This is the presentation from a webinar focused on communicating useful knowledge and context for sketch planning and other planning initiatives within transit. The topics covered included basic philosophies in transit planning, common considerations that can be anticipated when planning for and kicking off a transit project, and helpful transit planning data resources. The Transitmix team provided demonstrations throughout the presentation on how their app can help local governments and communities work together to achieve transit planning goals.
1. Developing a Prepared
Mindset:
Transit Sketch Planning
ANDY KOSINSKI
Senior Transportation
Planner/Engineer - Fehr & Peers
AMY SMITH
Geospatial Data & Technology
Specialist - Fehr & Peers
CHRIS PANGILINAN
Transportation Engineer - City and
County of San Francisco
SAM HASHEMI
2014 Code for America Fellow,
Transitmix Co-founder
CODE FOR AMERICA, @CODEFORAMERICA
2. Outline for the hour
● Competing Goals within Transit Planning
● Key Transit Planning Considerations (political, budgetary…)
● Spatial Datasets (using them to inform community goals)
● Transitmix (Demo and discussion of the multifaceted tool)
● Q & A
3. Competing Goals
● Unlimited Possibilities
● Limited Resources
● What is your goal?
11. What is your goal?
● Set ridership and coverage goals to meet the needs of your
communities
● Be clear about these as you design your network
Further reading:
Jarrett Walker. Purpose-driven public transport: creating a clear conversation about public transport
goals. Journal of Transport Geography 16 (2008) 436–442.
12. Key Transit Planning
Considerations
● Budgetary components
● Roadway engineering - Operating Costs
● Tradeoff case study
19. Spatial Data Resources
● Smart Location Database
● National Household Travel Survey
● Automatic Vehicle Location
20. EPA Smart Location Database
What it is | Nationwide database of transportation characteristics
Geography | Census Block Group
Find It | www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smartlocationdatabase.htm
23. National Household Travel Survey
What it is | Data on travel and transportation patterns in the US
Geography | Various Census Geographies
Find It |
NHTS http://nhts.ornl.gov
CHTS http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/otfa/national_household_travel_survey.html
26. Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)
What it is | Vehicle locations, often collected using GPS
Geography | Time-stamped coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)
Find It | Local transit providers, NextBus XML feed
28. Working with Spatial Data
● Starting at the end and knowing your goal
● Starting from the data and exploring
● Knowing your scale
● Asking questions and understanding limitations
29. Transitmix
● Modern mapping tool for planning transit
● http://transitmix.net
● @transitmix
● team@transitmix.net
33. Coming Soon: Transitmix Pro
GTFS
Geospatial Layers
Title VI Analysis
Lots more!
Interested? Please reach out to us! team@transitmix.net
34. Thank You!
Q&A
ANDY KOSINSKI
Senior Transportation Planner/
Engineer - Fehr & Peers
AMY SMITH
Geospatial Data & Technology
Specialist - Fehr & Peers
CHRIS PANGILINAN
Transportation Engineer - City and
County of San Francisco
SAM HASHEMI
2014 Code for America Fellow,
Transitmix Co-founder
GARRETT JACOBS
Facilitator - CfA
@andykosinski
@wolfmapper
@cap_transport
@oksamuel
@garrjacobs