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Upcoming FHWA GIS Peer Exchanges
Seeking Participants
FHWA is seeking potential participants interested in one of the following upcoming two peer exchanges: GIS for Transportation and Livability GIS for Transportation and Climate Change Analysis (mitigation or adaptation) Each of the exchanges will convene practitioners wanting to share and learn about existing effective practices, methodologies, and lessons learned concerning the use of GIS technologies for the respective topics. Dates for the peer exchanges have not been determined, but the timeframe for both is early- to mid-summer or September 2011. If you are interested in learning more about the GIS for Transportation and Livability peer exchange, please contact Alisa Fine at 617-494-2310 or Alisa.Fine@dot.gov. If you are interested in learning more about the GIS for Transportation and Climate Change Analysis peer exchange, please contact Gina Filosa at 617-494-3452 or Gina.Filosa@dot.gov.
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GIS Practice of the Week
Delaware Department of Transportation's (DelDOT) TAZ GIS data
Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) are a unit of geography used in transportation planning by DelDOT and Delaware's two Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs). In Delaware, TAZs have been created and are maintained by DelDOT and MPOs in conjunction with the University of Delaware's Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research (CADSR). DelDOT maintains a website that links users to information about TAZs and to GIS data sets representing TAZs.
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GIS in Transportation Webcast
Summary now available online
A summary of the winter GIS in Transportation webcast is now available here. The webcast speakers were Matt Hiebert and Stuart Harlan from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). The speakers presented on and demonstrated MoDOT's Traveler Information Map.
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Applications of GIS for Livability: Case Studies of Select Transportation Agencies
Report now available online
This report, available here, summarizes the results of a study conducted to assess how GIS applications are being used to identify, evaluate, and assess livability issues from a transportation point of view. The practices, challenges, and lessons learned in this study are expected to help others in the transportation industry identify and evaluate approaches to developing GIS applications for similar purposes.
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