Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Practices. Topic SA-57. Statewide Approaches to the Development of Comprehensive Transit Information Systems

Over the past several years a number of State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and a few Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) have taken on the role of developing statewide / regionwide transit information systems that are intended to collect comprehensive information about the availability of transit services and their attributes. This has largely taken place in the wake of the development of common data standards, such as  General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) which includes comprehensive information on the service attributes including routes, stop locations, and schedule information for fixed-route, fixed-schedule transit services.  The development of additional data standards, such as GTFS-Flex as a way of adding demand-response services (serving rural areas), along with intercity bus service information has led some states and regions to take on the role of supporting the development of this data, its maintenance, and the development of platforms to allow its access by planners, policy-makers, and potential transit users. By bringing together this information states may be able to present statewide transit services as a connected network and enable potential users to discover all the available services and how they connect.  The goals, intended uses, mechanisms, organizational support structure, and user access mechanisms can vary considerably, depending on the resources of the DOT or MPO, types of agencies in the state, and priorities of project leaders and stakeholders.  An initial step for any state or region contemplating the development of such an information platform is a review of what other states and regions are doing similar projects, their goals, the process they are using to collect data, their organizational structure, the intended users, and their progress to date.  This synthesis will document the current practice of the creation of statewide  / regionwide transportation information systems. A review of states doing similar projects, their goals, the process they are using to collect data, their organizational structure, the intended users, and their progress to date shall be included.  

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5368

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $55000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-07, Topic SA-57

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Garcia-Colberg, Mariela

• Performing Organizations:
  ,   Germany 

  EBP US

  Boston, MA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Viggiano, Cecilia

• Start Date: 20231106
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20230601

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Data management; Information systems; Organizational factors; Public transit; State of the practice
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01847453
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-07, Topic SA-57
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 27 2022 11:55AM