Oklahoma’s Transportation Infrastructure: Inventory and Impacts

This project comprehensively analyzed Oklahoma’s transportation infrastructure and its impact on the state’s economy via network analysis techniques that are widely used in and outside geography. The focus was on the context, connectivity, and condition of the state’s transportation system. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) both organized and stored a large transportation infrastructure database and served as an analytical platform. This project assessed comparable data (e.g. road and rail networks, highway and bridge conditions) for Oklahoma and its neighbors to determine the state’s comparative transportation advantages and disadvantages, permitting a detailed analysis of the state’s regional transportation competitiveness. Deliverables included: (1) a comprehensive transportation inventory for Oklahoma and three of its neighbors, (2) a GIS database with the states' highway and other appropriate networks, linked with socioeconomic and business data to permit further research by other interested parties, (3) a statistical analysis measuring the impacts of transportation in the four states, and (4) a comprehensive report summarizing the data and methods used, the analyses of the context, connectivity, and condition of the states' transportation networks, and the overall results from the project. Deliverables 1 and 2 are accessible online through a project web page at http://www2.geog.okstate.edu/oklahomatransportationinventory/ while this report comprises deliverables 3 and 4.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.oktc.org/otc/files/finalReports/OTCREOS7.1-09-F.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

  Stillwater, OK  United States  74078

  Oklahoma Transportation Center

  2601 Liberty Parkway, Suite 110
  Midwest City, OK  United States  73110

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Comer, Jonathan C
  • Graham, Amy K
  • Brown, Stacey R
• Publication Date: 2009-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 72p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Geographic information systems; Inventory; Network analysis (Planning)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation infrastructure
• Geographic Terms: Oklahoma
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01349477
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: OTCREOS7.1-09-F
• Contract Numbers: DTRT-06-G-0016
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 10 2011 10:42AM