Transportation data clearinghouse

70685221Final reportPDFResearch PaperDatabase management systemsState highwaysTransportation planningReal time informationTraffic dataVirginiaVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Transportation InstituteSchroeder, AaronLaskowski, KathyVirginia. Dept. of TransportationVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Transportation InstituteNTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-StatisticsNTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIESBTS Data DirectoryIn late 1999, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), at the request of the Virginia Departmentof Transportation, undertook the process of examining the feasibility of expanding Virginia\ue2\u20ac\u2122s OperationalDatabase Management System (ODMS) to include data from neighboring states along the I-81 Corridor.This expanded system was intended to become a multi-state repository for \ue2\u20ac\u153real time\ue2\u20ac? traffic data thatcould be used for decision-quality level information for travelers from Bristol, Virginia to Harrisburg,Pennsylvania. This data would also be archived for later use as a planning tool for transportationprofessionals.To achieve these goals, VTTI went through the process of designing an expanded ODMS and ofdetermining if the other states\ue2\u20ac\u2122 data could be used to fulfill the designs requirements. The first task in thedesign process was to perform interviews with traffic control professionals along the corridor. Theinformation regarding their data source quality, format, connectivity, and other details was collected andused to create the larger technical design plans