Data integration for statewide transportation planning : final report

Details

• 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 Accessibility Database Interoperability Data Collection Data Integration Data Sharing Information Dissemination Interoperability Long Range Planning Strategic Planning Transportation Planning
• 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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d91396b3fed6db3bbcd8f0e15eae361e3b1a305fd23c38886bfaa769531b8cd4
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5744/dot_5744_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.84 MB ]