/TRB4 will be open for all of you (committee members and friends) to provide your responses from January 30 to February 17, 2006. Please note our committee code ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems when providing information related to transportation information needs. Your responses will come back to me for integration into our report back to TRB. Keep in mind that we have been encouraged to think broadly about information needs and not use budgetary or other constraints as barriers. I look forward to your ideas. Remember do not feel constrained. For some more background I have attached what TRB passed out to its chairs prior to the Annual Meeting. -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 19900 Governors Dr Olympia Fields, IL 60461 _______________________________________________ abj30-news mailing list abj30-news(a)chrispy.net http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/abj30-news