The document discusses the development of a strategic plan for Transportation for the Nation (TFTN). It outlines engaging stakeholders from various levels of government and the private sector to define requirements, challenges, opportunities and funding. The goal of TFTN is the creation of high-quality, nationwide transportation data in the public domain, starting with street centerlines. Findings so far indicate defining the components of baseline geometry and identifying state-level best practices for creating statewide road inventories. Potential benefits are discussed for various stakeholders.

1. Strategic Plan (SP) Development for Transportation for the Nation (TFTN)

2. Strategic Planning Effort Identify and engage the entire stakeholder community All levels of government Private Sector Citizens (e.g. OpenStreetMap community) Define requirements, challenges and opportunities Document progress already made, good ideas & challenge current assumptions Explore implementation issues Evaluate funding requirements and sources

4. OMB Circular A-16 identifies the US-DOT as the “lead agency” for the “transportation theme” of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

5. US-DOT all roads data requirements such as accident reporting for enhanced safety, highway performance monitoring and bridge inventory.

8. NSGIC Annual Conference 10/09

9. TRB Presentation 01/10

10. ESRI Federal User Conference 02/10

11. TFTN Site: http://www.transportationresearch.gov/TFTN/default.aspx

12. Press Releases

13. 2010 GIS-T Symposium

14. Steering Committee Formation

16. Meeting Workshops

18. Identify the business processes and inter-governmental data flows that support the repeatable roll-up of local roads to the national level (i.e. a supply chain)?

20. Nationwide data spanning all states and territories

21. All roads, not just Federally funded roads

22. Achieved via coordinated efforts from multiple levels of govt.

23. Provides a common geometric baseline

24. Road naming

25. Persistent segment ID numbering

26. Advanced functionality is built on top of baseline

29. We need ideas and input from stakeholders on what’s feasible

30. Initial, minimal components might be:

31. Road naming

32. Basic attributes (e.g. functional classification)

33. Persistent segment ID numbering

34. Additional potential components:

35. Address ranges/geocoding (could be a minimal component?)

36. Advanced attributes (e.g. width, lanes)

37. Full routability (e.g. speeds, turn restrictions, etc.)

38. Enhanced cartographic display (e.g. annotation, symbolization, etc.)

39. Linear referencing systems (LRS)

41. Provide funding and technical support

42. State collects and aggregates into statewide data

43. Examples of this approach include: AR and OH

44. Public-Private partnership with commercial mapping firms

45. State contracts with private sector for creation and maintenance of statewide inventories

46. State obtains licensed data and a mechanism for posting update requests

48. Potential Benefits of TFTNDifferent benefits to different groups of stakeholders(Continued) Benefits to State and Local Govt. Potentially opens up FHWA resources for statewide road inventories Streamlined requests for data Provides public domain data Facilitates sharing with partners Better data – particularly for rural areas – for GPS-based navigation Easier cross border /multi-jurisdiction coordination and collaboration Benefits to the General Public Consistent data across agencies and programs to support citizen services Publically accessible data for citizen and commercial innovation