DEVELOPMENT OF A GIS FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DATABASE

The focus of this study was to develop a freight transportation geographic information system (GIS) database for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The primary tasks involved identifying the desired characteristics of the database, determining what data are available, incorporating this data into a GIS database, evaluating the database, and suggesting future directions for the continuation of the database. During the creation of the database, limited amounts of relevant freight data were found to be available. This project demonstrates the development of a working database that can be used to provide useful information for the freight transportation planning process.

• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Department of Transportation

  Office of Public Affairs, 1221 East Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Goodloe, J C
  • Brich, S C
  • Demetsky, M J
• Publication Date: 1996-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 165 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Databases; Freight transportation; Geographic information systems; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00737029
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UVA/29292/CE97/102,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: USDT-TPSU-UV-0013-1113
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 22 1997 12:00AM