Strategic Data Coordination in the NYMTC Region Most of NYMTC’s data, surveys and forecasts already cover the 28 counties of the NY-NJ-CT region, in recognition of the fact that the NYMTC area is the center of a great economic matrix. Consequently, NYMTC is in a unique position to provide added values to this rich database, as no other agency enjoys the mandate to pull all this data together. In many ways, even going back to the days of the Tri-State Planning Commission, we have long been doing this providing special reports and assembling special data requests for our members and interested stakeholders. But in the past, each member agency had its own distinct mission to keep its own systems working properly, and tended to collect data for its own operational needs. With the matured technology of web-based applications, it is now possible to integrate data, giving operators and planning departments insight into the systems next to theirs to both better managing their existing conditions, and to better plan for the future. In this growing and dynamic metropolitan area, our members have requested that NYMTC leverage its proven expertise with the latest technology, to become a transportation information gateway that provides one-stop shopping for all transportation data. We call this new endeavor iNYMTC. It means "my NYMTC" and will offer integrated and interactive information for intelligent decision-making. iNYMTC will not happen easily. It requires a great deal of coordination and preparation. We have been doing preparatory work over the past two years. We did a strategic data assessment and developed a matrix of data needs by 10 data categories, including Highway, Transit, Socioeconomic and Demographic, Surveys, Safety and Security, Freight, Non-motorized, ITS, Assets Inventory, Financial, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). And it is GIS that provides the infrastructure to link all this data together. We have already started the process of data organization, standardization and sharing. Our goals are to:
NYMTC staff has already been working with members on the following for each data category:
NYMTC staff has also participated in several data coordination and planning efforts at the national level, including:
NYMTC is well known for its innovative travel demand model. Now, the NYMTC staff is working on the frontier of strategic data management to provide cost-effective, integrated, interactive, and user-friendly “one-stop shopping” information for the planning and decision-making processes. We do need new resources to help us implement the strategic data management plan. We likewise need to continue and expand our training on GIS, metadata, development and the use of web-applications and standards. NYMTC already has great tradition of data products, and we now have the opportunity to make them even better. Additional Documents and Resources: ITS Standards Advisory: Archived Data User Service (ADUS) ISO document 14817:2002(E) "Contents of the ITS/TICS Data Registry and ITS/TICS Data Dictionaries: Meta attribute definitions Transportation Metadata: Role of Data and Information Technology Section Data Needs to Support NYMTC’s Products and Performance Measures NYMTC Strategic Data Management Presentation Traffic Data Coordination Committee Traffic Data Coordination Committee (contact Leokadia Glogowski lglogowski@dot.state.ny.usor 212.383.7223)
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