STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NATION

(TFTN)NSGIC 2009

NSGIC Fall Conference 2009

Steve Lewis, US DOT

Patricia Solano, Koniag Services, Inc. (KSI)

Rich Grady, Applied Geographics, Inc.

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Sponsors2

NSGIC Advocacy Agenda Initiative Contract lead by US DOT

Responsible for the Transportation Theme of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (OMB A-16)

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Why TFTN?3

Goal to build national transportation base layers (roads and other modes) for use by all levels of government Parallels and reinforces other current efforts to develop

national framework data layers (IFTN) Recognizes that we are currently maintaining national

highway and road data in different forms for different purposes

Overlapping transportation datasets vary in scale, format, documentation, and are maintained for different purposes

Benefits are widely distributed, uses are diverse, costs are unevenly shared

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Why a Strategic Plan?4

Establish a compelling vision

Define requirements, challenges and opportunities

Document progress already made and good ideas, challenge current assumptions

Explore implementation issues

Evaluate funding requirements and sources

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Strategic Planning for TFTN Objectives

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The objectives of the project are to Research and evaluate the need, scope,

requirements, potential benefits and feasibility of TFTN, and

Involve stakeholders in the information gathering and consensus building process.

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Key Issues & Questions6

Institutional Readiness Purpose and motivation, constraints, roles across different

levels

Best Practices and Current Models Coordination and integration, Lessons learned , identify

duplication of effort, amplify success

Content of the TFTN Core attributes for road centerlines, core uses, other

transportation modes

Benefits - Who and how, willingness to pay, public goods

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The Road ahead – Your input matters!

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Examples of tasks designed to get feedback, information include: Creation of a Steering Committee Conduction of interviews, workshops, meetings,

surveys, case studies, etc. Identification of what’s working, what’s needed –

current practices, requirements, strategies, standards, documentation

Identification of institutional constraints, capacity, operational authority, motivation, benefits, etc.

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The Road ahead, cont.8

Define goals, objectives for TFTN Set the stage for business plan and

cost benefits analysis Answer the Question: What is TFTN?

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Comments/Questions9

Steve Lewis Steve.Lewis@dot.gov Patricia Solano

psolano@ksikoniag.com Rich Grady grady@appgeo.com Michael Terner mterner@appgeo.com