1. Web-Mapping and Desktop GIS to Assist FTA Program Management L. Harman, U. Shama, M. Pacha-Sucharzewski; Bridgewater State University and M. Lesh, Federal Transit Administration GIS in Transit Conference October 2013

2. Desktop GIS and the Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative (VTCLI) Program VTCLI provided a unique opportunity to demonstrate GIS applications for FTA program management – A one-off program focusing on new transit constituencies: Veterans Active Duty members of the armed forces Military families – The need to integrate disparate databases with important geographic data and spatial relationships

3. Integration of Custom Databases and COTS Databases Custom – Grants.gov VTCLI application databases – FTA grant award/announcement databases – FTA grant management databases (TEAM) GIS vendor (Caliper Corp)-supplied databases – Geographic databases supplied with program – NAVTEQ U.S. geographic files – Census data by 5-digit zip code with estimates – Transportation data package – 113 th Congressional District Databases

4. Desktop GIS applications for VTCLI Thematic maps and transit routes – e.g. density of veterans and access to fixed route transit Custom service areas – Areas served by VTCLI applicants for U.S. and by State Spatial Relationships – Proximity of awardees by location, size of award, and key word – Proximity of awardees to military bases -- VTCLI round one and round two grant processes

5. VTCLI Round 1 Service Areas CONUS

6. VTCLI Round 1 Service Areas in FL

7. Relationship of Cape Cod Bus Routes to Veterans Themed by Population by Zip Code --1

8. New Service Identified Underserved Areas in Upper Cape Cod Region

9. Relationship of Cape Cod Bus Routes to Veterans Themed by Population by Zip Code -- 2

10. Round 1 VTCLI Service Areas in MA with Military Bases

11. Post Round 1 Analysis – San Diego Military Bases and Bus Routes

12. Post Round 1 Analysis – Monterey Military Bases and Bus Routes

13. Web-Mapping Applications – VTCLI Round One and Round 2 Overview link to VTCLI Round 1 and 2 Overview map http://www.geolabvirtualmaps.com/VTCLI_Overview.aspx

14. Conclusions For those programs where national distribution and specific population characteristics are important, GIS applications using desktop GIS and web mapping can be very useful for Federal program managers. FTA should look into the availability of Google GTFS files and GTFS.shp files to re-create the national Transit GIS database of the mid-1990’s.