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FROM DATA TO DECISION- GETTING INFORMATION AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS

FROM DATA TO DECISION- GETTING INFORMATION AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS. Ohio Department of Transportation Planning Conference July 17, 2014 Columbus, Ohio. Background on MORPC. Voluntary association of communities, regional organizations Forum for a r egional voice on policies and advocacy

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FROM DATA TO DECISION- GETTING INFORMATION AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS

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  1. FROM DATA TO DECISION- GETTING INFORMATION AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS Ohio Department of Transportation PlanningConference July 17, 2014 Columbus, Ohio

  2. Background on MORPC • Voluntary association of communities, regional organizations • Forum for a regional voice on policies and advocacy • Source for regional and local information • Coordinate and administer transportation funding • Provides planning expertise for energy, environment and land • Administers & implements programs for housing and weatherization assistance

  3. What’s the Big Deal About Data? • Data leads to information • Information leads to decisions • Decisions affect people’s lives • Ergo: • Data affects people’s live

  4. Don’t Get Caught in the Trees when in a Forest of Data Ask yourself – How Will the Data Be Used? • I need a simple number • to answer a question? • I need to understand the playing field • for planning a program? • I need to convince someone • that a program is needed • or not not needed?

  5. Choose your data wisely Data can….. • drive decisions • support decisions • defend decisions • discredit decisions Don’t believe what you see But believe in what you use

  6. Data is complex • Dimensional – time, geography • Visual –tabular, map, infographic, chart, graph • Validity – source, methodology • Defensible - metadata

  7. That being said….. “Jeopardy” contestants become Champions because…….. • They’re first on the buzzer They retrieve information quickly They answer the question correctly- in the form of a question

  8. Where to find data • Big Data Federal State Regional

  9. Big Data Dynamic data sets • Twitter • Your own website analytics • NOAA • Zillow • Transit agencies • Amazon • Traffic videos • Proprietary sources

  10. Federal Sources • Catalogue of all federal data = www.data.gov Some of my favorites… • https://www.census.gov/acs/www/ • www.bls.gov www.bea.gov/

  11. State Sources Ohio doesn’t have an www.ohio.data.gov - yet Some of my favorites… • http://development.ohio.gov • http://tims.dot.state.oh.us/tims • http://ohiolmi.com

  12. Regional Sources Central Ohio doesn’t have a www.centralohio.data.gov- yet My favorites… • www.regionalcouncils.org • www.communityresearchpartners.org www.NeoCando.case.edu www.MORPC.org

  13. Morpc.org – Data, Maps & Tools Population estimates Traffic Counts Map room State of the Region DataSource Coming soon….. Community Profiles Projections Census

  14. MORPC Demonstration Data Maps & Tools Overview Map Room DataSource

  15. Data Developers’ Dilemma • What data to make available • Open data expectations • “Big Data” free for all • Proprietary nature of data • Life span of information

  16. Data Provider’s Solutions Ask Anticipate Access

  17. NANCY REGER, AICPnreger@morpc.org ROB POWELL rpowell@morpc.org 111 Liberty Street, Suite 100 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: 614.233.4154 www.morpc.org

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