Here are the  presentation materials  for  GIS in Transit Conference 2013 .(GIS Conference Program)

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Opening Session

Kevin Webb, Conveyal – Using GTFS for Transit Scenario Modeling (Powerpoint)

Brian Ferris, Google  –Google Transit with Real-Time Feed (Powerpoint)

Educational Sessions

Margaret Finch Carragher,Georgia Institute of Technology – Innovations in Multimodal, Schematic Transit Mapping (Powerpoint)

Bin (Owen) Mo, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority- Building a Web Map of Metro Rail Services in Los Angeles County (Powerpoint)

Margaret Finch Carragher* and Wenwen Zhang,, Georgia Instituteof Technology-Spider Maps: A Summary of Best Practices and Guide to Design and Implementation.(HTML Document)

Minhua Wang*, Andrew Oldham,and Voliya Arakkal, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)- Modeling and Mapping Metro’s Rail Stations (PDF Document)

Brian Reed, Parsons Brinckerhoff –Using 3-D Demographics Analysis in Geographic Information Systems for

Transit Planning and Design (Powerpoint)

Diwakar Sharma* and Corinna Sigsbury, WMATA –Providing Bus Stop Amenity and Accessibility Information via WMATA’s Public Websit (PDF Document)

 Spatial Analysis for Replanning Service Networks and Areas

Matthew Lee*, Steer Davies Gleave, Canada; and Forest Yang and Lindsey Radford, Strathcona County Transit, Integrating Transit Data into Geographic Information Systems to Facilitate Service Planning and Network Development (Powerpoint)

Luis David Galicia,Texas A&M Transportation Institute-Measuring Transit-Coverage Level of Service in United States Border Cities (Powerpoint)

Penelope Weinberger, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials-Census Transportation Planning Products (CTPP) Program Crash Course (Powerpoint)

Title VI and Paratransit

Zachariah Van Gemert, Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) – Geographic Information Systems for Title VI Compliance (Powerpoint)

 Nicholas E. Lownes, University of Connecticut – Interactive Web-Based Mapping for Title VI Analysis and Public Transit System Data Management (Powerpoint)

1. Jeff Becker, Denver RTD-Geographic Information Systems in Paratransit (Powerpoint)

Transit Geographic Information Systems Tools

Jonathan Wade,Denver RTD-Strategies for Organization, Validation and Distribution of Transit

Geographic Information Systems Data. (Powerpoint)

Anurag Mehta* and Santhosh Tumkur Renu,, WMATA-Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Metroview: Delivering Geographic Information Systems Benefits Across the Enterprise via Web Services (Powerpoint)

Chetan Joshi, PTV America, Inc.–Integration and Analysis Tools for Transit Geographic Information Systems Data (Powerpoint)

Bus On-Board Spatial Data Collection

Peter Bang, Federal Highway Administration- Geospatial Analysis in Transit Demand Estimation Utilizing Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications(Powerpoint)

Jonathan Makler, Portland State University-Implementation of a Web-Based, Geospatial Transit Performance Data (Powerpoint)

Kelly Chan, HDR Engineering,Inc-Passenger O-D Trip Table from Farebox Receipts(Powerpoint)

Visualizations in Transit Planning

Zachariah Van Gemert, Denver RTD-Geographic Information Systems for Transportation Corridor Planning (Powerpoint)

 Minhua Wang, WMATA-Geographic Information Systems-Based Rail Line Asset Viewer (Powerpoint)

 Better Spatial Tools and Concepts for Evaluating Transit Coverage LOS

Stephen Crim, Mobility Lab-I’ll Take You There: Using Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Data

to Measure Transit Coverage Level of Service(PDF)

Daniel Páez Barajas* and Álvaro Caviedes Cómbita,-Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia-Evaluation of Geographic Information Systems Spatial Analysis Tools in the Resolve of Service Areas for Transportation Systems: Case Study of the BusRapid Transit Transmilenio Station “Portal Norte’ (Powerpoint)

 Andrew Owen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities-Evaluating and Planning Transit Service Using Continuous Accessibility (PDF)

Public Transit Modeling

Rodney Bunner*,Xuehao Chu and Steven E. Polzin,University of South Florida Center for Urban

Transportation Research- The TBEST Framework for Data Analysis and Forecasting (Powerpoint)

Jan-Mou Li* and Zhenhong Lin,Oak Ridge National Laboratory- Toward More Realistic Estimation of Energy Consumption with General Transit Feed Specification and National Elevation Dataset (PDF)

Ronald Eash, Parsons Brinckerhoff-Geographic Information Systems Estimation of Transit Access Parameters forMode Choice Models(Powerpoint)

Sang Gu Lee,East-West Gateway Council-General Transit Feed Specification-Based Geographic Information SystemsTool for Creating Practical Applications (Powerpoint)

Poster Session

Melinda Morang, Environmental Systems Research Institute -Calculating Food Deserts for the Transit-Dependent Population: What Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority Time-of-Day Effects Do We See? (PDF)

Daniel Páez Barajas and Álvaro Caviedes Cómbita, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia– Evaluation of Geographic Information Systems Spatial Analysis Tools in the Resolve of Service Areas for Transportation Systems: Case Study of the Bus Rapid Transit Transmilenio Station “Portal Norte” (Powerpoint)

Jonathan Paul Brooks, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Quantifying Park and Ride Demand Using Longitudinal Employer–Household Dynamics, O-D Employment Statistics, and Case Study Analysis (Powerpoint)

 Nicholas E. Lownes, Timothy Becker, and Curtis Denton, University of Connecticut Interactive Web-Based Mapping for Title VI Analysis and Public TransitSystem Data Management (Powerpoint)

 Andrew Ferry, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)-Depot Relocation Analysis (Powerpoint)

 Andrew Oldham and Minhua Wang, WMATA WMATA Paratransit Fleet Garage Relocation Analysis (PDF)

 Raymond Chan, Ömer Verbas and Hani S. Mahmassani, Northwestern University– Frequency Changes on the Chicago Transit Authority Network (PDF)

 Jonathan Makler, Portland State University Implementation of a Web-Based, Geospatial Transit Performance DataArchive (Powerpoint)

David Figueroa, T-Kartor USA Revealing the Journey: The Role of Coordinated Geographic Data in Improving Urban Mobility (Powerpoint)

Andrew Owen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Evaluating and Planning Transit Service Using Continuous Accessibility (PDF)

Anupam Anand, University of Maryland, College Park Role of Transit Connectivity in a Multimodal Transportation Network (PDF)

Nilesh Despande and Kaitlin Morano, Georgia Institute of Technology, Transit Accessibility and its Effects On Mode Share: An Application of Geospatial Analysis and Logistic Regression (PDF)

 Thursday, October 17, 2013

Transit Agency Geographic Information Systems Innovations and Applications

Samantha Erickson, Greater Cleveland RTA-Staying Relevant in the GIS World: A Broad Look at GCRTA Mapping Application Goals and Challenges (Powerpoint)

Transit Geographic Information Systems on the Web

Lawrence Harman*, U. Shama, C. Van Zandt, , GeoGraphics Laboratory Bridgewater State University and D. Walsh, Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Creating Web-Based Real-Time Interregional and Intermodal Public Transportation Navigation Tools from Boston to Cape Cod for the Summer of 2013 (powerpoint)

David Figueroa,T-Kartor USA-Revealing the Journey: The Role of Coordinated Geographic Data in Improving Urban Mobility (PDF)

Brian Reed,Parsons Brinckerhoff-National Environmental Policy Act & Preliminary Engineering Working Together through Web-Based Geographic Information Systems (Powerpoint)

Raymond Chan*, Ömer Verbas and Hani S. Mahmassani,Northwestern University-Using Web-Based Geographic Information Systems to Visually Depict the Predicted Effects of Bus Frequency Changes on the Chicago Transit Authority Network (PDF)

Web-Mapping and the Cloud

Michael Hino, Long Beach Transit -Creating a Cloud-Based Geographic Information Systems Web Application and Integration with SharePoint (Powerpoint)

Shirley Sywn-Tien Hsiao, Long Beach Transit Can Cloud Computing Transform Geographic Information Systems-TransitBusiness? (Powerpoint)

 Hersh Singh and Brad Thompson, Regional Transportation Authority Web-Mapping to Assist Americans with Disabilities Certification andParatransit Travel Training (Powerpoint)

Lawrence Harman*, U. Shama, M. Pacha-Sucharzewski, GeoGraphics Lab, Bridgewater State University; and MatthewLesh, Federal Transit Administration-Using Web-Mapping and Desktop Geographic Information Systems to Assist in Federal Transit Program Management (Powerpoint)

Public Transit Performance Measures

Steven Farber*, Keith Bartholomew, Xiao Li, The University of Utah; Antonio Paez, McMaster University; and

Khandker Habib, University of Toronto- Social Equity in Distance Based Transit Fares (Powerpoint)

Chris Wright, Oregon Department of Transportation -The Use of Web-Based GIS Tools to Support Transit Planning, Analysis and Multi-Modal Projects (Powerpoint)

Martin Catalá, University of South Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research-Customer-Oriented Transit Performance Measures (Powerpoint)

Catherine Theresa Lawson, State University of New York, Albany-The Application Programming Interface Advantage: Utilizing Cloud Data Sources for Transit Modeling  (powerpoint)

 Geographic Information Systems Tools and Analysis for Transit Facility Location

Andrew Ferry, SEPTA -Depot Relocation Analysis (Powerpoint)

Jonathan Paul Brooks, Texas A&M Transportation Institute -Quantifying Park & Ride Demand Using Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Origin-Destination Employment Statistics and Case StudyAnalysis (Powerpoint)

AndrésEscobar Orjuela* and Daniel Páez Barajas, Universidad de los Andes-Geographic Information Systems Methodology for Bicycle Parking Planning in Bus Rapid Transit Systems: Case Study in Bogota, Colombia (Powerpoint)

Closing Session

Howard L.Slavin, Caliper Corporation-A Web-Based Accessibility Toolkit for Transportation Planners (Powerpoint)

Ed Wells, WMATA- What’s Next for the Transit GIS Community? – A Panel Discussion (MSword)

Summary of the Conference Presentation (Powerpoint)

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