1. Florida MTF Data and GIS Committee
Thomas Hill
January 30, 2018

2. Software Procurement Began process in April, 2017 ITN RFP
Selected: PTV Vissum
Challenged
Reissued
RFP
November, 2017
Pending protest, DoAH
4-6 months to resolve (August, 2018)

3. Census Transportation Planning Package
Board Member to the CTPP
Assists with guidance of CTPP policy and applications
Recent direction is to eliminate TAZ tabulations
Special tabulation through the Census and ACS
CTPP TAZs have higher resolutions than model TAZs
Aggregations of Census block groups
Costly and limited applications
Next tabulation: based on ACS
Expected release in late 2018
Potential to have AASHTO provide CTPP training
Interest?

4. TRB 2018 Recap January 7-11, 2018 Provided two presentations: Poster:
Florida Statewide Model Applications
Tailoring Highway Traffic Monitoring Data to Serve the Needs of Freight Planning
Poster:
Fusing FAF and Transearch Datasets
Research project with:
Salah Uddin Momtaz - UCF
Naveen Eluru - UCF
Abdul Pinjari – (USF)
Frank Tabatabaee - FDOT

5. TRB 2018 Recap
FHWA Monitoring States' Progress on Modernizing Roadway Inventory Data:
Editorial: Trucking at TRB’s Forefront
Electric Trucks Show Rapid Development
Trade Experts Expect to See a ‘Zombie’ NAFTA
TRB Researchers Look at Safety, Relationship Between Pay and Driver Fatigue
TRB Panelists Urge Inclusion of Ports, Rails in Infrastructure Bill
Millennials Upset E-Commerce Assumptions
 Creative Use of Big Data Key to Predicting Crash Risk, DOT Official Says
State DOT Leaders Stress Importance of Connections With Freight Movers
Southeast Ports Experiment With Inland Terminals Boosting Shorthaul Intermodal (very good session) boosting-shorthaul-intermodal
Ag Industry, Ports Adjusting to Fast-Changing Landscape
P3s Not Suited for All Infrastructure Projects, US DOT Official Says

6. TRB 2018 Recap Website: TRB.ORG
P3s Not Suited for All Infrastructure Projects, US DOT Official Says official-says
Researchers Tout Benefits of Truck Parking Detection Technology technology
States Embrace New Planning Methods for Corridor Projects
Einride Showcases Unmanned, All-Electric ‘T-pod’ at TRB
Freight Shippers Want Predictability, Researchers Say
Freight Facilities a Lure for Business, Planners Say
Website: TRB.ORG