The document discusses strategic planning efforts for the Transportation for the Nation (TFTN) initiative to create a nationwide geospatial dataset of all roads. TFTN would build upon existing efforts and data sources to establish a common baseline of road centerline geometry, attributes, and identifiers. Stakeholder outreach identified support for TFTN and its potential to support safety goals. Moving forward, the plan is to finalize the strategic plan, develop a business plan to identify costs and funding, and begin implementation in 2012 by building on state reporting to the Highway Performance Monitoring System.
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Lewis TFTN FGDC
1. Strategic Planning for Transportation for the Nation (TFTN) Steve Lewis Geospatial Information Officer, USDOT Director, Office of Geospatial Information Systems, USDOT/RITA/BTS April 19, 2011
2. Background Influenced by several different efforts: In 2008, an “issues brief” by NSGIC called for the creation of TFTN OMB Circular A-16 identifies the USDOT as the “lead agency” for the “transportation theme” of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). Emerging USDOT data requirements for geospatial data for all roads, such as accident reporting for enhanced safety and bridge inventory. Aligned with several initiatives such the emerging federal Geospatial Platform concept. - one element of the “geospatial portfolio”
3. TFTN Concept “Creation and maintenance of high-quality, nationwide transportation data that is in the public domain” An initial focus on street centerlines, but eventually multi-modal Nationwide data spanning all states and territories All roads, not just Federally funded roads Provides a common geometric baseline Road naming Persistent segment ID numbering Advanced functionality is built on top of baseline Data is in the public domain and readily shareable
4. Project Governance USDOT/RITA Project Management Advisory input from NSGIC Consulting Team: KTS & AppGeo Steering Committee Executive Members (7) At-Large Members (36) Project Website: http://www.tftn.org/
5. Strategic Planning Effort – What We Did Identify and engage stakeholders Define requirements, challenges and opportunities Document progress already made Existing Datasets Best Practices New Ideas Explore implementation issues Evaluate funding sources
10. Trends from the Workshops and Interviews Near Unanimous Support All of those interviewed and most of those who attended the workshops have indicated their support for this effort Learned of a number of similar efforts underway that benefit from TFTN Safety could be a key to the success of TFTN USDOT goal to greatly reduce the number of fatal accidents A geospatial representation of ALL ROADS is needed to meet many of the USDOTs Safety Initiatives A geospatial representation of ALL ROADS is needed for emergency response Lots of federal money for safety initiatives
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13. Existing Nationwide Road Centerlines The following three alternatives were examined in terms of pros and cons: US Census TIGER Data Commercial Data Providers NAVTEQ TomTom Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) OpenStreetMap (OSM) ESRI’s Community Base Maps (ECBM) ALL ARE LESS THAN IDEAL FOR TFTN “AS IS”
14. The Model for TFTN - HPMS FHWA reporting requirements for the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) include the submission of a geospatial network of all Federal-aid roads by each State DOT Current reporting requirements for the HPMS could be expanded to require all roads Detailed HPMS attributes would continue to be provided for only Federal-aid roads Annual nature of HPMS reporting provides a data update mechanism USDOT works with states to develop basic standards Reporting requirement would enable states to utilize FHWA funding for creation and maintenance of inventory
15. Obstacles Associated With This Model FHWA has to change the HPMS Reporting Requirements to include all roads in the geospatial submission States are not required to work with neighbors for connectivity No USDOT resources currently available for aggregation, assembly and publication of a nationwide data set The level of quality/accuracy varies from State to State Although there is general agreement that the state DOTs are the authoritative source for street centerlines for their respective jurisdictions, there is very little independent verification of their accuracy
28. Case Studies Outline OH: Example of state activatingcounties NY: Example of state-private sector partnership for centerlines MI: Example of a state GIS office assisting a state DOT KY: Statewide, multi-purpose centerline used for HPMS, E-911, etc. VA Counties: Example of multiple counties collaborating for centerlines WA Pooled Funds Study: Example of a multi-state, regional data collection and integration effort I-95 Corridor Study: Example of multi-state data integration and update challenges
29. Ohio: Collaboration on Street Centerlines The Location Based Response System (LBRS) is a partnership between state and local government to develop: Highly-accurate (+/- 1 m), field-verified street centerlines Address point locations for the entire state The state has developed a set of standards and provides financial incentive to counties through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide funds This effort has resulted in the successful culmination of many organizations working together to provide accurate centerline data throughout the state for use by: Emergency response organizations State geospatial programs
30. New York: Multi-purpose Centerline Outlook and Involvement from the State GIS Office In the late 1990s, New York State launched a statewide baseline mapping program utilizing GIS to upgrade how the New York DOT/DMV maintained their road data Conform to the new state standard Focus on Federal regulations from such program as the FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS). With a single street centerline layer, other agencies will be able to consume this data Support multiple applications Support county and local government A web portal where counties can upload/download data was created. The data is verified, incorporated in to the working set and then disseminated back to State and other entities such as NAVTEQ.
31. Michigan: State GIS office Assists the Michigan DOT The Michigan State GIS office is currently undergoing an effort called the Transportation Data Stewardship Enhancement Plan The program utilizes five full time staff members who work constantly to maintain the data Because of the strict nature and use of the State data model, it has been reported that the State’s submission to HPMS has had no errors over the past several years The Michigan State GIS office has assembled a robust and accurate road centerline that covers a majority of the State
32. Kentucky: Linkage of the Transportation Centerline to HPMS, other route-dependent datasets and E-911 In the late 1990’s the Kentucky State Public Centerline project was originally conceived as the brainchild of Greg Witt from the Kentucky Department of Transportation (KDOT), to: Derive better statistical information and analytical products from all of the centerline data for the State Move the State’s geospatial data infrastructure into a geographic information system (GIS) powered by LRS Tremendous effort was put forth for funding to contract with Area Development Districts (ADDs) from around the State for data: Foundation data layer that could be used by other agencies within the state, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the general public These data also represent data sources that would not otherwise be available statewide without a high level of collaboration between all stakeholders within the State The resulting efforts have made for seamless submission to HPMS and help to enhance its performance and accuracy
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34. Develop a routable road centerline data set and standard usable by Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems.
35. Enhance VGIN Road Centerlines (RCL) for supporting routing, geocoding, and persistent updates to local 911 map systems. It will
36. Support each individual CAD system for data outside their own jurisdiction (while not forcing them to change the data model currently used in CAD)
37. The VGIN RCL project is considered a huge local success because of the communication and handshaking that occurs between the state GIS and the state DOT
38. Will eventually have a seamless flow from participating cities and counties up to the state and then back again to complete the round trip
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40. 8 Federal Agencies, 7 States, 14 Washington State agencies, 23 counties, 10 cities, 9 tribal governments, and 20 other private and public entities
41. WA-Trans has been working in cooperation with six other state DOTs to develop computer-based tools that facilitate transportation data sharing and integration financed with federal funds, specifically Transportation Pooled Funds (TPF)
42. Executed at the state level with data collected from a local level, integrated at a state level, and shared to all project participants
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44. Consolidates existing state roadway network databases into a single multi-state roadway network to guide regional transportation planning and emergency management efforts
45. The individual state roadway databases are ‘stitched together’ at the state borders to form a topologically integrated network
46. Many variations in data contents and consistency for road datasets were encountered from state-to-state
47. Generally, useful and reasonably accurate road features were available to produce a public domain road network for the Corridor
48. Conclusion: It might be easier to use a stripped down commercial roadway centerline network as a framework
52. We concluded that existing nationwide road centerlines are not adequate for TFTN requirements in their current “as is” condition or form
53. The main recommendation is to build on FHWA’s HPMS program, and take a new approach consistent with USDOT’s responsibility as the lead federal agency for the Transportation Theme of NSDI