This document provides an overview of a "lightning talk" presentation on the Transportation Framework for the Nation (TFTN). The presentation discusses: 1) Defining TFTN as a collaborative effort to build and maintain an accurate transportation network, including all roads, rail, airports, ports, and trails. 2) The roles of different levels of government, with the federal government coordinating standards, states providing support and funding, and locals implementing standards. 3) The roles of other stakeholders like the private sector providing lessons and the public providing feedback. 4) The availability of road data in Virginia from local to state coordination and high resolution imagery. 5) How existing programs around highway

1. GIS-T “Lightning Talk” on TFTN
Melanie Rippon Seigler

2. 1. What does TFTN mean to me?
• How would I define TFTN?
– A federal, state, regional and local collaborative effort
to build and maintain a quality, accurate and timely
transportation network for the nation.
• Are road centerlines a good place to start?
– Yes - Centerlines, are a good place to start. This will give
the basis for routable network.
• Should it include all roads?
– Yes – all roads
• What else?
– Rail lines and yards, Airports, Maritime Ports
– Mass Transit, Commuter lines, Bike/Walk trails, SLUG

3. 2. What is role of various levels of government?
• What role should the Federal Government take in TFTN?
– Coordinate the development of standards and best practices
– Provide technical and process tools for implementing standard
– Provide support and funding to state, regional and locals
• What role should State Government take in TFTN?
– Participate in developing standards and best practices
– Provide education and technical support
– Provide funding to regional and local government to implement
– Educate state, regional and local decision makers on the program
• What role should Local Government take in TFTN?
– Participate in developing standards and best practices
– Educate regional and local decision makers on the program
– Implement standards and best practices

4. 3. What is the role of other stakeholders?
• Is there a role for the private sector?
– Provide lessons learned.
• Is there a role for the public-at-large?
– Provide feedback on data quality and usability
• Are there other important stakeholders that we should
reach out to?
– Multi-modal transportation partners

5. 4. What is the availability of data?
• Does adequate road geometry exist?
– In Virginia – YES!
– State GIS Coordination of road centerline development, up from
the local in most cases.
– State provides high resolution aerial photography to all local
government
• What attributes make sense?
• Is the data in the public domain?

6. 5. What existing programs might play a role in data
provisioning, and how so?
• Does the Highway Performance Measurement System
(HPMS) play a part?
– Yes – better road network will lead to better HPMS reporting, and
more funding for states. Could be a carrot to state/regional/local
participation
• Do efforts related to emergency numbering (e9ll) play a
part?
– Yes- a better road network will provide a better basis for e911
numbering and emergency response.
• Do efforts related to census-taking play a part?
– Census population figures can help to prioritize the collection and
quality standard.
• Do efforts related to “The National Map” play a part?
– Better data for the national map!

7. Next!
• Hand it over to the next panelist
• Be ready to answer questions when other speakers are
done