Category: Webinars

Two New Webinars from Rutgers University’s National Transit Institute

Rutgers’s National Transit Institute will be hosting two, free webinars in August and September. The webinars will be based on findings from the TCRP Research Results Digest 103 and TCRP Synthesis SB-20, respectively. Webinar Title: Sustainable Public Transportation: Environmentally Friendly Mobility Report on the International Transit Studies Program Mission Webinar Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 2:00 …

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Local Employment Dynamics Program Webinar: Customizing a State’s Local Employment Dynamics to Facilitate Use of LED Data

Webinar Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 1:30 – 2:30 PM ET Webinar Description: This presentation will focus on Pennsylvania’s customized use of Local Employment Dynamics (LED) data.  It will display the Local Employment Dynamics Access Database created by Pennsylvania and distributed to local area workforce investment boards, and highlight examples of the integration of LED Quarterly Workforce …

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Transit GIS Clearinghouse Webinar – OTP and Its Deployment at TriMet

Presentation Slides: Available here Webinar Recording: Available here   Webinar Date: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET   Webinar Description: This free, Transit GIS Clearinghouse webinar will tell the story of the Portland Regional Trip Planner, the first fully open-source, multimodal trip itinerary planning application to be released by a U.S. transit agency. …

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A Webinar on Smartphones and Travel Behavior

Webinar Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012  2:30 PM ET Webinar Description: Smartphones with built-in GPS provide an opportunity for major changes in travel surveys. GPS or combinations with other location-based technologies such as Wi-Fi, cell tower triangulation, and Bluetooth offer opportunities to experiment with approaches to collect  travel and activity behavior over longer periods of …

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Data to Go: Mobile Devices Serve Up Real-Time Transit Data

Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET Webinar Description: The result of demographic changes and the growing use of mobile phones has compelled transit agencies to disseminate information through new media. The emergence of new technologies has also prompted the provision of real-time data, providing customer’s with valuable information on …

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