Meeting Critical Data Needs for Decision Making in State and Metropolitan Transportation Agencies. Summary of a Conference. Held in Irvine, California on December 5-7, 2011.

摘要

The conference, Meeting Critical Data Needs for Decision Making in State and Metropolitan Transportation Agencies, was held in Irvine, California, on December 5-7, 2011. The objective was to understand the data needs of todays transportation decision makers and to identify and discuss strategies to ensure that essential data will be available to support transportation decisions in the future. Approximately 100 policy makers, program managers, data experts, and analysts from states, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), academia, and the private sector came together to establish an understanding of the challenges and opportunities for addressing transportation data needs.