1. FROM DATA TO DECISION- GETTING INFORMATION AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS Ohio Department of Transportation Planning Conference July 17, 2014 Columbus, Ohio

2. Voluntary association of communities, regional organizations Forum for a regional voice on policies and advocacy Source for regional and local information Coordinate and administer transportation funding Provides planning expertise for energy, environment and land Administers & implements programs for housing and weatherization assistance Background on MORPC

3. Data leads to information Information leads to decisions Decisions affect people’s lives Ergo: Data affects people’s live What’s the Big Deal About Data?

4. Don’t Get Caught in the Trees when in a Forest of Data Ask yourself – How Will the Data Be Used? I need a simple number to answer a question? I need to understand the playing field for planning a program? I need to convince someone that a program is needed or not not needed?

5. Data can….. drive decisions support decisions defend decisions discredit decisions Don’t believe what you see But believe in what you use Choose your data wisely

6. Data is complex Dimensional – time, geography Visual –tabular, map, infographic, chart, graph Validity – source, methodology Defensible - metadata

7. That being said….. “Jeopardy” contestants become Champions because…….. They’re first on the buzzer They retrieve information quickly They answer the question correctly- in the form of a question

8. Where to find data Big Data Federal State Regional

9. Big Data Dynamic data sets Twitter Your own website analytics NOAA Zillow Transit agencies Amazon Traffic videos Proprietary sources

10. Federal Sources Catalogue of all federal data = www.data.govwww.data.gov Some of my favorites… https://www.census.gov/acs/www/ www.bls.gov www.bea.gov/

11. State Sources Ohio doesn’t have an www.ohio.data.gov - yetwww.ohio.data.gov Some of my favorites… http://development.ohio.gov http://tims.dot.state.oh.us/tims http://ohiolmi.com

12. Regional Sources Central Ohio doesn’t have a www.centralohio.data.gov - yetwww.centralohio.data.gov My favorites… www.regionalcouncils.org www.communityresearchpartners.org www.NeoCando.case.edu www.MORPC.org

13. Morpc.org – Data, Maps & Tools Population estimates Traffic Counts Map room State of the Region DataSource Coming soon….. Community Profiles Projections Census

14. Data Maps & Tools Overview Map Room DataSource MORPC Demonstration

15. Data Developers’ Dilemma What data to make available Open data expectations “Big Data” free for all Proprietary nature of data Life span of information

16. Data Provider’s Solutions Ask Anticipate Access

17. NANCY REGER, AICP nreger@morpc.org ROB POWELL rpowell@morpc.org 111 Liberty Street, Suite 100 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: 614.233.4154 www.morpc.org