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DOTs and Roadway Management
Use GIS to keep detailed, spatially accurate inventories of roadway assets such as signs, signals, pavement, bridges, and lighting. |
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Railroads
Rail system operators use GIS to keep accurate inventories of facilities and report safety and performance statistics. |
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Mass Transit/Public Transport
GIS is an excellent tool for analyzing ridership and service, as well as revenue, patterns, and usage by select populations. |
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Aviation
Use GIS for managing airport facilities, regulating use of airspace, and noise modeling. |
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Water Transportation
GIS helps engineers build and manage port facilities and helps planners accommodate community and environmental constraints more easily. |
Transportation professionals the world over have discovered and embraced GIS as an important tool in managing, planning, evaluating, and maintaining transportation systems.
GIS for transportation, named GIS-T by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, has been used for diverse purposes
- From modeling travel demand 20 years in the future to tracking a snowplow.
- From analyzing the annual capital improvement plans to identifying noise regulation violations around airports.
- From improving transit service throughout rejuvenated urban centers to planning scenic byways in recreational areas.
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