Data integration for statewide transportation planning : final report

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• Alternative Title:
  Data integration and partnership for statewide transportation planning
• Creators:
  Guo, Jessica ; Gandavarapu, Sasanka
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation. Research Coordination Section
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Data sharing
  • Strategic planning
  • Transportation planning
  • Data collection
  • Long range planning
  • Interoperability
  • Information dissemination
  • Data integration
  • Data sharing
  • Transportation planning
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  WHRP# 0092-07-23
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Wisconsin
• Edition:
  Final Report, 2008-2009
• Corporate Publisher:
  Wisconsin. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The goal of this study was to investigate the data availability, accessibility, and interoperability issues arisen from the statewide ; transportation planning activities undertaken at WisDOT and to identify possible approaches for addressing these issues. A survey and a ; series of interviews were conducted with data users (planners) to identify current data use practices and the issues encountered when ; dealing with WisDOT-owned and non-WisDOT-owned datasets. Interviews were also conducted with data custodians and IT support ; staff to obtain information regarding the collection, maintenance and updating of frequently used planning data. The interview process ; confirmed some of the survey findings but also revealed differing views and data users’ misconceptions of the availability and quality of ; planning data. The information collected about existing datasets was used to develop a catalog of planning data (with a focus on nonhighway ; data) and a series of data flow diagrams to help documenting and informing data users of existing datasets. ; Based on the findings through the various stages of this project, five recommendations were generated to help WisDOT in addressing ; the data challenges and opportunities relating to transportation planning: (1) information dissemination, (2) centralized data platform, (3) ; designated data coordinator, (4) data access tool for long range planning, and (5) data standardization. Information dissemination and ; centralized data platform are the low-hanging fruit that would address several data challenges with a relatively short timeframe. The ; remaining three recommendations require more financial and time investment and also stronger agency commitment to changing the ; current business practices. However, they are expected to yield high benefits in the long term.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5744/dot_5744_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.84 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d91396b3fed6db3bbcd8f0e15eae361e3b1a305fd23c38886bfaa769531b8cd4