Planning Transit Facilities & Service with GIS & LED On The Map 11 th TRB National Transportation Planning Applications Conference May 7, 2007 Craig A. Lamothe, AICP Manager, Facilities Planning

OTM Limitations For Transit Planning  ½ Mile Buffer Minimum  Limited Static Layers  Single O-D Pair Analysis  Block Group Selection Aggregation  Integration with Other Datasets

Outside the Online Tool  Step 1: Acquire the OTM Dataset  Step 2: Find Someone with MS Access & ESRI ArcGIS Experience  Step 3: Create Study Area Specific Data File(s)  Step 4: Conduct Your Mapping & Analysis OTM Data Use

Transit Applications SERVICE PLANNING  Short-Term Ridership Estimates for Proposed Routes  Suburb-to-Suburb Service Requests FACILITY PLANNING  Park & Ride Market Area Actual and Potential Comparisons  Exurban Park & Ride Facility Requests SYSTEM PLANNING  Corridor/Area Studies  Today & Tomorrow Comparisons of Forecasted Land Use Intensifications MARKETING  Direct Mail Targeting - New Facilities and Routes  Before & After Impact of Direct Mail

Route Planning Example

Facility Planning Example 1

Facility Planning Example 2

System Planning Example

Marketing Example

QUESTIONS Craig A. Lamothe, AICP Manager, Facilities Planning