Incorporating transit into the planning process has typically been an ad hoc activity, constrained by inaccessible and at times non-existent transit and land-use data. Emerging web services and comprehensive datasets provide opportunities to better integrate transit and planning. The purpose of this project is to make complex transit data accessible to planners and decision-makers, and to make use of non-traditional internet sources in planning for transit. This project will result in a web-based tool to visualize transit and land-use characteristics for cities in the United States. The tool combines publicly available sources such as census and transit data along with queries from yelp.com to create a series of visualizations and summary statistics for a user-defined area. This output provides clear and concise information about the transit environment to planners and decision-makers. Moreover, the use of standardized data sources allows conclusions drawn at the local level to be reconsidered comparatively at the regional or national level. The methods identified in this work leverage sophisticated and increasingly available data that the planning profession has yet to fully engage.
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Phillip J. Reed
Georgia State University
James Wong
MSCE/MCRP Candidate, Graduate Research Asst
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Bio: I am a graduate student pursuing dual masters degrees in Transportation Systems Engineering and City & Regional Planning. My research so far has been focused on multi-modal traveler information systems, transit planning, ITS applications and open data. These build on my interests in transportation planning and engineering in urban areas, particularly for public transportation applications. Prior to graduate school, I worked as a transportation engineering consultant for three years, one of which was on a staff exchange in South Africa. In those jobs, I worked on transportation engineering, planning, design and operations projects for public and private clients. I also contributed to project analysis in traffic operations, safety, campus planning and graphics preparation for public outreach. Many of my projects were located in the Mid-Atlantic, specifically in the Philadelphia, Baltimore and DC metropolitan areas. If you are interested in learning more about me or some of the projects I am working on, please feel free to send me an e-mail.
Education: MSCRP - City and Regional Planning, Transportation - Georgia Tech (Candidate, 2013). MSCE - Civil Engineering, Transportation - Georgia Tech (Candidate, 2013). BSE - Systems Engineering - University of Pennsylvania (2008)
Past Assignments: “Leveraging the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) for efficient transit analysis.” (Accepted for poster presentation, under consideration for publication) 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC. January 2013 ----- “Open Transit Data: State of the Practice and Experience from Participating Agencies in the United States.” (Accepted for presentation) 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC. January 2013 ----- “Enabling Transit Solutions: A Case for Open Data in Atlanta.” (Poster) 2012 American Planning Association National Planning Conference in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. April 2012
Landon Reed
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Bio: Currently a graduate research assistant at Georgia Tech. In the past have worked in the transportation division of the Atlanta Regional Commission; at Kittelson and Associates, Inc., a transportation planning/engineering firm, and with Southface Energy Institute, a leader in the green building industry.
Education: Graduated with BS in Science, Technology and Culture from Georgia Tech Currently pursuing MS in Civil Engineering in Tranportation and MCRP from Georgia Tech
Past Assignments: + Open Transit Data: State of the Practice and Experience from Participating Agencies in the United States, presented at Transportation Research Board 2013 Annual Meeting + 2012 APA National Conference, Los Angeles
Aaron Gooze
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Bio: Graduate Research Assistant - Georgia Institute of Technology
Education: B.S. Industrial Engineering - Northwestern University Prospective Master's of Science. Georgia Tech School of Civil and Engineering Prospective Master's of City and Regional Planning. Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning.
Past Assignments: Benefits of Real-time Transit Information and the Impacts of Data Accuracy on the Rider Experience. Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting. 2013. Washington DC. Presentation.
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