2017 Transit GIS Conference Session and Presentations Available

The Transit GIS Clearinghouse Team is Happy to announce the availability of the 2017 Conference Sessions and presentations for downloading.

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Transit GIS 2017 Session: Minding the Gap? Designing Transit Services to Fill Gaps and Enhance Access

Moderated by: Sara Hendricks

Minding the Gap? Designing Transit Services to Fill Gaps and Enhance Access

Learn analytical methods for alleviating first mile/last mile access gaps using GIS and complementary software and how to use interactive isochrones to facilitate a conversation to design better transit systems, engaging riders to document factors that affect getting from point A to B and modeling service area vulnerability.

Solving the First Mile/Last Mile Knowledge Gap with GIS & Remix

Jacob Labutka, MCRP, Transit Planner, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, St. Petersburg, FL  

NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE

Interactive Isochrone Mapping and Conversations about Transit System Design

Scudder Wagg, AICP, Senior Associate, Jarrett Walker & Associates, Richmond, VA

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Spatial Tools for Understanding Transit Capacity Constraints

Jieping Li, Senior Transportation Planner, Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, Central Transportation Planning Staff, Boston, MA

NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE

Transit GIS 2017 Session: There’s an Index for that: Developing Effective Transit Using Geoanalytical Insights

Moderated by: Nikola Ivanov

There’s an Index for that: Developing Effective Transit Using Geoanalytical Insights

There are a number of factors at play in designing the most effective and efficient transit projects and networks.  This session discusses indexes and measures of transit directness, competitiveness, and market area development.  It explores how these analytical techniques can help transit agencies better plan future network changes for the communities they serve.

Making the Case for Transit: The Transit Competitiveness Index

William Walter, GISP, Director/Geospatial Consulting, Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Austin, TX

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Using GIS Analysis to Develop Transit Market Areas

Kyle Burrows, Transit Planner, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN

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Evaluation and Application of Transit Network Directness Using Geographic Information Systems

Young-Jae Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Morgan State University, Department of Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Studies (TUIS), Baltimore, MD

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Transit GIS 2017 Session: Safe Transit? Accident Hot Spots, Youth, and Safe Stops

Moderated by: Jonathan P. Brooks

Safe Transit? Accident Hot Spots, Youth, and Safe Stops

Learn about MTA’s mapping of accident hot spots, the relationship between transit and youths in Worcester, and how to measure the correlation between bus stop location and pedestrian safety.

Mapping Transit Accident Hot Spots using MTA Accident Mapping System

Leo Fothergill, Maryland Transit Administration, Baltimore, MD
Woon Kim, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Washington, DC

NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE

The Impact of Public Transportation on Youth in Worcester

Madilyn Jacobsen, Clark University, Claremont, CA

NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE

Using GIS to Measure the Impact of Bus Stop Location on Pedestrian Safety

Brian Pessaro, Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research, Tampa, FL

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Transit GIS 2017 Session: A Thorough Tour of GTFS: Creating, Improving, Sharing, Finding

Moderated by: Drew Dara-Abrams

A Thorough Tour of GTFS: Creating, Improving, Sharing, Finding

For over 10 years, public transit agencies have been sharing their schedules with Google and others using the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS). This common format has enabled a wide range of apps, services, and businesses to be built around such data. Attendees will take a soup to nuts tour through the basics of GTFS, best practices, the mechanics of publishing, and how to work with other agencies’ feeds.

Learning to Use GTFS: World Bank’s Online Course for Developing Regions

Holly Krambeck, Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank IBRD, Washington, DC
Tatiana Peralta-Quiros, Transport Economist, World Bank IBRD, Washington, DC

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GTFS Best Practices: A New Guide Created Collaboratively by Data Consumers, Producers, and the Rocky Mountain Institute

Aaron Antrim, Principal, Trillium Solutions, Inc., Portland, OR
Sean Barbeau, Principal Mobile Software Architect for R&D, University of South Florida, Center for Urban Transportation Research, Tampa, FL 

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Publishing, Consuming, and Improving GTFS with the Transitland Platform

Drew Dara-Abrams, Ph.D., Head of Mobility Products, Mapzen, San Francisco, CA
Ian Rees, Software Engineer, Mapzen, San Francisco, CA

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