Purpose: Explain the process used to develop the Blacksburg Transit bus stop inventory; share 8 lessons learned. -For a 5/18/12 Virginia Transit Association roundable, led by BT's Erik CB Olsen.

1. VTA Roundtable Session #6
Lessons from BT's
Bus Stop Inventory Program
Erik Olsen
Friday, May 18, 2012

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Ridership
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Ridership
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Sign Data

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Ridership
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Sign Data
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Amenities

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Ridership
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Sign Data
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Sign
Amenities

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Ridership
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Sign Data
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Sign
Amenities

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Ridership
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Sign Data
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15. How Used
Customer Service
• Look at Stop
• Guide to stop (e.g., landmarks)
Operations
• Verify stop name/#
Maintenance
• Record updates
IT
• BT4U stop #s
• How-to-Guide & PPT guide
New Employees
• Stop overview

16. Upcoming features
Alightings data
Compress images
WebGIS layer
Latitude & Longitude coordinates
Export to SQL database

17. 8 Lessons
1. Just start – does not need to be perfect
2. Recruit student interns, a win-win
3. Include resources for maintenance, updates
4. Market internally, externally, repeatedly
• Apply for awards!

18. 8 Lessons
1. Just start – does not need to be perfect
2. Recruit student interns, a win-win
3. Include resources for maintenance, updates
4. Market internally, externally, repeatedly
• Apply for awards!

19. 8 Lessons
1. Just start – does not need to be perfect
2. Recruit student interns, a win-win
3. Include resources for maintenance, updates
4. Market internally, externally, repeatedly
• Apply for awards!

20. 8 Lessons
1. Just start – does not need to be perfect
2. Recruit student interns, a win-win
3. Include resources for maintenance, updates
4. Market internally, externally, repeatedly
• Apply for awards!

21. 8 Lessons
1. Just start – does not need to be perfect
2. Recruit student interns, a win-win
3. Include resources for maintenance, updates
4. Market internally, externally, repeatedly
• Apply for awards!

23. “… BT also recently won a Virginia
Transit Association award for the BT
Bus Stop Inventory. Much of the labor
on this project was accomplished by
interns ...”

24. And another BT intern,
Aaron Maertins ’12
designed the electronic
checklist, organized the
inventory teams, and
populated the
database.

25. 8 Lessons
5. Link to other data
• WebGIS
• Google Transit
6. Minimize multiple copies (e.g., images)
7. Continually use feedback to improve
• Compress images
• Export to SQL
8. Obtain management buy-in throughout

26. 8 Lessons
5. Link to other data
• WebGIS
• Google Transit
6. Minimize multiple copies (e.g., images)
7. Continually use feedback to improve
• Compress images
• Export to SQL
8. Obtain management buy-in throughout

27. 8 Lessons
5. Link to other data
• WebGIS
• Google Transit
6. Minimize multiple copies (e.g., images)
7. Continually use feedback to improve
• Compress images
• Export to SQL
8. Obtain management buy-in throughout

28. 8 Lessons
5. Link to other data
• WebGIS
• Google Transit
6. Minimize multiple copies (e.g., images)
7. Continually use feedback to improve
• Compress images
• Export to SQL
8. Obtain management buy-in throughout