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Summer 2010, Volume 3, Issue 3
ABJ Spotlight
Section to conduct Strategic Planning –
Joe Schofer to facilitate
By Reg Souleyrette, Iowa State Univ. (Chair)
The section is embarking on a strategic planning
activity. The goal is to produce both a 3 year
guidance plan and 2011 action plan. The planning
team consists of section members Ed Christopher (at
large), Kate Lawson (Urban Data), Leni Oman (at
large), Jack Stickel (Statewide Data), and Harvey
Miller (Geographic Information Science and
Applications). The group will be facilitated by Joe
Schofer (at-large). Tom Palmerlee and Reg
Thanks
Souleyrette will support the planning team.
Joe!
After meeting for the first time during NATMEC, the
planning team issued a “call for topics” to section
committee chairs, requesting information on
committee activities and plans mapped to TRB
critical issues by July 9, in time for use at the
Minneapolis mid-year meeting. Mr. Stickel gets the
early bird award for first submission of topics!
The planning team plans to meet in person at the
mid-year meeting and have a couple of conference
calls prior to a one-day planning retreat at the Keck
Center on October 20 to develop the draft plan. In
addition to new materials, the team plans to build on
the successful retreat the section had in March 2008
at the Beckman Center (Irvine), as well as the 2000
TRB committee millennium papers, section
committee TSPs, and the Policy and Organization
Group strategic and action plans.
TAC Action
Special Task Force on Data for Decisions and
Performance Measures Approved
By: Tom Palmerlee, TRB
The Technical Activities Council (TAC) approved this
Special Task Force in April. At the TAC June meeting,
its term was set at three years. The scope has been
approved and co-chairs Charlie Howard of Puget
Sound Regional Council and Chair of the
Transportation System Policy, Planning and Process
Section, and Johanna Zmud, who is moving to RAND
Corporation this summer. Howard and Zmud are
identifying individuals to serve on the STF.
Scope: The Special Task Force (STF) coordinates the
activities of, and facilitates communication among,
the TRB standing committees regarding the crosscutting issues to address the necessary data
resources and infrastructure to support decision
making and performance measures. The Special Task
Force augments, but does not replace, the activities
of the TRB standing committees in these areas. The
STF reports directly to the TRB Technical Activities
Council.
The TAC also approved as one of eight the STF crosscutting session proposals – “360 Degree Look at Data
for Performance-Based Decision Making.” Two or
three organizations will present their approaches to
measures to support decision making and the data
resources needed. A panel of transportation
professionals will offer their insights on these
examples.
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TRB TAC Action and Annual Meeting
TAC Action (cont.)
By: Tom Palmerlee, TRB
Strategies for Meeting Critical Data Needs for Decision Making in State and Metropolitan
Transportation Agencies
The Technical Activities Council (TAC) approved proceeding with a conference to convene
agency policy makers, program managers and data experts from states and MPOs to
examine the key data programs needed to support critical decisions facing those
organizations in the next 5-10 years. A fall 2011 date is anticipated. The initiative for this
meeting came from Kansas Secretary of Transportation Deb Miller. NCHRP’s program to
support the decisions and improve the effectiveness of top managers has already allocated
some funding for this conference. Additional support will be needed to proceed with
conference planning.
TRB Annual Meeting – Calendar and Info for Chairs
By Tom Palmerlee, TRB
The Spotlight Theme for the meeting is “Transportation, Livability, and Economic Development
in a Changing World.” Committees are asked to consider this theme as they develop their
sessions. Committees are again allotted 2.3 lectern sessions per committee. Poster sessions
do not count against this allotment.
The paper submission site opened on June 1. Authors have until August 1 to submit papers.
Over the next 10 days TRB staff will distribute papers to committee chairs to assign to
reviewers.
All information for sessions must be entered into the TRB online Annual Meeting Planner
(AMP) by October 1.
New this year, during August and September we will be providing Committee Chairs and
authorized session planners with the ability to view sessions that have been entered into AMP
by all committees. This should help enhance the coordination among committees in the
development of sessions.
Two new Annual Meeting training webinars will be added to our collection this year - TRB New
Member Orientation and training for TRB paper authors. These will supplement our webinars
for paper review coordinators, paper reviewers, session organizers, and new Annual Meeting
attendees.
The full schedule of Annual Meeting training webinars can be found at
http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2011/AnnualMeetingAnnouncements.aspx
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TRB Annual Meeting (cont.) and Section Shout Out!
TRB Annual Meeting – Section Workshops
By Tom Palmerlee, TRB
Sponsored Workshops
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Using ACS Data for Transportation Planning
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Use of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Emergency Preparedness
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Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications
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Use of Private Sector and Blended Private/Public Sector Speed Data by Public Agencies for
Planning and Operations
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LiDAR Technologies for Transportation Applications
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Current and Emerging Practices in Collecting and Estimating External Travel
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National Household Travel Survey: Data Tools and Overview of Trends
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Pervasive Data for Transportation: Innovations in Distributed and Mobile Information Discovery
in ITS and LBS
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Place of Artificial Intelligence and Computation in the Complex World of Transportation

The Right Tool for the Job: Search, Discovery and Current Awareness Tools, Tips and Tricks for
Busy Transportation Professionals
Co-Sponsored Workshops
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Emerging Sensor Technology for Utility Construction
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Virtual Design and Construction for Transportation: Terminologies, Opportunities, Benefits, and
Barriers
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Using Information Technology to Support Better Construction Management VII
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Strategies for Staying in the Game - Getting Better Results with IT Innovations
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Qualitative Research Methods in Transportation: A New Approach to New Challenges
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State of the Research in Assessing the Effectiveness of Transportation Programs Aimed at
Knowledge/Skill Building and Enhancement
ABJ Good Practice Shout-out – What Works for Committees?
By: Reg Souleyrette, Iowa State Univ. (Chair)
Following on the last issue, I am soliciting section “best practices” which can be anything one or more of
our committees are doing that you feel may be useful to your peer committees and task forces. In this
issue, I’d like to highlight a few* of the excellent web sites our committees have developed. WOW! I
invite you to look them over for potential collaborative activities and perhaps ideas for your own page …
ABJ30 Urban Data Kate Lawson, Chair; Ben Stabler, Committee Communications Coordinator
ABJ40 Travel Survey Methods, Guy Rousseau, Chair; Sharon O'Connor, Webmaster
ABJ50 Information Systems and Technology Frances Harrison, Chair; Martin Akerman, Webmaster
ABJ60 Geographic Information Science and Applications Harvey Miller and Cesar Quiroga, co-chairs;
Val Noronha, Webmaster
ABJ70 Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Shinya Kikuchi , Chair
ABJ80 Committee on Statistical Methods Simon Washington, Chair; Phyllis Orrick, Webmaster
ABJ95 Visualization in Transportation Mike Manor, Chair
*left yours out? SORRY! Please let me know the address or other corrections.
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ABJ Updates and Links
AASHTO Holds Data Needs for Performance-based
Planning Peer
By Jonette Kreideweis, Minnesota DOT (at-large member)
On June 22-24, the AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning (SCOP) met in San Antonio, Texas to host
a mid-year business meeting and a joint FHWA and AASHTO Peer Workshop on “Data Needs and
Considerations Related to a National Performance-based Planning Process”.
The peer workshop included a number of planning and data representatives from states, MPOs, transit
agencies, academia and the transportation consultant community. Peter Plumeau from RSG facilitated
the workshop. Results of a roundtable discussion held in 2009 were shared as well as a scan on the
state of the practice. Greg Nadeau (FHWA), Alan Pisarski (Transportation Consultant), Lance
Grenzeback (Cambridge Systematics, Inc.) and Steven Polzin (CUTR) provided background
perspectives. Workshop participants spent the majority of the meeting in breakout sessions focusing
on four key questions:
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How can agencies ensure their data approaches and systems support performance based
planning and programming?
How will agencies collect, manage, apply and report data for performance-based planning
programming?
How can we ensure decision making is closely linked to performance management data?
What research and capacity building efforts should be initiated to support development of use of
performance related data?
Preliminary themes from breakout group reports reflected a desire for clear transportation vision and
goals to drive performance based planning; better tools and methods for integrating and analyzing
performance data; and enhanced methods for sharing, reporting and applying performance data in the
transportation programming process. A final report of the peer exchange and SCOP business meeting
will be available in the near future. More information will be available on the SCOP website at
http://planning.transportation.org.
Useful links
Section Google Group
New!
Section Newsletter archive
Temporary Section Website/data archive
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ABJ00 Who we are …
ABJ00 Section - Data and Information
Systems
Reginald R. Souleyrette, Chair
Iowa State University
[email protected]
TRB Staff Representative
Thomas M. Palmerlee
Associate Director, Technical
Activities Division
Transportation Research Board
[email protected]
Committees
ABJ40 Travel Survey Methods
Guy Rousseau , Chair
Atlanta Regional Commission
ABJ50 Information Systems and
Technology
Frances D. Harrison , Chair
Spy Pond Partners, LLC
C. Douglas Couto, Past Chair
Citrix
Subcommittees
ABJ60 Geographic Information
Science and Applications
Harvey J. Miller, Co-Chair
University of Utah
Cesar A. Quiroga, Co-Chair
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)
At Large Members
ABJ10 National Transportation Data
Requirements and Programs
Timothy J. Lomax, Chair
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)
ABJ70 Artificial Intelligence and
Advanced Computing Applications
Shinya Kikuchi, Chair
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University (Virginia Tech)
ABJ20 Statewide Transportation Data
and Information Systems
Jack R. Stickel , Chair
Alaska Department of Transportation
and Public Facilities
ABJ80 Committee on Statistical
Methods
Simon P. Washington, Chair
U.C. Berkeley
ABJ25T Task Force on the Traffic
Monitoring Conferences
Shawn M. Turner, Chair
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)
ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and
Information Systems
Catherine T. Lawson , Chair
University at Albany
ABJ90 Freight Transportation Data
Scott R. Drumm, Chair
Port of Portland, Oregon
ABJ95 Visualization in
Transportation
Michael Anthony Manore, Chair
Vispective Management
Consulting, LLC
Research Subcommittee
James P. Hall, Chair
University of Illinois, Springfield
Metadata Subcommittee
Frances D. Harrison, Chair
Spy Pond Partners, LLC
Thomas Bolle
USDOT/RITA
Edward J. Christopher
Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA)
Jonette R. Kreideweis
Minnesota Department of
Transportation
Ellen M. Oman
Washington State Department of
Transportation
Joseph L. Schofer
Northwestern University
Johanna Zmud, Past Chair
NuStats
ABJ35 Highway Traffic Monitoring
Peter L. Keen , Chair
Digital Traffic Systems, Inc. (DTS)
For more information about ABJ00, please contact Reg Souleyrette, chair
([email protected]) or Tom Palmerlee, TRB ([email protected])
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ABJ Upcoming Events
2010 TRB Joint Summer Meeting
July 11-13, 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Committees meeting there:
• Information Systems and Technology
Committee (ABJ50)
• Artificial Intelligence and Advanced
Computing Applications Committee (ABJ70)
• Freight Transportation Data Committee
(ABJ90)
• Visualization in Transportation Committee
(ABJ95)
Data and Information Systems Section
(ABJ00) Strategic Planning Meeting
2010 University Transportation Centers
Spotlight Conference: Research
Perspectives on Transportation Systems for
Livable Communities
Using National Household Travel Survey
(NHTS) Data for Transportation Decision
Making Workshop
Date changed to June 6-7, 2011
Keck Center, Washington, D.C.
October 18-19, 2010
Keck Center, Washington, DC
Look for the new preliminary program soon at
http://www.trb.org/conferences/livability2010.
aspx.
October 20, 2010, Washington, DC
Being designed for on site and remote
participation.
Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) Workshop
November 16, 2010, Washington, DC
Look for the latest program at
www.trb.org/Conferences/CFS2010.aspx
Data Section Summer Conference Call
Tuesday July 13, 12:00 PM Central time (TRB Mid-year)
(877)339-0018, Access *360-7711*
• Hear overview of Office of Transportation Policy
Studies, FHWA
• Select Topics for October 20 Consideration
• Discuss committee session plans (continued)
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