Cooperation and Patience: The Key To A High Quality, Sustainable GIS

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• Creators:
  Bates, Cress ; Schwetz, Tom
• Corporate Contributors:
  Washington (State). Department of Transportation ; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board ; Lane Council of Governments (Or.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Cooperative Agreements Databases Eugene (Oregon) Geographic Information Systems GIS Interagency Relations Lane Council Of Governments (LCOG) Local Government Agencies Medium Sized Cities Multi-jurisdictional Multi-use Databases Regional Transportation Small Cities Springfield (Oregon) Towns Transportation Planning Transportation System Databases

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404189
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oregon
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00780102
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Planning and Policy ; NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS-GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Land Use ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Management Systems ; NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Traffic Flow ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics
• Abstract:
  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provides a powerful tool to transportation
  
  planners and engineers for a variety of analytical tasks. However, even with
  
  the advent of PC-based GIS systems and strong state and federal support,
  
  transportation planners and engineers in small and medium-sized communities
  
  face many constraints in finding the resources to pay for a GIS and in the
  
  development of a data base that can be used for practical applications. The
  
  Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) in Eugene, Oregon has been a leader in the
  
  design, implementation and management of GIS for almost three decades. The
  
  root of this successful implementation of GIS lies in the formation of
  
  multi-jurisdictional (cities, county, utilities, metropolitan planning
  
  organizations) multi-application (transportation, natural resources, public
  
  works, assessment and taxation, land use planning) approach (termed the Common
  
  Mapping Project) and development of a Cooperative Project Agreement which has
  
  provided for sustained development of a parcel-level data base. This approach
  
  has allowed LCOG's transportation planners to have access to a very rich
  
  database. For example, the GIS provides land use and demographic inputs to the
  
  system model and overlay analyses incorporating the transportation system (both
  
  supply and demand characteristics), natural resources (soils, topography
  
  hydrology, etc.) and other public works features (sanitary, storm sewers,
  
  utility lines, etc.). In addition, this approach has allowed LCOG to focus its
  
  transportation planning resources on the transportation system as other agencies
  
  have provided the resources for development and maintenance of other parts of
  
  the database. This paper/presentation will describe the approach taken by
  
  agencies in the Eugene-Springfield area in the development of its GIS, the
  
  benefits of this approach to transportation planning in a medium-sized area,
  
  and the key lessons learned over the years. 13p.
  
  
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  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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