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Staying Relevant in the GIS World A Broad Look at GCRTA Mapping Applications and Challenges Samantha Erickson
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Background The RTA is Ohio’s largest transit property. It is made up of −64 fixed-bus routes −1 heavy rail line −2.5 light rail lines −1 bus rapid transit line −Paratransit 48.2 million passenger trips in 2012 Service area 457 square miles, 1.4 million people
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Funding - Operating Receive $0 from the State of Ohio −Required to apply for Federal grants every year −Only rural transit properties receive state operating assistance 1% of the county sales tax makes up about 70% of our operating budget Passenger fares hover around 23%, bringing in $49.2 million in 2012
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Funding - Capital Capital funding budget in 2012 was $47.6 million Ohio’s state funding for public transit equates to $0.92 per person. −Only 13 states rank lower Of those, 10 have state populations under 5 million Ohio population was 11.5 million in 2010.
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Staying Relevant with Less But authority-wide, TransitStat has saved us $48 million over five years. −Projects that make us more efficient −reduce costs −Only one project uses mapping as part of its analysis 9 Divistions, 2 of which have ArcGIS −Two staff members with 10.1 licenses −Two staff members with 9.3 licenses −All four have job duties outside of mapping
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Mapping Applications Bus Stop Inventory Bus Stop Reduction Google Transit New Bus Stop Signage Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System (CAD/RMS)
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Challenges Culture: −Departments as their own silos Projects, skills, staffing, budget Staff: −Many job duties beyond mapping Funding: −Change costs money
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Bus Stop Inventory
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Bus Stop Reduction Map and analysis by Heather Bates, Planner III at GCRTA
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Google Transit Challenges: - Datum & Projection - Software Compatibility HASTUS – NAD 27 Google Map Inventoried stop (green arrow) using WGS84
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New Signage
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Changing Signage Systemwide Requires coordination from multiple departments Staffing to keep bus stop database current with what’s happening on the street Haven’t figured this process out yet New signs are coming to the streets whether we’re ready on the back end or not.
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CAD/RMS Example Source: www. 911dispatch.com
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Standardization Challenges With two or even ten planners, it’s relatively easy to set naming standards With hundreds of police officers, and multiple departments harder to enforce, especially over time Example: −E. 79 th St −E 79 th −East 79 th Street −E. 79
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Now What?!
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Goals Continued and increased communication between departments Google Transit: Update base map for the scheduling software Keep up with bus-stop changes happening on the street −Ideally in a sustainable way Making time: Developing a game plan to tackle geodatabases
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Future Projects Addressing safety of bus stops Better real-time information −On signs −Online Real technical support, or for GIS services to fall under an ITS umbrella Increased use of mapping for analyses outside of the planning department
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Contact Information Samantha Erickson Planner 3 GCRTA (216) 781-4767 serickson@gcrta.org www.riderta.org www.riderta.org
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