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Chapter 19Managing Information for the Evaluation of Transportation Systems
Kumares C. Sinha and Samuel Labi
The most successful person is that who has the best information.Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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Our talk today …
What is Data/Information Management
Scope of Information Management Needs
Discussion of the IM Steps
Data for IM
Hardware for IM
Software for IM
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What is Information Management?
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Data vs. Information
In everyday language: “Data” is a synonym for “information”
In the exact sciences:Data: a measurement of a property of a system, often is disorganized or rawInformation: The result when raw data is processed into a usable form.
Information (definitions)knowledge communicated/received concerning particular facts or circumstancesknowledge gained through study, communication, research, instruction, etcknowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction intelligence, news a quantitative measure of the content of information
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What is Information Management?
Definition: handling of information to ensure efficient access to intended end users.
Steps:
Importance: Inaccurate data → poor prediction of future systems attributes
→ incorrect assessment of costs and benefits→ wrong identification of best alternative→ inappropriate decisions
→ waste of tax payers dollars, poor accountability, poor system performance, etc.
Data Collection
Data Storage
Data Retrieval
Data Analysis
Data Archival
Data Collation
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Scope of Information Management Needs
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Scope of the Need for Information Management
IM required at all phases of Transportation Program Development
IM required at all phases of the project development process (PDP)
Network-level Planning
Development of Individual
Projects
Network-level Programming
Network-level Budgeting
Network-level Financial Planning
1. Review of Network-level
Plan
4. System Design
2. Project Development
3. Mitigation
4. ROW Studies
5. Construction 7. System Preservation
Evaluation of Alternative System Plans and Policies
Evaluation of Alternative
Location Plans
Evaluation of Alternative System
Designs
Evaluation of Alternative
Construction Practices
Evaluation of Alternative
Preservation Practices
6. System Operation
Evaluation of Alternative Operation Policies and
Regulations
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Scope of IM Need (continued)
IM required for each performance measure and related data itemsTravel Time (travel time, wage rates, travel speeds, etc.)
Must be done carefully! Plan well and plan in advance.Many different toolsChoice of tool depends on: available time, available resources, type of data being collectedExamples of tools
Primary data collection- Field equipment (see next slide)- Survey forms (manual or electronic) for “field” data (collected from experts, affected residents, etc.)
Secondary data collection (getting data from established databases)
Segment codeRoad widthShoulder widthSurface typeStraight or curve
To have an RDMS, the constituent databases must be linked through their foreign and primary keys.
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5. Data Analysis
For each performance measure, CE 561 has discuss how to carry out data analysis
Specific analysis format depends on performance measure of interest
Data analysis can be done manually or with help of computer
Some data storage software can also help in data analysis
Example, MS Excel, Access, SPSS, etc. can not only store data but can also help identify relationships between data and other trends.
Also, GIS helps identify spatial extent of influence of performance measures compared to each other and compared to existing physical features of the natural or built up environment
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GIS - A special tool for data storage, retrieval and analysis
ApplicationsDetermine/confirm roadway condition and features of roadway (Lane Width, Shoulder Width, Pavement Conditions, Geometric Features (Median type etc.)
Can be used to monitor physical features of assets for other modes
Tracks for rail transportation, Runways for air transportationBerths and docks for water transportation
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GIS Applications in transportation systems evaluation
Query, Display and Visualization of Initial Data
Buffer Analysis
Overlay Analysis
Analysis of Transportation Operations
Public Input in Transportation System Evaluation
Multi-criteria Decision-making
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Available databases where you can collect secondary data for evaluating your
transportation system
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Highway Safety Information System (HSIS)
A multi-state GIS-compatible safety database
Used to study highway safety issues and evaluate the effectiveness of safety countermeasures.
Contains data on crashes, traffic volumes, inventory data, and video photo logs for total of 165,000 miles of highways in 8 states
Crash File (Crash, Vehicle, Driver & Occupancy Information)Roadway Inventory File (Hourly Traffic Data)Traffic Volume File (Curves, Grade etc.)Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash FilesVehicle Configuration, Past Crash History, Make, Model etc.Emergency Medical Service FilesCitation/ Conviction File (Type of Violation, Time, Location, Violator, Enforcement Agency)
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Using HSIS for Analyzing Crash Locations
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Highway Pavement Information Systems
Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)Observational data
Is a national highway database
Has data on physical highway conditions, operational characteristics
Data useful for analyzing impacts of safety, air quality, noise, etc.
Has data for simulating future investment benefits and costs, for purposes of investigating the consequences of alternative investment levels and strategies
Long-term Pavement Performance (LTPP)Experimental data
Cover a smaller sample of national highway
Has data on weather, physical highway conditions, operational characteristics
Data useful for analyzing impacts of pavement investments, primarily
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Highway Bridge Information Systems
The National Bridge Inventory (NBI)
Is a FHWA database
Contains data for bridges crossing rivers (and other water courses), railroads, ravines, other highways
Data includes construction year, bridge dimensions, traffic, inspection dates, condition, etc.
Data available for bridge elements and features such as deck structure types, scour, and other performance measures.
Can incorporating GIS capabilities
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Transit Information Systems
National Transit Database (NTD) Is a database, Maintained by FTA
Has information on fleet size, performance, operations, accidents, safety, finance, crime, etc. for 400 urban areas.
Cover 85,000 transit vehicles, 7,000 miles of rail track, 2,000 rail stations and 1,000 maintenance facilities.
Used to generate information for evaluating project-level transit investments.
Integrated National Transit Database Analysis System (INTDAS) Is a software
Facilitates visualization, retrieval and analysis of data from NTD
Can be used to carry out tasks such as identifying transit systems that meet a certain performance threshold.
Can generate reports with tables (see next slide), graphs, maps and excel plots for individual transit systems
Thus can therefore help identifying areas needing improvements.
Databases and Information Systems for Air Transportation
Databases on Aviation safety and accident data
Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)- has data on unsafe occurrences and hazardous situations that are reported by pilots and
air traffic controllers
Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS)- has data on aircraft incidents since 1978.
Near Midair Collision System (NMACS)
World Aircraft Accident Summary (WAAS)- database provides information about major operational crashes involving air carriers,
operating jet, helicopters and turboprop aircrafts
The National Transportation Safety Board aviation accident and incident (NTSB AAI) database - contains data on civil aircraft accidents and incidents in the U.S., its territories and in
international waters
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Databases and Information Systems for Air Transportation
Other databases on AviationAir Traffic Activity Data System (ATADS)
- officially provides information regarding historical air traffic operations. This includes daily, monthly and annual counts either by facility, state, region, or nationally
Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM)- an integrated database- provides data on air traffic operations, airline schedules, arrival/departure rates, operations and delays, weather information, runway conditions, etc.- Used in analyzing operating performance of National Airspace System (NAS)- Operating performance measures: % on-time arrivals, avg daily capacity, avg daily capacity, airport efficiency rate, etc.
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Databases and Information Systems for Rail Transportation
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) databasesRailroad Monthly Operations database
- Train-miles traveled, employee hrs, highway-rail crossings, etc.
Railroad Crossings database - contains information about approximately 300,000 railroad crossings. - Railroad milepost, crossing street name, warning device type, train speed, nr. of traffic lanes, average daily traffic, and nr. of accidents. - GIS maps show spatial distribution of grade-crossing accidents and for proximity analysis
Railroad Accident/incident data for 300 U.S. railroad systems- Accident Database can be used to generate vital performance data useful for safety evaluation of improvements at rail sections.
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Other Multi-modal Databases useful for Transportation Systems Evaluation
Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) 2000
Provides DATA ON travel patterns of 118M household units and 275M
persons in the U.S.
Data includes housing, population, social/economic characteristics by
blocks, block groups, census tracts, counties and metropolitan areas.
Also includes HH size and income, vehicles per HH, worker age, gender,
occupation, and earnings, transp. mode taken to work, commuting time, etc.
Maps, boundary files, and other geographic products are available to assist
users locate and identify geographic areas.
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Other Multi-modal Databases useful for Transportation Systems Evaluation
National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD)An assortment of geo-spatial databases for managing information on transportation facilities, networks, and services of national significance
Multi-modal, has data on intermodal connectors and terminals, and key transportation structures such as bridges, tunnels.
Includes public-use airports and associated runways, highway-rail intermodal freight facilities, Amtrak passenger stations, waterway and marine terminals and highway/rail transfer facilities.
Covers capacity, traffic, and inventory.
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Information Management - Recent Developments
Information management → Knowledge management
Knowledge management – Transform information into “wisdom” that helps an agency to realize its goals more efficiently