Reports

September 2008	Geographic Information Systems Applications for Transportation Right-Of-Way This report provides a summary of a 1.5-day follow-up peer exchange held in July 2007. The peer exchange was sponsored by the FHWA's Office of Interstate and Border Planning and Office of Real Estate Services and was a follow-up to an event on the same topic held in August 2007.
July 2008	Key Practices for Implementing Geospatial Technologies for a Planning and Environment Linkages (PEL) Approach This report presents three case studies that illustrate how GIS has been used to implement the FHWA’s PEL approach. The PEL approach provides information and tools to help agencies integrate consideration of environmental factors into transportation planning. Text-only version
March 2008	Business Models for Implementing Geospatial Technologies in Transportation Decision-Making: Phase Two This report describes a number of state DOTs’ business models for implementing geospatial technologies in transportation decision-making.
November 2007	Visualization Case Studies: A Summary of Three Transportation Applications of Visualization The three case studies presented in "Visualization Case Studies" are intended to be helpful to transportation agencies in identifying effective techniques for enhancing and streamlining the project development process, including public outreach activities, for transportation improvements. Text-only version
November 2007	Peer Exchange on Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Environment Linkages In October 2007, the FHWA’s Office of Interstate and Border Planning sponsored a 1.5–day peer exchange focusing on select State DOT’s applications of GIS for Planning and Environment Linkages. This report provides a summary of the event. Text-only version
October 2007	Peer Exchange on Applications of Geographic Information Systems in the Right-of-Way Area In August 2007, the FHWA's Office of Interstate and Border Planning and Office of Real Estate Services sponsored a 1.5-day peer exchange focusing on select State DOT’s applications of GIS the Right–of–Way (ROW) area. This report provides a summary of the event.
March 2007	Business Models for Implementing Geospatial Technologies in Transportation Decision-Making This report describes six state DOTs’ business models for implementing geospatial technologies. It provides a comparison of the organizational factors influencing how Arizona DOT, Delaware DOT, Georgia DOT, Montana DOT, North Carolina DOT, and Oklahoma DOT invest in and use geospatial information to support their respective business needs. Text-only version.
November 2006	Environmental Geospatial Information for Transportation "Environmental Geospatial Information for Transportation" summarizes a May 3-4, 2006 Peer Exchange held in Washington, D.C. This peer exchange was intended to showcase the use of GIS for environmental applications being used in transportationrelated decision making; learn how other states are overcoming the challenges of sharing and integrating geospatial data from multiple sources; understand how geospatial technologies can help meet requirements of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy of Users (SAFETEA-LU); and learn from others how they have fostered and maintained collaborative partnerships for geospatial information development, sharing, and management.
October 2006	Transportation Research Circular E-C108: Geospatial Information Technologies for Asset Management The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Transportation Asset Management Committee and Spatial Data and Information Science Committee hosted a peer exchange to investigate state and local agency applications of spatial technologies for asset management activities and to identify ongoing issues and research directions. Transportation Research Circular E-C108 presents the results of the peer exchange.
March 2006	Geospatial Technology for Improved Decision Making in Transportation: Executive Scan Tour Report FHWA sponsored the Executive Scan Tour on Geospatial Technology for Improved Decision Making in Transportation in the fall of 2005. The focus of the Executive Scan Tour was on noteworthy practices that are leading to the advancement of cutting edge geospatial applications. By highlighting the success stories, methodologies, and lessons learned of several public and private organizations, the Executive Scan Tour aimed to identify the critical information needed by transportation executives to enhance decision-making through breakthroughs in the implementation of geospatial technology and expertise. View PDF
January 2005	GIS for Environmental Streamlining and Stewardship: An Overview of State DOT Practices "GIS for Environmental Streamlining and Stewardship" examines the use of GIS in regards to environmental streamlining. The synthesis specifically focuses on the use of the FHWA program entitled GIS4EST (GIS for Environmental Streamlining and Stewardship) and its use in five States. Text-only version
November 2004	GIS-Based Cumulative Effects Assessment This report, conducted for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), by the University of Colorado Geographic Information Systems Programs, describes the development and application of GIS and RS databases and analysis models for cumulative effects assessment resulting from growth within transportation infrastructure.
2004	Geospatial Information Infrastructure for Transportation Organizations "Geospatial Information Infrastructure for Transportation Organizations: Toward a Foundation for Improved Decision Making" summarizes the importance of geospatial information in decision making and the committee's recommendations resulting from three workshops held in 2002. Also included are selected current practices, trends in decision-making tools, and a detailed discussion of the committee's findings and recommendations related to geospatial information infrastructure.
2004	Pavement Management Applications Using Geographic Information Systems This synthesis, by the Transportation Research Board, reviews the principal issues related to PMS data collection, integration, management, and dissemination; applications of spatial technologies for map generation and PMS spatial analysis; and implementation-related issues, including approaches used for integrating PMS and GIS and the different tools used to support pavement management decisions.
June 23-24, 2003	Environmental Spatial Information for Transportation: A Peer Exchange on Partnerships "Environmental Spatial Information Transportation: A Peer Exchange on Partnerships" summarizes a June 23-24, 2003, workshop held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The workshop was designed to document lessons learned by early adopters of innovative environmental data-sharing practices.
June 10, 2003	Challenges to Effective Data Sharing, GAO Report. June 10, 2003. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relation and the Census, Committee on government Reform, House of Representatives.
2003	Using Remote Sensing in State and Local Government: Information for Management and Decision-making This report stems from the last of three conferences held by the Steering Committee on Space Applications and Commercialization, National Research Committee of the National Academy of Sciences. The conferences that were held were concerning expanded opportunities for practical applications of remote sensing data. The report addresses how government agencies should approach using remote sensing programs and data, as well as barriers to development and use of applications.
January 2001	Implementation of GIS-Based Highway Safety Analyses: Bridging the Gap This report, intended for safety engineers and GIS specialists, discusses issues and solutions involved in the integration of GIS into safety-related analysis efforts.
x	Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) The HPMS site provides documentation on the management of national level highway data, and reports about how the system is being updated and improved. The HPMS Map Viewer is part of the BTS TranStats website.
x	Geographic Information Systems: A Tool For Improving Community Livability "Geographic Information Systems: A Tool for Improving Community Livability" is a Local Government Commission fact sheet that provides examples of how communities are applying GIS in the planning process.