TRB Visualization in Transportation Roundup - June 2020
Brittany Gernhard
Visualization in Transportation Roundup
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Transportation Visualization in the News
ARTBA’s Dashboard of Federal Highway Investment Benefits by State
States leveraged $30.8 billion in federal funds to advance $66.5 billion in highway improvement projects during FY 2018, according to ARTBA analysis of data from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The dashboard allows users to see how each state deployed federal funds that year and the top projects that received federal support.
https://www.artba.org/economics/federal-investment/
C2SMART Covid-19 Mobility Patterns Dashboard
C2SMART researchers have developed an interactive data dashboard that investigates changes in mobility patterns and travel trends as the crisis evolves. Through this dashboard, policymakers and researchers can examine the impact of the outbreak on transportation as it unfolds. This platform will be regularly updated with new data, metrics, and visualization as they become available.
Chicago Transit Authority Launches New Ridership Information Dashboard
The first component of the dashboard, available at transitchicago.com, is a bus crowding report, which provides an overview of available capacity for each of CTA’s 127 bus routes. This tool will include information on ridership trends by route and time of day, enabling customers to adjust their trips to less crowded times, when it is possible for them to do so.
Other News
Visual Explanation of Trajectory Data
This webinar demonstrated the tremendous value of GPS trajectory data in understanding statewide travel patterns and measuring performance. The objective was to show that trajectory data represents the most complete vehicle-probe data and provides unprecedented opportunity for transportation system analysis.
https://trec.pdx.edu/events/professional-development/webinar-04-07-2020
With the world in lockdown and oil supply glutting, near-term oil futures contracts because a “hot potato”.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/subzero-oil-price-crash-covid-19/
Cost Estimation in Construction Using BIM
Cost estimation with BIM also known as BIM 5D can be done by connecting a 3D model to an estimation database (a 5D cost library). Higher level of details can be applied to these estimates at various stages of the project.
https://www.bimcommunity.com/news/load/1257/cost-estimation-in-construction-using-bim
Tracking Arizona’s Bush Highway Fire
On the afternoon of June 13, 2020, a vehicle fire near the intersection of Bush Highway and Arizona State Route 87 ignited the brush and grass nearby. As of June 25, 2020, the Bush Highway Fire is one of the five largest fires in Arizona's history.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13652
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