Information Assets to Support Transportation Decision Making: Report of a Peer Exchange of State Transportation Organizations

Transportation Research Circular E-C121, Information Assets to Support Transportation Decision Making: Report of a Peer Exchange of State Transportation Organizations, summarizes discussions at an April 17-18, 2007, peer exchange of state department of transportation officials and other professionals that focused on data and information uses, management strategies, needs, and gaps in their organizations.  The peer exchange examined the role of data and information in transportation decision making; identified information resources, gaps, and opportunities; and explored data, access, and analysis improvements for information resource programs.  In addition, participants discussed possible strategies that the transportation community might use to implement such improvements.