This document summarizes a presentation on broadband availability and its relationship to race, income, and location. It explores these relationships through case studies of Los Angeles, Chicago, and South Carolina. The main findings are that income was a more significant determinant of broadband deployment than race alone, availability varies between urban and rural areas, and adoption remains an issue even with some level of competition and availability. Going forward, the researchers intend to further examine availability versus adoption, the role of cost and service type, and speed. Data and technical challenges for the analysis are also discussed.
Journalism-as-a-Service: Amplifying Public Intellectual Contributions through...Axel Bruns
1. The document discusses The Conversation, an online platform that amplifies public intellectual contributions from scientists through journalism-as-a-service.
2. The Conversation allows scientists to propose and draft their own articles, which are then developed and edited by journalists before publication.
3. It aims to provide scientists a widely accessible platform to engage in public debates and discussions about their research while also tracking the reach and impact of their contributions.
This document summarizes research analyzing the Norwegian Twittersphere. It describes how over 967,000 Norwegian Twitter accounts were identified and their follower networks were mapped. The Norwegian accounts were clustered into different topic groups like politics, music, and news. Over time from 2006-2015 the number and types of clusters grew. Town and county level data on accounts was also analyzed. The research is part of ongoing work to understand how social media impacts agenda setting during election campaigns.
The document outlines a proposal for a student and faculty exchange program between social work programs in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The program was created following the North American Free Trade Agreement and aims to foster collaboration, including exchanges of students and faculty as well as joint research projects. It details the development of the initial proposal, recruitment of partner universities, and first year of implementation, which included students studying abroad and participating in internships in different countries. It also discusses plans to expand the program in the future.
This document discusses different approaches to social research, including qualitative approaches like participant observation, unstructured interviewing, and case studies. It also discusses quantitative approaches that emphasize quantification and testing theories. Additionally, it covers idiographic approaches that seek to understand single instances and nomothetic approaches that examine comparability among individuals. The document contrasts deductive reasoning, which moves from general to specific, and inductive reasoning, which moves from specific to general.
Effectiveness of Recycling Promotion and Education Initiatives among Ethnic M...Calvin Lakhan, Ph.D
The study examined how first generation ethnic minorities in Southern Ontario responded to different recycling promotion and education campaigns. Focus groups were conducted with 77 participants from various ethnic backgrounds. The results showed that first generation ethnic minorities did not respond well to print and online materials, and found newsprint and signage the least effective. Participants were confused by the messages and some felt insulted materials were not translated. The conclusions indicated municipalities need to rethink their promotion materials for ethnic minorities and engage third parties to help deliver culturally appropriate messages as demographics change over time.
Travis County Transportation Plan: Creating Tomorrow's Choice's TodayPaul Schumann
The document provides an overview of Travis County's first long range transportation plan currently under development. The plan aims to identify today's transportation needs and future options through a multi-modal approach. A public engagement process from September to December 2016 gathered input through surveys, wikimapping, and focus groups to help identify priorities and preferences. Next steps include continuing to evaluate public input, developing a draft transportation plan in 2017, and finalizing the plan for adoption in 2018.
This document summarizes a presentation on broadband availability and its relationship to race, income, and location. It explores these relationships through case studies of Los Angeles, Chicago, and South Carolina. The main findings are that income was a more significant determinant of broadband deployment than race alone, availability varies between urban and rural areas, and adoption remains an issue even with some level of competition and availability. Going forward, the researchers intend to further examine availability versus adoption, the role of cost and service type, and speed. Data and technical challenges for the analysis are also discussed.
Journalism-as-a-Service: Amplifying Public Intellectual Contributions through...Axel Bruns
1. The document discusses The Conversation, an online platform that amplifies public intellectual contributions from scientists through journalism-as-a-service.
2. The Conversation allows scientists to propose and draft their own articles, which are then developed and edited by journalists before publication.
3. It aims to provide scientists a widely accessible platform to engage in public debates and discussions about their research while also tracking the reach and impact of their contributions.
This document summarizes research analyzing the Norwegian Twittersphere. It describes how over 967,000 Norwegian Twitter accounts were identified and their follower networks were mapped. The Norwegian accounts were clustered into different topic groups like politics, music, and news. Over time from 2006-2015 the number and types of clusters grew. Town and county level data on accounts was also analyzed. The research is part of ongoing work to understand how social media impacts agenda setting during election campaigns.
The document outlines a proposal for a student and faculty exchange program between social work programs in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The program was created following the North American Free Trade Agreement and aims to foster collaboration, including exchanges of students and faculty as well as joint research projects. It details the development of the initial proposal, recruitment of partner universities, and first year of implementation, which included students studying abroad and participating in internships in different countries. It also discusses plans to expand the program in the future.
This document discusses different approaches to social research, including qualitative approaches like participant observation, unstructured interviewing, and case studies. It also discusses quantitative approaches that emphasize quantification and testing theories. Additionally, it covers idiographic approaches that seek to understand single instances and nomothetic approaches that examine comparability among individuals. The document contrasts deductive reasoning, which moves from general to specific, and inductive reasoning, which moves from specific to general.
Effectiveness of Recycling Promotion and Education Initiatives among Ethnic M...Calvin Lakhan, Ph.D
The study examined how first generation ethnic minorities in Southern Ontario responded to different recycling promotion and education campaigns. Focus groups were conducted with 77 participants from various ethnic backgrounds. The results showed that first generation ethnic minorities did not respond well to print and online materials, and found newsprint and signage the least effective. Participants were confused by the messages and some felt insulted materials were not translated. The conclusions indicated municipalities need to rethink their promotion materials for ethnic minorities and engage third parties to help deliver culturally appropriate messages as demographics change over time.
Travis County Transportation Plan: Creating Tomorrow's Choice's TodayPaul Schumann
The document provides an overview of Travis County's first long range transportation plan currently under development. The plan aims to identify today's transportation needs and future options through a multi-modal approach. A public engagement process from September to December 2016 gathered input through surveys, wikimapping, and focus groups to help identify priorities and preferences. Next steps include continuing to evaluate public input, developing a draft transportation plan in 2017, and finalizing the plan for adoption in 2018.
This document summarizes Montana's Built Environment Strategies program. It describes how the program provides technical assistance to rural communities to support built environment initiatives like sidewalks, trails, and bike lanes. It works with local partnerships and uses an evaluation framework. The program held an Action Institute where communities developed action plans and received resources and mentoring. Evaluations found the Institute, resources, and follow-up support helped communities implement policies and projects that created safer and more accessible places for walking and biking.
This document summarizes Cherise Hunter's work on promoting diversity among Oregon state parks. It discusses defining inclusion, analyzing data on diverse park attendees, and researching toolkits from Texas and California park organizations. The goal is to identify ways to better connect communities of color with nature and address cultural needs through partnerships, programs, staff recruitment, and trails/activities. Next steps include compiling findings from inclusion meetings and researching educational non-profits to support future inclusion initiatives.
Gender indicators and sex disaggregated datanavaneetarath
Collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data is important for integrating gender in research and policy. It allows researchers to identify quantitative differences between women and men in areas like health status, education levels, employment and income. Without sex-disaggregated data, the unique needs of different gender groups may be overlooked. National and international organizations have recognized the importance of gender indicators and statistics since the 1970s. Proper methods are needed to ensure sex-disaggregated data is collected accurately from both female and male respondents.
Gender indicators and sex disaggregated datanavaneetarath
Collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data is important for integrating gender in research and policy. It allows researchers to identify quantitative differences between women and men in areas like health status, education levels, employment and income. Without sex-disaggregated data, the unique needs of different gender groups may be overlooked. National and international organizations have recognized the importance of gender indicators and statistics since the 1970s. Proper methods are needed to ensure sex-disaggregated data is collected and analyzed accurately and addresses the experiences of both women and men.
Gender indicators and sex disaggregated datanavaneetarath
Collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data is important for integrating gender in research and policy. It allows researchers to identify quantitative differences between women and men in areas like health status, education levels, employment and income. Without sex-disaggregated data, the unique needs of different gender groups may be overlooked. National and international organizations have recognized the importance of gender indicators and statistics since the 1970s. Proper methods are needed to ensure sex-disaggregated data is collected accurately from both female and male respondents.
Prototyping Local Greenspace Proposal 2020Casey Morrison
With 8 local authorities we're helping think about involving citizens in the shaping up public parks.
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/our-work/landscapes-parks-nature/future-parks
The panel discussion focused on rural research needs from a federal perspective. Key points included the need for more localized data analysis and research to better support tailored rural policies and programs. A systems approach was advocated to understand communities holistically by examining interrelationships between various economic, social and environmental factors. Finally, issue-focused research on topics like infrastructure, economic transitions, and demographics was seen as important to inform rural policies and address challenges faced on the ground.
Folcloristas de Panamá: Using a WhatsApp Group as a Crowdsourcing Platform fo...RCAHMW
Folcloristas de Panamá: Using a WhatsApp Group as a Crowdsourcing Platform for Preserving Knowledge of the Past
Marino Jaén Espinosa: Director, PanamaTipico.com
The ubiquity of smartphones has opened new opportunities for groups of people to exchange information in efficient ways. While not cutting-edge in technology, the resulting digital communities bring valuable contributions to heritage preservation in places without easy access to specialized crowd-sourcing platforms.
One example of such communities is Folcloristas de Panamá, a WhatsApp group devoted to discussing a wide range of topics related to the past and the folklore of Panama. Even though it has not yet turned one year old, the community has had a significant impact on the cultural heritage community of Panama, as it has transcended the digital realm to become a formal association.
This work is an analysis of the group’s origins, members’ profiles, typology of content shared, internal conflicts and autoregulation mechanisms. The main goal is to explain the success of the group as a crowdsourcing platform and to describe its impact in the real world, while encouraging a discussion about similarities and differences with comparable experiences elsewhere.
This is the third study in a series about crowdsourcing in digital folklore communities in Panama. The first was about PanamaTipico.com, a cultural heritage website, presented at the 2014 Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage International Conference, held in Bulgaria. The second paper was about Chepo Cultura y Tradición, a Facebook fan page dealing with the collective memory of a town, presented in 2016 at Towards Digital Folkloristics International Conference, held in Latvia (not yet published).
Our work aims to understand the contribution of digital crowdsourcing communities to the preservation of the rich cultural heritage of Panama.
This document discusses social mapping, which helps understand community structures and key actors. Social mapping involves identifying various groups in the area such as geographical, livelihood, self-help, faith, and vulnerable groups. It also maps infrastructure like houses, mosques, schools, and roads. Social mapping is used to present local information, map social networks, and understand the local context. It helps identify groups and individuals to support activities and provide community information. Guidelines include developing an information checklist and finding knowledgeable local partners.
ICPSR-RCMD 2012 Presentation from HACU conferenceDavid457
The document provides information about an event hosted by ICPSR and ISR focusing on enhancing undergraduate academic success. The event agenda includes introductions to ICPSR data resources, the Resource Center for Minority Data, a summer quantitative methods program, career opportunities, and scholarships. Presenters will discuss ISR and ICPSR missions of conducting social science research and disseminating findings, as well as educational programs, internships, and other opportunities for students.
Bringing Sexuality And Rights Out In The Open Building A Platform In BangladeshIDS
This presentation was delivered by the James P Grant School of Public Health to a workshop at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine on improving the use of research in policy and practice.
Social Government Case Studies with Fels InstituteGranicus
In this webinar, hear directly from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government, including communications expert Eric Rabe, who surveyed over 100 cities and led 20 in-depth interviews with government administrators to uncover promising practices from your peers across the country.
Promising Strategies for Engaging Culturally Diverse Audiencessondramilkie
This document provides a summary of demographic data for Wisconsin from the 2000 Census and 2009 population estimates. Some key points:
- Wisconsin's population increased 5.4% since 2000 to 5,654,774 in 2009.
- Whites make up the largest racial group at 89.4% of the population, though all minority groups grew substantially since 2000.
- The Hispanic/Latino population more than doubled between 2000-2009, increasing from 3.6% to 5.3% of the total population.
- Resources are provided for accessing more detailed state and county level census data online through sites like QuickFacts.census.gov.
The document provides an overview of a webinar on making maps for research and advocacy using HealthyCity.org. The webinar teaches participants how maps can be used for community organizing, advocacy, program planning, and grant writing. It covers types of maps, data sources, and best practices for effective map design and analysis. The webinar aims to equip community groups with mapping skills to conduct action-oriented research and social change efforts.
This document discusses two research questions regarding information diffusion and collective action. The first examines the effectiveness of different information dissemination strategies, such as using phone/IVR broadcasts versus government representatives versus social network seeds. The second analyzes how social network information and participation affects individual participation in community activities. Experiments will be conducted in 80 villages randomized to different information conditions to identify optimal information strategies and examine threshold and free-riding effects on collective action. Network and participation data will be collected through household surveys to analyze the research questions.
This document discusses strategies for community mobilization for family planning programs. It defines stakeholders as national and local health organizations, donors, NGOs, health facilities, and community groups. Community participation is important for increasing ownership, behavior change, cost-effectiveness, and meeting community needs. Community mobilization is defined as a process where community members plan, implement, and evaluate activities to improve health. Key steps include collecting data, involving leaders, and using community resources. Challenges to community participation include less program control, costs, differing priorities between groups, volunteer motivation, capacity issues, and sustainability planning.
In this workshop, Pathways to Education showcases its new interactive mapping tool - a key component of its approach to program expansion and improvement, partner engagement, and community knowledge. By providing insights into educational attainment rates, poverty trends, and other indicators throughout Canada, the new data visualization tool is helping the organization build a thoughtful and demand-driven expansion strategy and ensure effective program offerings, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and greater issue awareness.
Session participants learned how the mapping tool is helping Pathways to Education understand unique socio-demographic contexts of existing and potential program sites, and how this type of tool can benefit other Canadian nonprofits, foundations, and the general public.
This session also outlined the challenges inherent in working with big data and highlight key insights gained from the project. The presenters shared specific examples of how the tool has already helped to spark conversations and raise awareness about the barriers and solutions facing at-risk youth and communities throughout Canada.
Edgewater Red Line Charrettes - Community Activism to Advance Transit PlanningAdam Burck
The document summarizes the Edgewater Red Line Charrettes process, which involved community meetings to provide input on improvements to Red Line stations in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. It describes how the organizers used multiple approaches to generate public participation, including meetings, surveys, publicity efforts, and partnering with other organizations. While over 150 people attended the charrettes, maintaining participation over multiple meetings was difficult. The document evaluates lessons learned and next steps to continue advancing transit issues in the community.
Texas Pedestrian Safety Forum, July 12, 2018
When Your Urban Core Arrives | University Drive in College Station Presented by James Robertson, Ph.D., P.E., Lee Engineering
This document summarizes Montana's Built Environment Strategies program. It describes how the program provides technical assistance to rural communities to support built environment initiatives like sidewalks, trails, and bike lanes. It works with local partnerships and uses an evaluation framework. The program held an Action Institute where communities developed action plans and received resources and mentoring. Evaluations found the Institute, resources, and follow-up support helped communities implement policies and projects that created safer and more accessible places for walking and biking.
This document summarizes Cherise Hunter's work on promoting diversity among Oregon state parks. It discusses defining inclusion, analyzing data on diverse park attendees, and researching toolkits from Texas and California park organizations. The goal is to identify ways to better connect communities of color with nature and address cultural needs through partnerships, programs, staff recruitment, and trails/activities. Next steps include compiling findings from inclusion meetings and researching educational non-profits to support future inclusion initiatives.
Gender indicators and sex disaggregated datanavaneetarath
Collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data is important for integrating gender in research and policy. It allows researchers to identify quantitative differences between women and men in areas like health status, education levels, employment and income. Without sex-disaggregated data, the unique needs of different gender groups may be overlooked. National and international organizations have recognized the importance of gender indicators and statistics since the 1970s. Proper methods are needed to ensure sex-disaggregated data is collected accurately from both female and male respondents.
Gender indicators and sex disaggregated datanavaneetarath
Collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data is important for integrating gender in research and policy. It allows researchers to identify quantitative differences between women and men in areas like health status, education levels, employment and income. Without sex-disaggregated data, the unique needs of different gender groups may be overlooked. National and international organizations have recognized the importance of gender indicators and statistics since the 1970s. Proper methods are needed to ensure sex-disaggregated data is collected and analyzed accurately and addresses the experiences of both women and men.
Gender indicators and sex disaggregated datanavaneetarath
Collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data is important for integrating gender in research and policy. It allows researchers to identify quantitative differences between women and men in areas like health status, education levels, employment and income. Without sex-disaggregated data, the unique needs of different gender groups may be overlooked. National and international organizations have recognized the importance of gender indicators and statistics since the 1970s. Proper methods are needed to ensure sex-disaggregated data is collected accurately from both female and male respondents.
Prototyping Local Greenspace Proposal 2020Casey Morrison
With 8 local authorities we're helping think about involving citizens in the shaping up public parks.
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/our-work/landscapes-parks-nature/future-parks
The panel discussion focused on rural research needs from a federal perspective. Key points included the need for more localized data analysis and research to better support tailored rural policies and programs. A systems approach was advocated to understand communities holistically by examining interrelationships between various economic, social and environmental factors. Finally, issue-focused research on topics like infrastructure, economic transitions, and demographics was seen as important to inform rural policies and address challenges faced on the ground.
Folcloristas de Panamá: Using a WhatsApp Group as a Crowdsourcing Platform fo...RCAHMW
Folcloristas de Panamá: Using a WhatsApp Group as a Crowdsourcing Platform for Preserving Knowledge of the Past
Marino Jaén Espinosa: Director, PanamaTipico.com
The ubiquity of smartphones has opened new opportunities for groups of people to exchange information in efficient ways. While not cutting-edge in technology, the resulting digital communities bring valuable contributions to heritage preservation in places without easy access to specialized crowd-sourcing platforms.
One example of such communities is Folcloristas de Panamá, a WhatsApp group devoted to discussing a wide range of topics related to the past and the folklore of Panama. Even though it has not yet turned one year old, the community has had a significant impact on the cultural heritage community of Panama, as it has transcended the digital realm to become a formal association.
This work is an analysis of the group’s origins, members’ profiles, typology of content shared, internal conflicts and autoregulation mechanisms. The main goal is to explain the success of the group as a crowdsourcing platform and to describe its impact in the real world, while encouraging a discussion about similarities and differences with comparable experiences elsewhere.
This is the third study in a series about crowdsourcing in digital folklore communities in Panama. The first was about PanamaTipico.com, a cultural heritage website, presented at the 2014 Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage International Conference, held in Bulgaria. The second paper was about Chepo Cultura y Tradición, a Facebook fan page dealing with the collective memory of a town, presented in 2016 at Towards Digital Folkloristics International Conference, held in Latvia (not yet published).
Our work aims to understand the contribution of digital crowdsourcing communities to the preservation of the rich cultural heritage of Panama.
This document discusses social mapping, which helps understand community structures and key actors. Social mapping involves identifying various groups in the area such as geographical, livelihood, self-help, faith, and vulnerable groups. It also maps infrastructure like houses, mosques, schools, and roads. Social mapping is used to present local information, map social networks, and understand the local context. It helps identify groups and individuals to support activities and provide community information. Guidelines include developing an information checklist and finding knowledgeable local partners.
ICPSR-RCMD 2012 Presentation from HACU conferenceDavid457
The document provides information about an event hosted by ICPSR and ISR focusing on enhancing undergraduate academic success. The event agenda includes introductions to ICPSR data resources, the Resource Center for Minority Data, a summer quantitative methods program, career opportunities, and scholarships. Presenters will discuss ISR and ICPSR missions of conducting social science research and disseminating findings, as well as educational programs, internships, and other opportunities for students.
Bringing Sexuality And Rights Out In The Open Building A Platform In BangladeshIDS
This presentation was delivered by the James P Grant School of Public Health to a workshop at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine on improving the use of research in policy and practice.
Social Government Case Studies with Fels InstituteGranicus
In this webinar, hear directly from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government, including communications expert Eric Rabe, who surveyed over 100 cities and led 20 in-depth interviews with government administrators to uncover promising practices from your peers across the country.
Promising Strategies for Engaging Culturally Diverse Audiencessondramilkie
This document provides a summary of demographic data for Wisconsin from the 2000 Census and 2009 population estimates. Some key points:
- Wisconsin's population increased 5.4% since 2000 to 5,654,774 in 2009.
- Whites make up the largest racial group at 89.4% of the population, though all minority groups grew substantially since 2000.
- The Hispanic/Latino population more than doubled between 2000-2009, increasing from 3.6% to 5.3% of the total population.
- Resources are provided for accessing more detailed state and county level census data online through sites like QuickFacts.census.gov.
The document provides an overview of a webinar on making maps for research and advocacy using HealthyCity.org. The webinar teaches participants how maps can be used for community organizing, advocacy, program planning, and grant writing. It covers types of maps, data sources, and best practices for effective map design and analysis. The webinar aims to equip community groups with mapping skills to conduct action-oriented research and social change efforts.
This document discusses two research questions regarding information diffusion and collective action. The first examines the effectiveness of different information dissemination strategies, such as using phone/IVR broadcasts versus government representatives versus social network seeds. The second analyzes how social network information and participation affects individual participation in community activities. Experiments will be conducted in 80 villages randomized to different information conditions to identify optimal information strategies and examine threshold and free-riding effects on collective action. Network and participation data will be collected through household surveys to analyze the research questions.
This document discusses strategies for community mobilization for family planning programs. It defines stakeholders as national and local health organizations, donors, NGOs, health facilities, and community groups. Community participation is important for increasing ownership, behavior change, cost-effectiveness, and meeting community needs. Community mobilization is defined as a process where community members plan, implement, and evaluate activities to improve health. Key steps include collecting data, involving leaders, and using community resources. Challenges to community participation include less program control, costs, differing priorities between groups, volunteer motivation, capacity issues, and sustainability planning.
In this workshop, Pathways to Education showcases its new interactive mapping tool - a key component of its approach to program expansion and improvement, partner engagement, and community knowledge. By providing insights into educational attainment rates, poverty trends, and other indicators throughout Canada, the new data visualization tool is helping the organization build a thoughtful and demand-driven expansion strategy and ensure effective program offerings, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and greater issue awareness.
Session participants learned how the mapping tool is helping Pathways to Education understand unique socio-demographic contexts of existing and potential program sites, and how this type of tool can benefit other Canadian nonprofits, foundations, and the general public.
This session also outlined the challenges inherent in working with big data and highlight key insights gained from the project. The presenters shared specific examples of how the tool has already helped to spark conversations and raise awareness about the barriers and solutions facing at-risk youth and communities throughout Canada.
Edgewater Red Line Charrettes - Community Activism to Advance Transit PlanningAdam Burck
The document summarizes the Edgewater Red Line Charrettes process, which involved community meetings to provide input on improvements to Red Line stations in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. It describes how the organizers used multiple approaches to generate public participation, including meetings, surveys, publicity efforts, and partnering with other organizations. While over 150 people attended the charrettes, maintaining participation over multiple meetings was difficult. The document evaluates lessons learned and next steps to continue advancing transit issues in the community.
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Texas Pedestrian Safety Forum, July 12, 2018
When Your Urban Core Arrives | University Drive in College Station Presented by James Robertson, Ph.D., P.E., Lee Engineering
This document discusses pedestrian safety in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. It provides an overview of the region, including population and crash data showing increasing pedestrian crashes and fatalities from 2012 to 2016. It also describes several programs and projects to improve pedestrian safety, such as workshops on design for pedestrian safety, research on pedestrian crash hotspots, developing a regional pedestrian safety action plan, identifying gaps in pedestrian access to rail stations, and a call for safety-related transportation projects. The goal is to reduce pedestrian crashes and fatalities through education, research, planning, and funding projects that improve pedestrian infrastructure and safety.
In 2009, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) added a one-of-a-kind Visibility Research Laboratory to its collection
of world class research facilities. The laboratory is located in the Institute’s State Headquarters and Research Building in the Research Park at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The laboratory features a 125-foot-long corridor that is used to test retroreflective materials and coatings, lights and other technologies designed to provide nighttime visibility for
highway drivers.
What is Truck Platooning?
Level 2 truck platooning extends radar and vehicle-to-vehicle, communications-based, cooperative-adaptive cruise control using precise automated lateral and longitudinal vehicle control to maintain a tight formation of vehicles with short following distances. A manually driven truck leads a platoon, allowing the driver(s) of the following truck(s) to disengage from driving tasks and monitor system performance. Level 1 truck platooning has demonstrated the potential for significant fuel savings, enhanced mobility and associated emissions reductions from platooning vehicles. Level 2 automation may increase these benefits while reducing driver workload and increasing safety.
The Transportation Revenue Estimator and Needs Determination System (TRENDS) model funded by the Texas Department of Transportation is designed to provide transportation planners, policy makers and the public with a tool to forecast transportation revenues and expenses based on a user-defined level of investment at both the state and local
level. The user, through interactive windows, can control a number of variables related to assumptions regarding statewide transportation needs, population growth rates, fuel efficiency,
federal reimbursement rates, inflation rates, taxes, fees and other elements. The output is a set of tables and graphs showing a forecast of revenues, expenditures and fund balances for each year of the analysis period based on the
user-defined assumptions. The TRENDS model also includes a local option sub-model for each of Texas’ 25 Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Through the local option model the user can analyze changes in local revenues by creating
or adjusting a local fuel tax, local vehicle miles traveled tax, local vehicle registration fee or the local fuel efficiency rates.
The Travel Forecasting Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) supports and assists public agencies in the development, implementation and application of
current and emerging technologies in travel demand forecasting.
The purpose of travel forecasting is to help transportation
decision makers, at the local and state levels, improve the overall function of the transportation system. Program staff members accomplish this by developing travel models that predict future transportation patterns based on many variables. The variables used by program staff include comprehensive travel survey data, U.S. Census data, current and projected socio-demographic data, existing and projected transportation system data, and current traffic data.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Transportation Planning Program conducts research on travel surveys, travel behavior and related data collection methods to support travel models, policy, and air quality analyses. Program researchers have expertise in travel data collection methods and technologies; survey design and sampling, data analysis and interpretation; demographic data preparation for modeling; and corridor management and preservation.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Transit
Mobility Program provides research and technology transfer expertise in all aspects of public transportation planning, management and operations. Program researchers bring a combination of direct operational skills in all bus and rail modes and nationwide research experience with metropolitan, urban and rural transit systems. Research projects result in practical, actionable recommendations for enhancing transit access, efficiency, effectiveness, safety and funding sustainability. Transit Mobility Program staff are adept at facilitating multi-agency groups in the development of shared transportation objectives, innovative strategies and coordinated services.
The document summarizes the capabilities of the TTI driving simulator. The simulator contains a mock vehicle cabin with steering wheel, pedals, and displays providing a 153 degree field of view. It can simulate a variety of roadway environments both rural and urban. Researchers can use the simulator to test driver responses to different road designs, signs, and in-vehicle technologies in a safe and controlled environment. The simulator collects extensive driving performance data to study factors like distraction, stress, and comprehension of road signs. It is a valuable research tool for exploring transportation safety issues.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI) Sediment and
Erosion Control Laboratory (SEC Lab) provides the transportation industry with a research and performance
evaluation program for roadside environmental management. Research at the SEC Lab includes stormwater quality improvement, erosion and sediment control, and vegetation
establishment and management.
The Texas A&M University System is creating a new paradigm for the future of applied research, technology development and education. The 2,000 acre RELLIS Campus is conveniently located just 8 miles/15 minutes from Texas A&M University’s main campus. This location has long been a place where Texas A&M has conducted world-class research, technology development and workforce training in areas such as vehicle safety, traffic engineering, law enforcement training, biological materials processing, robotics and unmanned aerial systems.
Freight and passenger rail is a critical component of our nation’s
transportation system. Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s
(TTI) Multimodal Freight Transportation Programs Group
remains active in exploring the future of rail through a variety
of research activities.
Public scrutiny and agency accountability are at an all-time
high. Agencies are looking for a better understanding of the issues that are important to their customers. In an era of strained financial resources, it is necessary to order priorities that are important to the people that support the transportation system through taxes and fees. The Public Engagement Planning (PEP) program at the Texas A&M Transportation
Institute (TTI) provides research innovations and coordinated support to sponsors in the areas of public engagement planning and public opinion research.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) was asked by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to assist in the application and refinement of prior research to accomplish some key goals during the reconstruction of the I-35 corridor from Hillsboro to Salado (90 miles total). Currently, TxDOT is conducting 10 construction projects along this corridor. More than 30 million drivers, including travelers, shippers and intercity commuters, use the corridor each year.
Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) include a broad range of services and technology solutions that provide and manage information to improve the safety, efficiency and performance of our transportation network.
Researchers design and implement experiments with human subjects (including field and simulator studies) and survey subjects to identify driver safety issues, such as those related to traffic control devices, distraction and fatigue. TTI’s experimental psychologists and industrial engineers have conducted numerous studies related to driver response to roadway geometric design; visibility and driver comprehension of traffic control devices; driver distraction; and automotive adaptive equipment for disabled drivers, older drivers and short-statured drivers.
The Human Factors Program is housed within the Center
for Transportation Safety at the Texas A&M Transportation
Institute (TTI). The goal of the program is to conduct basic and
applied research to measure driver performance and behavior
for varied driving situations, vehicle characteristics and roadway
environments. Researchers design and implement experiments with human subjects (including field and simulator studies) and survey subjects to identify driver safety issues, such as those related to traffic control devices, distraction and fatigue.
TTI’s experimental psychologists and industrial engineers have
conducted numerous studies related to driver response to
roadway geometric design; visibility and driver comprehension
of traffic control devices; driver distraction; and automotive
adaptive equipment for disabled drivers, older drivers and
short-statured drivers.
TTI was founded in 1950 through a partnership between the Texas Highway Department and Texas A&M University. Over the following decades, TTI conducted extensive transportation research that helped build Texas' highway system and improve safety. This research focused on pavement materials, bridge design, traffic operations, and more. TTI also grew to address issues like congestion management and multimodal transportation planning through research across all modes of transportation.
For more than three decades, the Texas A&M Transportation
Institute (TTI) has been actively involved in the development
and improvement of the Texas Airport System. TTI’s contributions include activities related to planning and programming of airport projects, airport maintenance, and aviation education. TTI researchers have provided valuable guidance on a variety of issues to the Aviation Division at the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and to small and large airports across the state, including the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and small airports such as Bryan’s Coulter Field.
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2. Surveys in Rural Communities
• Supporting transportation planning for TxDOT
– Austin District
• 5 counties
– Bastrop (now in MPO)
– Burnet
– Blanco
– Lee
– Llano
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3. Purpose
• Obtain public input about transportation
issues
• Understand current travel patterns
• Understand which issues were most important
to respondents
4. Challenges
• Mostly rural communities
• Limited Internet access
• Older populations
• Mistrust of technology
• Old-fashioned paper surveys
7. Shared Mobility Web Survey
• Understand use (or potential use) of and
impact of shared mobility programs in Texas
• Understand how socio-economic factors play a
role in the growth of shared mobility
programs
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8. Methodology
• Web-only survey
• Available to anyone but advertisement and
outreach focused on Austin, Houston,
Dallas/Ft. Worth, El Paso and San Antonio
• Survey available for one month
• Advertising included press release, social
media and email
9. Outreach
• Email sent to
approximately
2000 past
participants
• Project team sent
link to their
advisory/special
interest groups
• Targeted tweets
10. Results
• 507 completed responses
• Good geographic distribution
• Topic and timing made a difference
11. Longitudinal Survey: Texas
Transportation Poll
• Audience is primarily Texas Legislature
– Very interested in “slicing and dicing” data
• Used for policy decision-making
• Can track changes over time
• Helps to identify knowledge gaps
• Enables targeted education 3
12. Methodology
• Random sample
• 12 geographically stratified regions of the
state
• Mail, web and phone administration
• Bilingual – English and Spanish
• Weighted data
13. Sample Characteristics
• 30% participation rate
• 61% completed via phone
• 35% completed via mail
• 4% via web
• 93% in English
• 7% in Spanish
14. Takeaways
• Subject matter is related to response rate in
choice surveys
• Response method makes a difference to
respondents
• Random sample surveys using mixed methods
has tradeoffs
• Know your purpose