GIS BRINGS VALUE TO THE TRANSPORTATION MARKET

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become an integral component of the information technology utilized and depended on by the transportation industry. The public is demanding improved service and safety from the transportation agencies serving them and at the same time is unwilling to provide funds through taxes to satisfy these demands. So the agencies are exploring the value that a GIS-T can bring to their organizations in performing their mission under these constraints. GIS-Ts are being effectively utilized to: Provide decision support for making quality decisions on maintaining the transportation infrastructure; design efficient routes for maintenance operations and serving the riders of transit systems; manage traffic and incidents so greater use of the existing infrastructure is achieved while safety is improved; provide current information throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to the entire enterprise; and, develop multi-year improvement plans that take into account existing roadway characteristics and conditions and accident record information. Examples of these uses are presented and discussed in this paper.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Additional sponsorship provided by the Highway Engineering Exchange Program, the National Association of Regional Councils, and the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Pittman, R
  • Tucker, J R
• Conference:
  • Integrating the Transportation Business Using GIS. Proceedings of the 1998 Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS-T) Symposium
  • Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Date: 1998-4-20 to 1998-4-22
• Publication Date: 1998-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 254-269

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced driver information systems; Automated highway systems; Databases; Decision making; Decision support systems; Geographic information systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Level of service; Passenger information systems; Strategic planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760757
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 8 1999 12:00AM