2/27/2018
FHWA’s national traffic volume database, the Travel Monitoring Analysis System (TMAS), began testing inclusion of nonmotorized volume data in 2017. Until then, TMAS contained only motorized traffic volume data, which feed into decisions on funding. Mainstreaming bicycle and pedestrian data into this system was part of FHWA’s effort to bring data-driven decision-making for bicycle and pedestrian planning to the same level as that used for motorized traffic data. The Philadelphia region was the first entity to submit bicycle count data to TMAS. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board held a conversation with colleagues on 2/27/2018 about TMAS and Philly’s experience helping test nonmotorized data entry. This discussion-centric conversation had three objectives:
• To introduce TMAS, including why you’d want to submit data and how FHWA can assist;
• To share Philadelphia’s experience with TMAS; and
• To build the community of practitioners and researchers who are advancing the nonmotorized traffic monitoring field.
The majority of the time will be an opportunity for participants to ask questions and to discuss how their experiences with data formatting and storage could help them prepare data for TMAS. The Subcommittee particularly encourages participation from people with experience integrating data from multiple technology platforms into a single system. (The focus will be on TMAS and not on specific vendors, counting devices, or other storage platforms.)
Members of the Bike and Ped Data Subcommittee will facilitate the conversation. Participants will include:
Host: Krista Nordback, Senior Research Associate (UNC Highway Safety Research Center)
Speaker: Steven Jessberger, Senior Transportation Specialist (FHWA Office of Highway Policy Information)
Speaker: Scott Brady, Manager, Office of Travel Monitoring (Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission)