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GIS Winter Webcast
Now online
A summary of the winter GIS in Transportation webcast is now available here.
The webcast speakers were John Thomas, Director of Planning with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT); Andrea Moser, Planner/GIS Manager with Bio-West; and Frank Pisani, GIS Manager with UDOT.
The speakers presented on UDOT's UPlan, an interactive, web-based GIS tool that provides users with the ability to upload, manage, and share geospatial data.
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Best Practices in GIS-Based Transportation Asset Management
Now Online
FHWA’s Office of Planning recently published the report "Best Practices in GIS-Based Transportation Asset Management." The report, which is available here, provides background on GIS and asset management, describes how public agencies have been integrating the two, and identifies benefits and challenges to doing so. The information presented is gleaned from a literature review and interviews with several State departments of transportation and one county agency. The report also identifies some leading industry trends and new, innovative approaches to using GIS for transportation asset management. | GIS asset management map (FL)
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Upcoming GIS in Transportation Webcast
Please join the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for its 14th installment in a quarterly series of webcasts highlighting applications of geospatial technologies in transportation.
The webcast will take place on Wednesday, May 9th, from 1-2 PM (EDT).
The webcast speakers are Gary Aucott, GIS Cartographic and Data Development Specialist at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), and Allen Ibaugh (AICP, GISP), CEO of Data Transfer Solutions, LLC. Mr. Aucott and Mr. Ibaugh will present on CDOT’s Online Transportation Information System (OTIS), an enterprise GIS system that supports transportation analysis that was developed to provide an enterprise GIS solution for transportation information within CDOT.
To access the webcast, please see the information listed below:
Audio: 1-877-336-1274 (call-in); 7838594# (passcode)
Webroom link: http://fhwa.adobeconnect.com/gistransportation
The intended audiences for this webcast series are planners and GIS practitioners from State Departments of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, FHWA Division Offices, and State and Federal resource agencies.
If you would like highlight one of your agency's geospatial applications in an upcoming webcast, please contact Alisa Fine (alisa.fine@dot.gov or 617-494-2310). Information on previous webcasts can be found here on FHWA’s GIS in Transportation website.
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Winter GIS in Transportation Newsletter
Now Available Online
The Winter GIS in Transportation Newsletter is now available here.
The winter newsletter includes an article by Cory Johnson and Kevin McKnight, Transportation Planners at the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). They discuss MDOT's effort to build a GIS-centric lane mile inventory (LMI) to collect and maintain MDOT's lane mile assets.
Also included is an editorial by Greg Ferrara and Jeremy Scott at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University. | MDOT's LMI screenshot
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GIS for Highway Safety Peer Exchange Summary Report
Now Online
On September 14-15, 2011, the FHWA's Office of Planning and its Office of Safety sponsored a 1.5-day peer exchange to promote the use of GIS and mapping for highway safety applications. The summary report - available here - offers overviews of the presentations given at the peer exchange and the conversations that followed. It concludes with a summary of the discussions resulting from three roundtable discussion questions that were posed to the group.
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GIS Applications for Climate Change Decision-Making Peer Exchange Report
Now Online
On September 26-27, 2011, the FHWA’s Office of Planning sponsored a 1.5-day peer exchange focusing on the use of GIS to support transportation-related climate change decisions. Participants from the Atlanta Regional Commission, Maine Geological Survey, Maryland State Highway Administration, New England Environmental Finance Center, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission, and the Washington Department of Transportation shared information on how they utilize GIS to inform decisions regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation activities.
The summary of the peer exchange event (available here) provides overviews of the presentations given and the associated question and answers. It concludes with a summary of the roundtable discussions.
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GIS Applications for Livability Considerations: Peer Exchange Summary Report
Report now available online
FHWA’s Office of Planning (HEPP) recently published the report "GIS Applications for Livability Considerations." The report, which is available here, provides a summary of a 2-day peer exchange held in July 2011 in Boulder, Colorado. The peer exchange was sponsored by FHWA HEPP and hosted by the City of Boulder. It convened several transportation agencies from around the country to discuss applications of GIS to support livability considerations, objectives, and goals. | Transit-oriented Dev.'t Viewer
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