The New York Police Department is challenged with city’s traffic fatality and injury numbers, releasing the data in a PDF format that’s difficult for developers to use. A group called betaNYC has been pushing the cops to make their data machine-readable aligning with NY mayor’s Vision Zero. One civic-minded citizen named John Krauss has been scraping the data …
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that explores the use of GIS for safety decision making at the state and local level, and considers opportunities for FHWA to use this technology to improve highway safety.The report found that while states are not generally using the full capabilities of modern GIS software …
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials sponsors the annual GIS for Transportation Symposium. It is a chance for persons in government and private industry who are interested in the use of GIS for transportation purposes to get together and share experiences, see state-of-art software, and learn more about this field. “Seasons for …
The presentations made during the GIS in Transit Conference 2013 are available now for download in Transitgis Clearinghouse Website. This conference was held at October 16-17, 2013, at the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C. The conference provided a vision and a combined outlook for both GIS and Transit communities This conference was jointly organized by the …
GIS in Transit Conference – Oct 16-17, 2013 – Washington D.C A panel discussion on What is next for Transit GIS Community? will be led by Ed Wells, WMATA, Micheal Pack, University of Maryland, College Park; and Martin Catala, University of South Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research. Date: Thursday, October 17, 2013 Time: 11.30 am- 12.30 …
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