FGDC Transportation Subcommittee – Special interest group meeting

1. FGDC Transportation Subcommittee – Special interest group meeting AASHTO GIS-T Symposium Little Rock, AR March 20, 2018

2. Introductions • Subcommittee Background • Subcommittee Charter Review Update • U.S. Road Network (USRN) Working Group Update • New Subcommittee Business & Coordination Efforts • Additional Discussion Items? • Adjourn agenda

3. Name • Agency / Company • Primary Specialization • Committee “Partner” or “Visitor”? introductions

4. Subcommittee background

5. Subcommittee’s Mission • Support the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) by: • Facilitating partnerships and coordination efforts among Federal stakeholders • Defining transportation data requirements • Promoting cohesive efforts for data development, database design, standards, and best practices

6. Army Corps of Engineers • Center for Disease Control (CDC) • Department of Agriculture • Forest Service • Department of Commerce • Census Bureau • Department of Defense (DOD) • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency • Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) • Indian Health Service • National Institutes of Health (NIH) • Department of Transportation • Federal Highway Administration • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration • Federal Railroad Administration • Federal Transit Administration • Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration • District Dept. of Transportation (DDOT) • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • General Services Administration (GSA) • National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) • Transportation Research Board (TRB) Partnering Agencies

7. Subcommittee charter review update

8. Summary of activities • Reviewed and updated previous charter to: • Ensure alignment with the subcommittee's current and planned activities • Incorporate 2015 ‘ GAO Report on Geospatial Data’ recommendations into the subcommittee’s scope of work

9. Summary of activities (cont’d) • Final draft charter cleared by DOT’s Office of the General Counsel • A vote to forward the charter to the FGDC Steering Committee to be held during the next subcommittee meeting (4/11)

10. Special thanks!!!

11. U.S. Road network (USRN) Working group update

12. USRN Goals/objectives • Propose & finalize core attributes • Develop, refine, and adopt a data model • Develop and finalize roadway theme specifications for incorporation into the NSDI

13. What’s in a name? • The Working Group’s efforts will ultimately result in a product that will now be referred to as the: “The U.S. Road Network (USRN) Minimum Content Guideline Specification”

14. Canadian Government presented their national road network (NRN) to the Subcommittee on 2/7/2018 • Working Group discussed the Canadian NRN on 2/23/2018 • Proposal to adopt the model that supports the Canadian NRN “O Canada”?

15. Likely benefits of network adoption: • Standards associated with the model have already been accepted • Initiates an effort to achieve international network interoperability • Begins to establish a “data centric”, as opposed to an “application centric” development model • A vote will be taken on 4/11/2018 to determine the potential path forward “O Canada”? (Cont’d)

16. Making progress, but… *Denotes next USRN Working Group meeting

17. Special thanks!!!

18. New subcommittee business & coordination efforts

19. Federal Lands Roads • National Intercity Bus Atlas • National Transit Map New working group initiatives

20. Upcoming Subcommittee Meeting Discussions

21. Additional discussion items?

22. Let’s go to the movies! ARDOT Presents: ‘Be Prepared to Stop’

23. Derald Dudley Chair, Transportation Subcommittee BTS / Office of Spatial Analysis & Visualization Email: Derald.Dudley@dot.gov • Ronald Vaughn, PMP Vice-Chair, Transportation Subcommittee FHWA / Office of Highway Policy Information Email: Ronald.Vaughn@dot.gov Contact information