Category Archive: GIS

Webinar- Refresher on CTPP2000 – May 22, 2013

Census Transportation Planning Product (CTPP) is presenting a refresher on accessing, using and understanding the CTPP2000 data package. This webinar is free to attend, does not require registration, and will be recorded for future posting.  The webinar room and phone line are limited to 100 participants, so please attend this technical training if you would like a …

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FHWA Webcast: Crash Location Tool: Recording and Analyzing Crash Information

Federal Highway Administration  (FHWA) is presenting a webcast on the topic Crash location tool: Recording and analyzing crash information on May 30, 2013.The intended audiences for this webcast series are planners and GIS practitioners from State Departments of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, FHWA Division Offices, and State and Federal resource agencies. Sharon Hawkins of the …

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Webinar- Updates to OnTheMap May 29, 2013

The US Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) is hosting a webinar in the topic “Updates to OnTheMap”. This webinar will discuss the recent data enhancements to the application. Webinar will be presented by Mr. Mathew Graham, a Geographer with the LEHD Program at the U.S. Census …

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Mapping the Subtle Science of Parking Demand

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The King County Metro Transit agency in the Seattle region, with the help of the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Urban Land Institute Northwest is trying to measure exactly which factors dictate residential parking demand around the region, in downtown Seattle, in urban neighborhoods, in the suburbs and even farther out. The result of their …

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Visualizing Walkshed and Transit Useability

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Walksheds are the walkable area around a particular point of interest and an important concept for understanding pedestrian habits , therefore visualizing them better might help urban planners. The above picture provides an visual representation of population living within 800m  around  the Montreal rail network . The larger the circle, the more people within the walkshed, the less …

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