Hello all,

The work and research surrounding CTPP data is of great interest for the GIS community.   I hope that some of you might be inspired to participate in our conference and show off your efforts.  The call for presentations has been left open until the 28^th of February. Below is the full conference description. 

Thank you for your time and consideration to this important issue.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me directly. 

Sincerely,

Martin Catala

Co-Chair NCTR GIS in Public Transportation Conference

813-974-9791

catala@cutr.usf.edu

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The National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) and URISA  cordially invite you to attend the 2011 GIS in Public Transportation Conference, which will be held September 12-14, 2011, in St. Petersburg, FL. We are currently seeking presentation proposals for conference sessions. The proposal deadline has been extended to February 28, 2011. For additional information and to submit your proposal, please visit the URISA website, http://www.urisa.org/gis_transit

Below you will find information regarding the topic areas and types of presentations.

Presentation Topic Areas:

 Applications:

• Asset Management - Stops, stations, communications, routes/track, work orders, etc; Bus Stop Inventory Collection and Management
• Transit Operations - Scheduling; AVL; paratransit voice annunciation; ridership stats; routing; performance analysis; data validation, etc.
• Security and Safety - Crime analysis, accident/safety analysis, emergency planning, disaster recovery, etc.
• Planning - Service planning; TDM planning, Census data transit planning; transit-oriented development; demand studies (long-range forecasting, transit oriented development, etc.)
• Public Information - data presentation/cartography; trip planners; other public website services

Tools:

• Software - Google/Microsoft and transit; open source and web-enabled GIS; mashups, Web 2.0
• Data Collection - Automatic Passenger Counters (APC); GPS, mobile GIS

Data:

• Data Modeling - transit modeling applications
• Data Standards - transit data standards
• Data Sources -  American Community Survey, LED (Longitudinal Employment Dynamics) Data, Census Data, National Household Data Survey

Management & Policy:

• Enterprise Architecture - implementation issues
• GIS and IT management topics
• FTA/Census/FGDC programs/priorities - Intelligent Transportation Systems, Title 6, NTD Data
• GISP Program
• New Starts Program

Presentations Types:

· Single Presentation: Each presenter receives 20-30 minutes to present and 10 minutes to answer questions.

· Complete Session: Three presentations, submitted together, with a common theme. Each session is 90 minutes in length.

· Panel: 90-minute presentation that encourages interaction and discussion between the panelists and the attendees. Panel presentations should include at least three panelists all speaking on different aspects of a particular topic.

Martin Catala

Manager GIS and Informatics Group

Center for Urban Transportation Research

4202 East Fowler Ave (CUT100)

Tampa, FL 33620

813-974-9791

catala@cutr.usf.edu

http://www.transitgis.org

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