Data and Tools Required to Support Decision Making

摘要

It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to participate in this conference. I thank the two coauthors of the resource paper, Frances Harrison and Anita Vandervalk of Cambridge Systematics, Inc., for their assistance. The purpose of this presentation is to highlight some of the technical issues associated with using existing data and tools for performance measurement at transportation agencies. Agencies rarely have the luxury of embarking on completely new data collection efforts and acquiring new information systems and analysis tools. Most agencies typically must rely on existing data and tools. This is not necessarily a hardship, however, since most agencies collect data on system condition, performance, supply, and demand. The challenge is to take advantage of existing data flows and tools. The resource paper identifies common challenges and offers recommendations to allow agency staff to anticipate and address these challenges in a proactive manner.