Visualization in Transportation Roundup June 2019 No 6
Brittany Gernhard
Visualization in Transportation Roundup
Brought to You by the TRB Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation (ABJ95)
Upcoming Events
9th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium: A Better View
The 9th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium will be held on November 5-6th at the National Academy of Sciences in DC. The theme of this Symposium is A Better View. This symposium will explore the opportunities and challenges of visualization in the diverse transportation industry while presenting examples of how visualization is giving us a better view of problems, solutions, and communication strategies with our colleagues and the public.
Transportation Visualization in the News
Announcing the Economic Value Atlas: A New Approach to Regional Transportation and Land Use Planning
The Economic Value Atlas’s data structure and application allow Metro and other stakeholders to easily assess regional and neighborhood economic performance across a slew of different measures.
http://evatool.oregonmetro.gov/
USDA Visualization of Rail Terminal Dwell In Hours
More than 5,000 emergency managers from 19 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico registered for an account to access the new Web-based HURREVAC hurricane decision support system developed by DHS, FEMA, the National Hurricane Center and others.
https://agtransport.usda.gov/Rail/Terminal-Dwell-Times-in-the-Latest-Week-of-Data-Ma/yb7w-qqwe
Container Rate Increases are Expected on the Trans-Pacific Eastbound
FreightWaves Chart of the Week: Drewry World Container Index – Shanghai to Los Angeles and Shanghai to New York
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/forecasting-container-rates-trans-pacific-eastbound-2019
Other News
New Road Safety Tool Lets Humboldt Cyclists and Pedestrians Report Where They Feel Safe and Unsafe
Road users in Humboldt County (Oregon) now have an easy way to let local decision makers know directly where they feel safe and unsafe on local roads and streets. The Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities (CRTP) is partnering with the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center at the University of California, Berkeley (SafeTREC) for the local roll-out of an online safety tool called Street Story.
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2019/jun/20/new-online-safety-tool-lets-humboldt-cyclists-and/
Uber Brings Transportation Access to Chronic Care Management Tool
The partnership will allow patients in a chronic care management plan to access medical transportation vis Uber Health rideshare.
Cruise is Sharing its Data Visualization Tool with Robotics Geeks Everywhere
Cruise is sharing a software platform with roboticists that was initially created to give its own engineers a better understanding of the petabytes of data generated every month from its fleet of autonomous vehicles.
http://evatool.oregonmetro.gov/
The Weekly Visualization Roundup regularly covers transportation research developments in the United States and abroad. This document is not a report of the National Research Council or of the National Academies of Sciences. The opinions expressed in content highlighted in Weekly Visualization Roundup are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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