1. Choosing a Best Place to Live in College Station while Studying at Texas A&M University Mario D. Ocando April 29, 2003

2. HOWDY!

3. Choosing a Best Place to Live in College Station while Studying at Texas A&M University Mario D. Ocando April 29, 2003

4. Overview  User Needs  Engineering approach ( Conceptual )  Early Days  Present Days  Engineering Solution  Using GIS and other high technology  Landing again  College Station Case Study  Data  Results  Conclusions and Recommendations

5. End users needs Engineer: Engineer: The most important reason to being an engineer is to find out the solutions to end users (people).

6. Engineering approach  User Needs

7. Early Days and Manually options

8. Now Days

9. Congestion

10. High Technology

11. GIS Approach WS Atkins Consultants Ltd, Epson, England

12. GIS Cont.

13. Traffic Optimization Algorithms

14. Improving Transportation Services and Operations

15. Case Study  College Station, Texas  Aggies Examples

16. Data I: City of College Station  User Needs  Engineering approach ( Conceptual )  Early Days  Almost Manually  Now Days  High Technology GIS, EtcGIS, Etc  Engineering Solution  Using GIS and other high technology  Landing again  College Station Case Study  Data  Results  Conclusions and recommendations  A  B

17. Data II: Internet Searching

18. Railroad  Definition  Management’s Perception Construction  Classification  List  Industry sector  Common set  Survey Conclusions I  Owner Perception  Different Behaviors  Overall Performance Conclusion II

19. Buildings  Definition  Management’s Perception Construction  Classification  List  Industry sector  Common set  Survey Conclusions I  Owner Perception  Different Behaviors  Overall Performance Conclusion II

20. Apartments

21. Bikes Routes In the Future

22. Parks

23. Schools

24. Land Uses

25. Railroad Issues

26. Schools Issues

27. Parks Issues

28. Impact  Due to Length and Speed

29. Time  Due to Speed and Length

30. Speed  Classification by Ranges

31. Conclusions and Recommendations GIS is very powerful to use in Transportation and Traffic GIS is very powerful to use in Transportation and Traffic GIS Helps in making the analysis, planning, design, construction, and operation much easier GIS Helps in making the analysis, planning, design, construction, and operation much easier Saves Money, Time and brings more benefits. Saves Money, Time and brings more benefits. GIS is a tool GIS is a tool Future projects Future projects

32. Major impacts Freeways, Major Arterial, Minor Arterial, Collectors, Locals, privates. Freeways, Major Arterial, Minor Arterial, Collectors, Locals, privates.

33. Thanks Questions ?