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Appendix C - Initial Web Survey Results - Open-Ended Responses
Appendix C - Initial Web Survey Results - Open-Ended Responses
Pages 55-67
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• National Transportation Statistics (2) • FedStats • National Transit Database • US Census • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Center for Statistics and Analysis publications • Engineering Index • TRANSPORT, DIALOG, Other transportation databases (3)
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It is almost always faster to contact a similar agency than look for papers/research • Standards and statistics from other countries • Both the most current and historical research on transportation related topics including engineering, planning, design, construction, and current research in progress • Statistical information • Standards that cost a lot of money, and books from private companies like ASTM, AISC, NEC, and so on.
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• National Transportation Library (4) • State DOT Search Engine (2)
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- China trade • Research Info - future transportation funding • Research recent land sales • Search for latest developments in Automated Speed Enforcement • Safety (3) • Work zone safety • Ramps design • Cable anchoring systems • Synthesis on orthotropic bridge deck overlays • Types of accelerated construction methods that work • Maintenance management • DOT Maintenance Contracting • Coordination of Transportation Services • Develop a matrix of performance measures • Derivation of travel time from speed detectors • Earthquake Incident Preparedness • Intelligent Transportation • Quality of Transit Initiatives • Find the latest Research on fish passage • Find the latest Research on creating wetlands habitat • Recent articles on congestion pricing • Search for latest developments in converting HOV to HOT lanes • National investments in ITS • Number of traffic signals in the US • Effective Road Safety Enforcement • Researching best practices for snow AVL operations • Compile latest traveler information resources • Compile latest congestion related resources • Pull all relevant research related to multimodal transportation issues • Recent articles on land use-infrastructure "concurrency" • I needed to know a lot of background information on billboards • Literature review for forward deflection structural condition index • Driver Behavior • Find body of research on Bioengineering • Research dynamic cone penetrometer applications and actual state specifications • Find me information about TSP2 Research and Analysis, Literature Reviews - Information Technology/Applications • Researching IT Asset Management Systems • IT system research for software server configuration for particular application • Research digital signature in our state • Researching Online Work Order management systems • Compare and contrast various document mgmt systems in use • Gather info.
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research/analysis, including contact information and links to websites 60
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• An excellent national transportation information portal that would point to all types of information, not just websites or electronic documents. • A quick "google-like" search tool for transportation-related searches • Make searching the TRB and AASHTO websites user friendly.
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I do not want or need to wade through everything within transportation but would like to share some central information from a more localized set of information • Identification of data needed to make decisions and available data - to identify the gaps in data needed and systematic approach/plan to fill gaps. • A data search engine similar to Google that reviews all transportation data sources, including international, Federal, state, and university data bases.
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• Establishing a national transportation information archive to preserve and provide stable access to both print and electronic documents • An easy system for agencies to provide their information. The value of TKN is limited to the information provided.
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can find more than I can on my own Funding and Support for Library Services and Networks • A national transportation library that is funded commensurate with the transportation industry's contribution to the nation's economy • Providing better in-house services to practitioners (with financial support.) • Helping other transportation libraries help themselves and each other.
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• More translations of European research reports. • International Research Documents Translation to English and available from a national service • A more user friendly Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices • Ferry information is currently not included - we need this to learn best practices - we need international and national ferry information on all aspects of ferry transportation.
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• Points of access to any national transportation information resources network need to be distributed to be as close to the practitioner as possible. Availability of these points of access need to be marketed as broadly as possible.
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• Develop a search engine like Google which can comb the world's transportation libraries, and which will let us know research in progress as well as completed studies. • The key here is to make the information easily accessible from anywhere.
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• Ability to map transportation research products to the national roadmaps for pavement, bridge, safety, etc. There is a lot of research going on that the Feds don't know about and a lot of national vision not being communicated to researchers.
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