web-mapping and desktop gis to assist fta program management
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Web-Mapping and Desktop GIS to Assist FTA Program Management
L. Harman, U. Shama, M. Pacha-Sucharzewski; Bridgewater State University
and M. Lesh, Federal Transit Administration
GIS in Transit ConferenceOctober 2013
Desktop GIS and the Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative (VTCLI) Program
VTCLI provided a unique opportunity to demonstrate GIS applications for FTA program management– A one-off program focusing on new transit
constituencies:• Veterans• Active Duty members of the armed forces • Military families
– The need to integrate disparate databases with important geographic data and spatial relationships
Integration of Custom Databases and COTS Databases
• Custom– Grants.gov VTCLI application databases– FTA grant award/announcement databases– FTA grant management databases (TEAM)
• GIS vendor (Caliper Corp)-supplied databases– Geographic databases supplied with program– NAVTEQ U.S. geographic files– Census data by 5-digit zip code with estimates– Transportation data package– 113th Congressional District Databases
Desktop GIS applications for VTCLI
• Thematic maps and transit routes– e.g. density of veterans and access to fixed route transit
• Custom service areas– Areas served by VTCLI applicants for U.S. and by State
• Spatial Relationships– Proximity of awardees by location, size of award, and key
word– Proximity of awardees to military bases -- VTCLI round
one and round two grant processes
VTCLI Round 1 Service Areas CONUS
VTCLI Round 1 Service Areas in FL
Relationship of Cape Cod Bus Routes to Veterans Themed by Population by Zip Code --1
New Service Identified Underserved Areas in Upper Cape Cod Region
Relationship of Cape Cod Bus Routes to Veterans Themed by Population by Zip Code -- 2
Round 1 VTCLI Service Areas in MA with Military Bases
Post Round 1 Analysis – San DiegoMilitary Bases and Bus Routes
Post Round 1 Analysis – Monterey Military Bases and Bus Routes
Web-Mapping Applications – VTCLI Round One and Round 2 Overview
• link to VTCLI Round 1 and 2 Overview map
http://www.geolabvirtualmaps.com/VTCLI_Overview.aspx
Conclusions
• For those programs where national distribution and specific population characteristics are important, GIS applications using desktop GIS and web mapping can be very useful for Federal program managers.
• FTA should look into the availability of Google GTFS files and GTFS .shp files to re-create the national Transit GIS database of the mid-1990’s.
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