Throughout the country, regional transportation knowledge
networks (TKNs) are established or being developed to help facilitate
access to information in support of transportation development.
Benefits of TKNs
The cooperative efforts of TKNs
provide the combined resources of all institutions to members,
deliver a wider pool of expertise to locate and provide needed
information,
create a platform for interoperability for tools and
information, and
enable leveraging of resources through coordinated
acquisitions and lending agreements.
Local point of contact for access to local, regional, and
national information resources
Improved and new services and tools for eastern/southeastern
transportation community
Ensured access and preservation to all participant
institution’s information products