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Transportation Subcommittee Update to Coordination Group Status Update of the Intermodal Survey

April 9 th , 2012 Coordination Group Meeting. Transportation Subcommittee Update to Coordination Group Status Update of the Intermodal Survey. Mark Bradford Spatial Data AnalystU.S. DOT Chair 202.366.6810 Mark.Bradford@dot.gov. Raquel Hunt GIS Program ManagerU.S. DOT Co-Chair

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Transportation Subcommittee Update to Coordination Group Status Update of the Intermodal Survey

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  1. April 9th, 2012 Coordination Group Meeting Transportation SubcommitteeUpdate to Coordination GroupStatus Update of the Intermodal Survey Mark Bradford Spatial Data Analyst\U.S. DOT Chair 202.366.6810 Mark.Bradford@dot.gov Raquel Hunt GIS Program Manager\U.S. DOT Co-Chair 202.493.6415 Raquel.Hunt@dot.gov Date v1

  2. Introduction • Transportation Subcommittee was reinstated October 2010 • Work Plan on Intermodal was approved by FGDC December 2011 Members include: • Mark Bradford, U.S. DOT • Raquel Hunt, U.S. DOT • Dick Vraga, USGS • Lynda Liptrap, Census

  3. Intermodal Business Plan • Identify and standardize an intermodal facility database that can serve as a geographic foundation for all organizations dealing with modes of transportation. • This includes passenger and non-passenger activities. • The goal is to design the database in a way that will allow it to be adaptable

  4. Intermodal Survey • Identify the technical requirements for a spatial database • Identify the multiple business operations • Defined to accommodate the multiple users and not to be built to a specific set of business needs.

  5. Current Intermodal Database • Used the current US DOT Intermodal Database as a “starting point” to help define the technical requirements for a new intermodal database. • The existing database was designed to support the Commodity Flow Survey • The survey listed the Intermodal database definitions and data dictionaries for agreement or provide the modifications

  6. Timeline of Action Items • Presented the Work Plan to FGDC June 2012 • Presented the Work Plan at ESRI UC July 2012 • Survey sent out Sept 2012 • Final Result return in Dec 2012 • Tally results Jan/Feb 2013 • Present results to FGDC April 2013

  7. Survey Objectives • To assess its existing data resources and lay the groundwork for future efforts • Explore an intermodal framework that can be used by both the public and private sectors • Determine the commonalities of the data by the user community

  8. Methodology • The survey was not intended to be a scientific survey • It was designed to lay the foundation for future investigation, data development, and interagency coordination. • Each TSC member was assigned a government agency and/or discipline to survey.

  9. Survey Objectives • General • Determining the type of user and their need for Intermodal • Specific • Changes to the existing database • Spatial Accuracy • Connections • Mandatory Attributes • Next Steps • Other Sources of Intermodal data • Other users of Intermodal data • Current Intermodal Database • Review of every attribute to determine: Required, Desired, or Needed

  10. Results - General • GIS users • Have need for Intermodal database • Use in routing • Passenger information valuable • Have regulations that apply to freight or passenger movement

  11. Results - Specific • Agree with definitions used in Intermodal database • Represented as a point • 1:24,000 scale • Model with Multiple modes • Other useful attributes – weight, percentage of freight activity, average transfer time, number of passengers • Other identified issues • Support current models • One data source • Used for risk reduction/planning and policy

  12. Results – Next Steps • Contact other users of intermodal data (VOLPE, Local Agencies…) • Other sources of data – Official Railway Guide, Amtrak, Federal Lands, FHWA’s Freight Analysis Framework • Other useful information – AADT, feature level metadata, maintain multiple database identifiers for external systems

  13. Conclusion • Standardization of terminology • A single, expandable database; configurable depending on users’ needs • Facilities and mode networks • Because of resource shortages cannot pursue enhancement of the current intermodal data

  14. Next Steps • Support TFTN efforts • Support mode specific data efforts in the NSDI • Promote/expand DOTs participation in data.gov to Geo.Data.gov • Publishing and hosting transportation specific WFS

  15. Questions? Mark Bradford, U.S. DOT 202.366.6810 Mark.Bradford@dot.gov Raquel Hunt, U.D. DOT 202.493.6415 Raquel.Hunt@dot.gov

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