Public Transit and Specialized Transportation Providers Database

The scope of work for the Public Transit and Specialized Transportation Providers Database includes: a review of all existing public transit and specialized transportation providers, beginning with IDOT's 5310 and 5311 grantees; an analysis of other data sources and their available information, including Rural Transit Assistance Center and the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transportation (ICCT); needs assessment to identify the core data/information as perceived by members of the ICCT; with help from the ICCT, solicit from the providers identified, information pertaining to service area, funding streams, and types of service provided; geo-coding addresses of area served in Illinois, by county as well as provider; developing a web-based user-friendly presentation of the data -- in both a geo-spatial and database format; and establishing database and web maintenance protocols and mechanisms for updating information.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $170500.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  300 W. Adams Street, 2nd Floor
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Project Managers:

  Holmes, Natashia

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Chicago

  Urban Transportation Center
  412 Peoria Street, Suite 340
  Chicago, IL  United States  60607-7036
• Principal Investigators:

  DiJohn, Joseph

  Sriraj, P

  Dirks, Lise

• Start Date: 20070801
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20080630
• Source Data: RiP Project 14190

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Databases; Public transit; Research projects; Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Specialized transit
• Geographic Terms: Illinois
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460297
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of Illinois, Chicago
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:22PM