1. ABJ Spotlight Section to conduct Strategic Planning – Annual Meeting Nears By Reg Souleyrette, Iowa State Univ. (Chair) This abbreviated issue of our newsletter is provided to remind everyone of our strategic planning workshop next week (Oct. 20), and to highlight the many paper, poster and panel sessions our section’s committees have assembled for the 2011 TRB Annual meeting. Many thanks to all of you for the long hours planning both of these events. I know that the section will be well represented in January, and feel that our planning workshop will springboard us into even more productive meetings in DC. Please pass this issue along to your members and friends, and encourage them to participate our the annual meeting activities. Best wishes for a beautiful fall. Sunday Activities New & Young Attendees Reception, 2:30pm – 4:00pm, Marriott, Salon 3 Exhibit Hall Opening Reception, 4:00pm – 7:00pm, Marriott, Exhibit Hall A, B South & C Committee Chairs Reception, 6:00pm- 7:00pm, Shoreham, Palladium Room (committee chairs only) Data and Information Systems Section Meeting & Dinner, 7:30pm-9:00pm, Hilton Holmead Room (members only) Fall 2010, Volume 3, Issue 4 ABJ00 1 Annual Meeting Data Section Sessions and Sponsors for 2011 Annual Meeting Including Policy and Organization Group Crosscutting Sessions and Library and Information Science for Transportation Committee (ABG40) Note: see Annual Meeting Online Program for days times and locations Cybersecurity Strategies – Keeping our Nation Safe from Manmade and Natural Cyber Events - AB000, ABE40, AV090, ABJ50, ABJ95 America’s Climate Choices, Part 1 - AB000, AD000, A0020T America’s Climate Choices, Part 2 - AB000, AD000, A0020T Transportation Systems for Livable Communities – Research Perspectives - AB000, AD000, AP000 360 Degree Look at Data for Performance- Based Decision Making - AB000, AD000, AT000, AW000, AP000 Managing and Assessing Risk in Transportation Agencies - ABC40, ABJ20 Best Papers from the 6th Annual Interuniversity Symposium on Infrastructure Management - ABC40, AFD10 Search, Discovery and Current Awareness: New and Innovative Uses of Online Research Tools in Transportation Research and Implementation - ABG40 2009 National Household Travel Survey - ABJ10 Data, Data, Data! - Using National Data For State and Local Purposes - ABJ10, ABC30

2. Annual Meeting 2 Data Section Sessions and Sponsors for 2011 Annual Meeting (continued) Note: see Annual Meeting Online Program for days times and locations Data Quality and the Quest for Asset Performance Information - ABJ20, ABC40, ABJ95 Transportation Information Confidentiality and Liability - What Are the Risks, What are the Precautions - ABJ20, ABE40, ABG40, ABJ35, ABJ60, AHD65, AH010, ANB20, AND20 Reporting Out on Current Urban Data Research - ABJ30 Focus on Passenger Travel Data for Livability: Seventh Annual Travel Data Users Forum - ABJ30, ABJ10, ABJ20 Meeting Emerging Needs for Traffic Data - ABJ35 Recent Advances in GPS Travel Surveys - ABJ40 Design and Implementation of Stated Choice Surveys - ABJ40 Information Management Applications for Transportation Agencies: Recent Innovations - ABJ50 Intellidrive: Data Management Research Needs and Emerging Solutions - ABJ50, AHB15 Innovations in Map Matching and Routing - ABJ60 Advances in Data Mining and Management for Transportation - ABJ70 AI Approaches to Real-time Traffic Management - ABJ70, ABJ00 Recent and Future Developments in Freight Data - ABJ90 Current Freight Research and the Implications for Freight Data - ABJ90, ABJ10, ABJ30 Data Section Sessions and Sponsors for 2011 Annual Meeting Poster Sessions Poster: Advanced Statistical Methods for Analyzing Traffic, Road Safety, and Travel Behavior Data. Poster: Using Probe Vehicles and Modeling to Estimate Travel Times - ABJ30 Poster: Data for the New Decade: Sources, Quality, and Applications - ABJ30, ABJ50, ABJ35, AFB80 Poster: Traffic Data Inputs for Pavement Design - ABJ35 Poster: Achieving Quality Traffic Data - Opportunities for Improvement - ABJ35 Poster: Innovations in Travel Surveys - ABJ40 Poster: Cybermining, Gaming, and other New Tools to Infer Travel and Activities - ABJ40, ADB20 Poster: Current Issues and Techniques Related to the Use and Management of Geographic Data in Transportation - ABJ60 Poster: AI and Advanced Computing Applications in Transportation - ABJ70 Poster: Application of Freight Data in Current Research - ABJ90 Poster: Application of Driving Simulation to Highway and Traffic Engineering Problems – AND30 ABJ95 Poster: Visualization in Transportation Research – ABJ95

3. ABJ00 Section - Data and Information SystemsSection - Data and Information Systems Reginald R. Souleyrette, Chair Iowa State University reg@iastate.edu TRB Staff Representative Thomas M. Palmerlee Associate Director, Technical Activities Division Transportation Research Board tpalmerlee@nas.edu Iowa State University reg@iastate.edu Transportation Research Board tpalmerlee@nas.edu Committees ABJ10 National Transportation Data Requirements and ProgramsNational Transportation Data Requirements and Programs Steve Polzin Steve Polzin, Chair Center for Urban Transportation Research, Univ. of S. Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research ABJ20 Statewide Transportation Data and Information SystemsStatewide Transportation Data and Information Systems Jack R. Stickel Jack R. Stickel, Chair Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities ABJ25T Task Force on the Traffic Monitoring ConferencesTask Force on the Traffic Monitoring Conferences, co-Chair ABJ30 Urban Transportation Data and Information SystemsUrban Transportation Data and Information Systems Catherine T. Lawson Catherine T. Lawson, Chair University at Albany University at Albany ABJ35 Highway Traffic MonitoringHighway Traffic Monitoring Peter L. Keen Peter L. Keen, Chair Digital Traffic Systems, Inc. (DTS) Digital Traffic Systems, Inc. (DTS) ABJ40 Travel Survey MethodsTravel Survey Methods Guy Rousseau Guy Rousseau, Chair Atlanta Regional Commission Atlanta Regional Commission ABJ50 Information Systems and TechnologyInformation Systems and Technology Frances D. Harrison, Frances D. Harrison, Chair Spy Pond Partners, LLC Spy Pond Partners, LLC C. Douglas CoutoC. Douglas Couto, Past Chair Citrix Citrix ABJ60 Geographic Information Science and ApplicationsGeographic Information Science and Applications Harvey J. Miller, Harvey J. Miller, Co-Chair University of Utah University of Utah Cesar A. Quiroga, Cesar A. Quiroga, Co-Chair Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) ABJ70 Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Shinya KikuchiShinya Kikuchi, Chair Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) ABJ80 Committee on Statistical Methods Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)Committee on Statistical Methods Simon P. WashingtonSimon P. Washington, Chair U.C. Berkeley U.C. Berkeley ABJ90 Freight Transportation DataFreight Transportation Data Scott R. Drumm, Scott R. Drumm, Chair Port of Portland, Oregon Port of Portland, Oregon ABJ95 Visualization in TransportationVisualization in Transportation Michael Anthony Manore, Michael Anthony Manore, Chair Vispective Management Consulting, LLC Vispective Management Consulting, LLC Subcommittees Research Subcommittee James P. HallJames P. Hall, Chair University of Illinois, Springfield University of Illinois, Springfield Metadata Subcommittee Tamer Al-Diraby, Chair University of Toronto Tamer Al-Diraby University of Toronto At Large Members Thomas Bolle USDOT/RITA Edward J. Christopher Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Jonette R. Kreideweis Minnesota Department of Transportation Ellen M. Oman Washington State Department of Transportation Joseph L. Schofer Northwestern UniversityJoseph L. Schofer Northwestern University Johanna Zmud, Past Chair NuStats ABJ00 Who we are … For more information about ABJ00, please contact Reg Souleyrette, chair (reg@iastate.edu) or Tom Palmerlee, TRB (tpalmerlee@nas.edu)reg@iastate.edutpalmerlee@nas.edu 3

4. ABJ Upcoming Events 2010 University Transportation Centers Spotlight Conference: Research Perspectives on Transportation Systems for Livable Communities October 18-19, 2010 Keck Center, Washington, DC http://www.trb.org/conferences/livability2010. aspxhttp://www.trb.org/conferences/livability2010. aspx. Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) Workshop November 16, 2010, Washington, DC Look for the latest program at www.trb.org/Conferences/CFS2010.aspx www.trb.org/Conferences/CFS2010.aspx Using National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Data for Transportation Decision Making Workshop June 6-7, 2011 Keck Center, Washington, D.C. Data Section Strategic Planning Workshop Wednesday, October 20 Keck Center, Washington D.C. Planning Team: Ed Christopher (at large), Kate Lawson (Urban Data), Leni Oman (at large), Jack Stickel (Statewide Data), and Harvey Miller (Geographic Information Science and Applications). The group will be facilitated by Joe Schofer (at-large). Tom Palmerlee and Reg Souleyrette will support the planning team. 4 Useful links Section Google Group Section Newsletter archive Temporary Section Website/data archive