2004 Midyear Meeting Minutes

TRB Committee on Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems (ABJ20)

Monday, June 28, 2004
7:00-9:30 p.m.

Loews Coronado Bay

Attendees:

Anita Vandervalk, Cambridge Systematics, Chair

Kim Hajek, TxDOT, Secretary

Tom Palmerlee, TRB

Barna Juhasz, FHWA

Jonette Kreideweis, MnDOT

Glenda Fuller, Idaho DOT

Joy Sharp, DOT/BTS

Kim Ferroni, PennDOT

Dave Gardner, Ohio DOT

Ralph Gillmann, GHWA

Jack Stickel, AKDOT

Tom Bolle, DOT/BTS

Mark Hallenbeck, TRAC-UW

Alan Pisarski

Rick Schuman, PBS+J

James W. Golden, FDOT

Harshad Desai, FHWA

Sue Kimbrough, USEPA

Robert J. Benz, TTI (Houston)

Bill Eisele, TTI

Bill Frawley, TTI (Arlington)

David Pearson, TTI

Stephen Farnsworth, TTI

Robert Winick, Motion Maps, LLC

James Pol, FHWA

Ed Christopher, FHWA

Rolf Schmit

AGENDA:

Introductions - Anita Vandervalk
Presentation by James Pol, FHWA - Planning, Operations and Data
TRB Report - Tom Palmerlee
AASHTO SCOP Data Task Force Activities - Jonette Kreideweis
State DOT Updates

STRETCH BREAK
Committee Business Meeting
2005 TRB Sessions, sponsored by ABJ20
Results of Peer Exchange from Sunday, June 27 (quick update)
ABJ20 Strategic Plan (review)
Research Projects and 8-36 Call (status)
Call for 2005 Papers

Introductions -

Anita called the meeting to order with the introductions of attendees at 7:10 p.m.

TRB Report - Tom Palmerlee

Urban Data Conference is meeting in Irvine, CA in May, 2005

Data Committee for reauthorization will be later

The combined committees (Planning, Environmental, Data, etc.) will meet in July, 2005 in Boston

It was agreed to meet in Boston with the other data committees.

Perhaps the committees could be meeting as a larger group, pending that the Reauthorization Bill will be enacted by then.

We may be doing a Peer Exchange at that meeting also for our committee.

Committee rotations are for three years.

Jonette Kreideweis - AASHTO SCOP Data Task Force Activities

(See handout)

(See handout on Traffic and Travel Demand Modeling Issues, Challenges and Needs Round Table Discussion at SCOP Spring Meeting, May 5, 2004)

(See handout - SCOP Data Task Force Comments, American Community Survey (ACS), and Data Tables)

Presentation by James Pol, FHWA - Planning, Operations and Data

James will make the presentation available to Anita for distribution with the minutes.

STATE DOT and MEMBER UPDATES

Kim Hajek - Texas

We are being successful in implementing several large IT systems within the last six months and in the next six to nine months.

The Statewide Analysis Model (SAM) Project implemented in March, 2004 has the capability to model multiple modes of transportation.

The Texas Transportation Plan will be available on-line some time in July, 2004. It has a GIS component for information related to the plan.

The first release of STARS has been implemented. This implementation includes the migration of the legacy system to an ORACLE database with traffic analysis capabilities. TxDOT will contract to complete the next release of STARS to meet the data reports and file extract requirements as needed.

TxDOT has completed an inventory of IT resources in the state. The legislature will consider consolidating these resources. The impact on the ability to meet Federal reporting requirements if the IT resources are reduced or centralized has not yet been determined.

Jonette Kreideweis - Minnesota

Finished an updated Statewide Plan last October. They are evaluating how to enhance urban area and statewide travel demand models to support forecasting and the performance measures in the Statewide Plan. and will finish Travel Demand Model.

Working on an Operations Plan and how much will be put into the STIP.

20-year plans are being updated.

There is a high interest in e-gov services.

Minnesota legislature is studying HOT lanes and HOV lanes

MnDOT is working on a statewide safety plan.

Need to partner with local entities to collect traffic data. Do not have the resources anymore to collect all that is needed.

Discussion of initiatives/conferences related to travel modeling from Bruce Spears (FHWA). (See handout).

Tom Bolle - BTS

Still do not have reauthorization bill. The House Bill has quite a few provisions that will have impact on BTS without funding to support them. Any discussions of internal reorganization are also on hold until further information comes on the Reauthorization Bill.

Two major surveys are active: (NHTS) released the highlights report in August 2003. Completed data set will be released in July, 2004 with all five data sets needed. There is an NHTS Conference in Nov. 1 and 2 in Washington, D.C. There will also be sessions at the annual meeting for NHTS, targeting advanced users of NHTS data.

(Jonette) We need to work on help market some of these products that are becoming available.

Kim Ferroni - Pennsylvania DOT

They have transitioned to using vendors for traffic counts instead of field staff due to rising cost and safety issues. They have six Rural Planning Organizations that are taking some counts for them.

They are making progress with ITS for Signal Optimization Studies. The data is being captured and incorporated into their programs. Most of their ITS is done with video cameras.

Their Bureau provides the transportation layers to support the homeland security initiatives.

Dave Gardner - Ohio DOT

The draft copy of statewide Ohio Transportation Plan was completed in June. They will have about 8 Open Houses for the public to make comments.

New Urban Boundaries and functional classification changes based on Census 2000 data have been completed and incorporated into the road inventory database.

They have a GIS database that will be maintained at the local government level which will have the street centerlines and addresses.

Congestion analysis has been completed using the 2003 road inventory data.

Their Traffic Monitoring Section has made traffic maps available on line.

James Golden - Florida DOT

The legislature has authorized 100 million dollars for the strategic plan for projects.

They are defining the data infrastructure to support that plan.

Rolf Schmitt - (FHWA) www.ops.hwa.gov/freight

They are trying to finalize the freight portion of the Conditions and Performance report.

Ed Christopher - (FHWA Resource Center) they are conducting workshops to train the folks on how to use the CTPP software. They will probably have a workshop in Texas because there are so many MPOs. Maryland wants to have a workshop, also. It will be easier if the request comes from the FHWA Division staff requesting his assistance.

Barna Juhasz - FHWA-

The states need a conference on Roadway Inventory that is similar to NATMEC and bring in the vendors who help get the inventory done for the states.

They are already looking at the next NHTS. Question is whether we should or should not do another NHTS.

Jack Stickel - Alaska DOT

Their IT projects over $25,000 have to get governor's approval. CARS 511 and Road Weather Information System has been deployed.

Asset Management for their department is in full deployment.

They are also starting to work on a Business Data Plan for Alaska.

Mark Hallenbeck - Washington

They are doing research for Washington DOT to look at congestion and recurring congestion. They are looking at freight performance measures.

"Grey Notebook Light" has been developed to address Performance Measures. This is the second version of the "Grey Notebook."

A Beta Version of a GIS Map is available on the web - contains information on vehicle occupancy, flow data, freeway operations archives, CVISN tag data.

Harshad Dessai - (FHWA) The states will be getting messages back from FHWA if the ATR data is not accepted due to edits. This is an indication of the sites that are not working.

Committee Business Meeting

Handout on Proposed 2005 Conference Sessions for Statewide Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ20)
Results of Peer Exchange to be published later
ABJ20 Strategic Plan - to be discussed further at the annual meeting
Jim Hall is the Research Contact for our committee
Barna - We may need to a synthesis sharing with the states that are doing a good job of traffic analysis. Jonette and Harshad will do a proposal on this and send it out.
The deadline is August for the papers we will review.
The newsletter - May be more useful for folks outside the committee.
The web-site - Needs to be updated before the annual meeting.
AASHTO (SCOR) has asked TRB to do a study to take a strategic look at funding for transportation information services. (TRIS) We are asked to come up with what type of data would be useful for us.
Next year's mid-year meeting in Boston in July.

NOTE: Jonette has a new title for session #3 at our annual meeting.

"Evolving Practice and Theory in Travel Demand Modeling: Challenges for Data Systems"

Follow Up Items

Ensure Research Sub Committee meetings
Chair - Update website
Chair - Rotation

The Committee Meeting Adjourned at 10:00 p.m.

	Statewide Data and Information Systems Committee
Statewide Data Trends Self Evaluation Membership Roster Friends of the Committee Statewide Liaison 2002 Mid-Year Meeting 2003 Annual Meeting 2004 Mid-Year Meeting 2004 Annual Meeting 2005 Mid-Year Meeting 2005 Annual Meeting 2006 Annual Meeting 2007 Annual Meeting 08/2000 – Performance Measures 03/2001 – Data Integration 07/2001 – Adding Value with Data Collection Programs 03/2002 – Using Spatial Data, Tools and Technologies to Improve the Delivery of Transportation Programs 05/2003 – Data Partnering 06/2004 -- Data Business Plans March 2005 Related Conferences Links Chairperson Secretary TRB Staff Representative
TRB Committee on Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems (ABJ20) Monday, June 28, 2004 7:00-9:30 p.m. Loews Coronado Bay Attendees: Anita Vandervalk, Cambridge Systematics, Chair Kim Hajek, TxDOT, Secretary Tom Palmerlee, TRB Barna Juhasz, FHWA Jonette Kreideweis, MnDOT Glenda Fuller, Idaho DOT Joy Sharp, DOT/BTS Kim Ferroni, PennDOT Dave Gardner, Ohio DOT Ralph Gillmann, GHWA Jack Stickel, AKDOT Tom Bolle, DOT/BTS Mark Hallenbeck, TRAC-UW Alan Pisarski Rick Schuman, PBS+J James W. Golden, FDOT Harshad Desai, FHWA Sue Kimbrough, USEPA Robert J. Benz, TTI (Houston) Bill Eisele, TTI Bill Frawley, TTI (Arlington) David Pearson, TTI Stephen Farnsworth, TTI Robert Winick, Motion Maps, LLC James Pol, FHWA Ed Christopher, FHWA Rolf Schmit AGENDA: Introductions - Anita Vandervalk Presentation by James Pol, FHWA - Planning, Operations and Data TRB Report - Tom Palmerlee AASHTO SCOP Data Task Force Activities - Jonette Kreideweis State DOT Updates STRETCH BREAK Committee Business Meeting 2005 TRB Sessions, sponsored by ABJ20 Results of Peer Exchange from Sunday, June 27 (quick update) ABJ20 Strategic Plan (review) Research Projects and 8-36 Call (status) Call for 2005 Papers Introductions - Anita called the meeting to order with the introductions of attendees at 7:10 p.m. TRB Report - Tom Palmerlee Urban Data Conference is meeting in Irvine, CA in May, 2005 Data Committee for reauthorization will be later The combined committees (Planning, Environmental, Data, etc.) will meet in July, 2005 in Boston It was agreed to meet in Boston with the other data committees. Perhaps the committees could be meeting as a larger group, pending that the Reauthorization Bill will be enacted by then. We may be doing a Peer Exchange at that meeting also for our committee. Committee rotations are for three years. Jonette Kreideweis - AASHTO SCOP Data Task Force Activities (See handout) (See handout on Traffic and Travel Demand Modeling Issues, Challenges and Needs Round Table Discussion at SCOP Spring Meeting, May 5, 2004) (See handout - SCOP Data Task Force Comments, American Community Survey (ACS), and Data Tables) Presentation by James Pol, FHWA - Planning, Operations and Data James will make the presentation available to Anita for distribution with the minutes. STATE DOT and MEMBER UPDATES Kim Hajek - Texas We are being successful in implementing several large IT systems within the last six months and in the next six to nine months. The Statewide Analysis Model (SAM) Project implemented in March, 2004 has the capability to model multiple modes of transportation. The Texas Transportation Plan will be available on-line some time in July, 2004. It has a GIS component for information related to the plan. The first release of STARS has been implemented. This implementation includes the migration of the legacy system to an ORACLE database with traffic analysis capabilities. TxDOT will contract to complete the next release of STARS to meet the data reports and file extract requirements as needed. TxDOT has completed an inventory of IT resources in the state. The legislature will consider consolidating these resources. The impact on the ability to meet Federal reporting requirements if the IT resources are reduced or centralized has not yet been determined. Jonette Kreideweis - Minnesota Finished an updated Statewide Plan last October. They are evaluating how to enhance urban area and statewide travel demand models to support forecasting and the performance measures in the Statewide Plan. and will finish Travel Demand Model. Working on an Operations Plan and how much will be put into the STIP. 20-year plans are being updated. There is a high interest in e-gov services. Minnesota legislature is studying HOT lanes and HOV lanes MnDOT is working on a statewide safety plan. Need to partner with local entities to collect traffic data. Do not have the resources anymore to collect all that is needed. Discussion of initiatives/conferences related to travel modeling from Bruce Spears (FHWA). (See handout). Tom Bolle - BTS Still do not have reauthorization bill. The House Bill has quite a few provisions that will have impact on BTS without funding to support them. Any discussions of internal reorganization are also on hold until further information comes on the Reauthorization Bill. Two major surveys are active: (NHTS) released the highlights report in August 2003. Completed data set will be released in July, 2004 with all five data sets needed. There is an NHTS Conference in Nov. 1 and 2 in Washington, D.C. There will also be sessions at the annual meeting for NHTS, targeting advanced users of NHTS data. (Jonette) We need to work on help market some of these products that are becoming available. Kim Ferroni - Pennsylvania DOT They have transitioned to using vendors for traffic counts instead of field staff due to rising cost and safety issues. They have six Rural Planning Organizations that are taking some counts for them. They are making progress with ITS for Signal Optimization Studies. The data is being captured and incorporated into their programs. Most of their ITS is done with video cameras. Their Bureau provides the transportation layers to support the homeland security initiatives. Dave Gardner - Ohio DOT The draft copy of statewide Ohio Transportation Plan was completed in June. They will have about 8 Open Houses for the public to make comments. New Urban Boundaries and functional classification changes based on Census 2000 data have been completed and incorporated into the road inventory database. They have a GIS database that will be maintained at the local government level which will have the street centerlines and addresses. Congestion analysis has been completed using the 2003 road inventory data. Their Traffic Monitoring Section has made traffic maps available on line. James Golden - Florida DOT The legislature has authorized 100 million dollars for the strategic plan for projects. They are defining the data infrastructure to support that plan. Rolf Schmitt - (FHWA) www.ops.hwa.gov/freight They are trying to finalize the freight portion of the Conditions and Performance report. Ed Christopher - (FHWA Resource Center) they are conducting workshops to train the folks on how to use the CTPP software. They will probably have a workshop in Texas because there are so many MPOs. Maryland wants to have a workshop, also. It will be easier if the request comes from the FHWA Division staff requesting his assistance. Barna Juhasz - FHWA- The states need a conference on Roadway Inventory that is similar to NATMEC and bring in the vendors who help get the inventory done for the states. They are already looking at the next NHTS. Question is whether we should or should not do another NHTS. Jack Stickel - Alaska DOT Their IT projects over $25,000 have to get governor's approval. CARS 511 and Road Weather Information System has been deployed. Asset Management for their department is in full deployment. They are also starting to work on a Business Data Plan for Alaska. Mark Hallenbeck - Washington They are doing research for Washington DOT to look at congestion and recurring congestion. They are looking at freight performance measures. "Grey Notebook Light" has been developed to address Performance Measures. This is the second version of the "Grey Notebook." A Beta Version of a GIS Map is available on the web - contains information on vehicle occupancy, flow data, freeway operations archives, CVISN tag data. Harshad Dessai - (FHWA) The states will be getting messages back from FHWA if the ATR data is not accepted due to edits. This is an indication of the sites that are not working. Committee Business Meeting Handout on Proposed 2005 Conference Sessions for Statewide Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ20) Results of Peer Exchange to be published later ABJ20 Strategic Plan - to be discussed further at the annual meeting Jim Hall is the Research Contact for our committee Barna - We may need to a synthesis sharing with the states that are doing a good job of traffic analysis. Jonette and Harshad will do a proposal on this and send it out. The deadline is August for the papers we will review. The newsletter - May be more useful for folks outside the committee. The web-site - Needs to be updated before the annual meeting. AASHTO (SCOR) has asked TRB to do a study to take a strategic look at funding for transportation information services. (TRIS) We are asked to come up with what type of data would be useful for us. Next year's mid-year meeting in Boston in July. NOTE: Jonette has a new title for session #3 at our annual meeting. "Evolving Practice and Theory in Travel Demand Modeling: Challenges for Data Systems" Follow Up Items Ensure Research Sub Committee meetings Chair - Update website Chair - Rotation The Committee Meeting Adjourned at 10:00 p.m.

Statewide Data and Information Systems Committee