From the category archives:
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) met June 8-9, in Washington, D.C. On the agenda were discussions on transportation for the nation, Census address and road features and parcels, and parcel data on tribal lands. There was also concern about the impact on lidar mapping technologies from new Federal Aviation Administration regulations that ban the [...]
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The waterways of Mexico City were first crafted by the Aztecs to manage floods and to form protective barriers. These natural corridors were then heavily impacted by the advent of cars, putting roads above rivers in order to quickly move traffic. Now, an ambitious group of planners are hoping to replace the roads with rivers [...]
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San Francisco has added sensors to their streets, and has provided an app, to help citizens find open parking spaces. The city invested $20 million on the project called SFPark, with funding from the Federal Highway Administration and the Transportation Department. More than 7,000 sensors have been installed in metered spots, and 12,250 in city [...]
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Transportation is a major metropolitan issue, with direct impacts on economic strength, environmental sustainability, and social equity. A combination of recent technological advancements such as social networking, mobile computing, open source software, open data and APIs, and spatial analysis all combine to provide an opportunity to improve mobility and at a lower cost than has [...]
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In a bold move, the Israeli cabinet voted today today in favor of a national plan to reduce the use of oil for transportation. The commitment is to invest NIS 1.5 billion to reduce the global dependency on oil and oil-producing countries, which cause instability and harm the environment. The effort will be a broad [...]
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I recently interviewed Eric Henderson, GIS businesss consultant at train operator CSX, about the outcomes of the mandated Positive Train Control, that put new levels of precision on train asset mapping and monitoring. The mandate is a bit of technical stretch that will take all of the five years allotted to address. While the investment [...]
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Across the continent there are new and ongoing investments in light and commuter rail lines, including the resurrection of streetcars. The Transport Politic carries a map of all these new construction projects, along with details on individual projects and the expected completion. It’s good to see the broad number of projects underway, many as extensions [...]
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