Ray Anderson
This Week's Items of Interest
October 20, 2015
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People - Big Data - Speaker Event

The Role of Big Data in Transportation Planning (10.30.2015)

 

Caltrans HQ Division of Transportation Planning is sponsoring "Planning for the 21st Century - Emerging Trends" speaker series to invite thought leaders to talk about latest challenges and trends in the field of transportation planning.  

Speakers include Alexey Pozdnukhov (UC Berkeley), Krzystof Janowicz (UC Santa Barbara), Scott Perley (Iteris Inc.); moderated by Juan Argote (UC Berkeley).
 
Location: Caltrans  Basement Boardroom, 1120 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Date: October 30, 2015
Time: 1pm-3pm
Webcast: ctmedia.dot.ca.gov
People - Mode - Bike

Construction of San Francisco's first raised bike lane will get underway Monday, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency officials said.
Workers with the SFMTA and San Francisco Public Works will create the lane on two blocks of eastbound Market Street between Gough and 12th streets.
People - Mode - Transit

Los Angeles Transit Agency Recommends 1/2 Cent Sales Tax Boost (10.15.2015)
  • Voters could decide new tax, extending current levy in 2016
  • Taxes would yield $120 billion for highways and mass transit
    Voters in Los Angeles County, California, could vote next year on extending and raising their sales taxes, already among the highest in the U.S., to fund more than $120 billion in new highway, mass transit and bicycle projects in the region with the  second-worst  traffic congestion in the country.
People - Mode - Quiz
Can you pick the U.S. Cities Served by 5+ U.S. Interstate Freeways (Timed Quiz)
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People - Transportation Planning   

As development booms in the San Joaquin Valley, poor communities see both opportunity and heartbreak. In the 600-person, unincorporated community of Lanare, travel options are limited. One bus heads 30 miles to Fresno in the morning, then comes back in the evening. It takes roughly two hours each way. 
People - Parking App
Find my car - Never Forget Where You Parked

Never Forget Where You Parked! 
With one tap, this app will save your parking spot location. 
People - Transportation Planning - Big Data  

Los Angeles' snarled, rage-inducing roads have been infamous for decades. And now, thanks to a tech industry-fueled population explosion, San Francisco is right behind L.A. in the title race for Worst Traffic in America. 
Planet - GHG Emissions Tool
Quantifying Transit's Impact on GHG Emissions and Energy Use-The Land Use Component)   (2015)

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 176: Quantifying Transit's Impact on GHG Emissions and Energy Use-The Land Use Component examines interrelationships between transit and land use patterns to understand their contribution to compact development and the potential greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction benefits. 

The report is accompanied by an  Excel-based tool  that applies the research findings. The calculator tool estimates the land use benefits of existing or planned transit projects. The report and tool will enable users to determine quantifiable impacts of transit service on compact development, energy use, and air quality in urbanized areas. 
Planet - Drone & UAS Symposium

Speaker Gary Cathey-Caltrans and UAS Operations in California (11.11-13.2015)

Stanford Center for Position, Navigation and Time
9th Annual PNT Symposium * November 11-13, 2015 * Kavli Auditorium. 
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Planet - GHG - Emission Reduction 

Laboratory researching innovative methods of lowering vehicle emissions  (10.20.2015)

Dr. Andrea Strzelec, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is the director of the Combustion and Reaction Characterization Laboratory (CRCL) where she and her graduate students are focused on further reducing the pollution from automotive exhaust via their research on exhaust after treatment devices.
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Prosperity - Big Data

ARTBA Uses "Big Data" to Drive Grassroots Push for Highway Funding  (10.14.2015)

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) harnessed "Big Data" to step up the highway/transit bill grassroots advocacy game this week.
Prosperity - Freight - Drone

Google Tests Drone Delivery As Feds Move For More Regulation  (10.20.2015)

Google was spotted conducting more delivery drone tests Monday in an effort to beat competitor Amazon. But regulators are close behind, moving to require drone operators to register unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with the Department of Transportation much like drivers do with their cars.
Prosperity- Performance Metrics Dashboard


Prosperity - Transportation Dashboard

SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD   (10.18.2015)

Welcome to the Seattle Department of Transportation Capital Projects Dashboard, an interactive site designed to offer insight into budget, spending, and timeline information on city transportation projects greater than $500,000. Project information will be updated monthly, drawing from various sources such as the city's financial management system and SDOT's project management and controls program.
Prosperity- Open Data Portal

Excellent example of transportation open data portal
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