Guidebook for Managing Data from Emerging Technologies for Transportation
With
increased connectivity between vehicles, sensors, systems, shared-use transportation, and mobile
devices, unexpected and unparalleled amounts of data are being added to the transportation domain at a
rapid rate, and these data are too large, too varied in nature, and will change too quickly to be handled
by the traditional database management systems of most transportation agencies.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's
NCHRP Research Report 952: Guidebook for Managing Data
from Emerging Technologies for Transportation
provides guidance,
tools, and a big data management framework, and it lays out a roadmap
for transportation agencies on
how they can begin to shift – technically, institutionally, and culturally – toward
effectively managing data
from emerging technologies.
Modern,
flexible, and scalable “big data” methods to manage these data need to be adopted by transportation
agencies if the data are to be used to facilitate better decision-making. As many agencies are already
forced to do more with less while meeting higher public expectations, continuing with traditional data
management systems and practices will prove costly for agencies unable to shift.
Supplemental materials include an
Executive Summary, a PowerPoint
presentation on the Guidebook, and
NCHRP Web-Only Document 282: Framework for Managing Data from Emerging Transportation Technologies to Support Decision-Making.
This Summary Last Modified On: 10/21/2020