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Delivering Agency Geographic Information Systems: Transit Geographic Information Systems Tool

GIS in Transit Conference – Oct 16-17, 2013 – Washington D.C Programs Session on Delivering Agency Geographic Information Systems: Transit Geographic Information Systems Tool will be presided by Martin Catala, University of South Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research. Date:  Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Time: 1.00 pm- 2.30 pm Venue: Keck 100 Presenters: Jonathan Wade Denver RTD – …

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Innovative Transit Mapping and Design

GIS in Transit Conference – Oct 16-17, 2013 Session on Innovative Transit Mappign and Design will be presided by Jonathan Paul Brooks from Texas A & M Transportation Institute. Date:  Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Time: 10.30 am- 12.30 pm Venue: Keck 100 Presenters: Margaret Finch Carragher, Georgia Institute of Technology- “Innovations in Multimodal, Schematic Transit …

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FHWA -Seeks Contributors for Webcast and Newsletter series in GIS in Transportation

  The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Planning publishes a quarterly series of GIS in Transportation webcasts  and newsletters. These publications give agencies the opportunity to highlight their GIS applications, initiatives, and efforts to peers around the country, and strengthen the GIS and transportation community of practice. FHA is currently seeking contributors for the webcast …

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TRB Symposium: Visualization for Big Data

  Transportation Research Board (TRB) is hosting the 7th international symposium on the theme Visualization for Big Data  from 23-25 October 2013 at Irvine, California. This symposium is sponsored by ABJ 95 – Visualization in Transportation.  The goal of the 2013 Symposium is to advance innovation in visualization for transportation applications through the exchange of information, to …

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Agglomeration Vs Public Transportation

    Agglomeration, all it really means is more people in the same place. As more people collect in a city center, more jobs cluster there too, boosting both wages and economic productivity over time. And the key to it all, may be public transportation. This thought is putforth by Daniel Chatman, Planning Scholar, University of …

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