The objective of the TMIP Agency Snapshot Report Series is to facilitate the sharing of agency practices in selecting and applying analytical tools and methods to support data-driven, performance-based transportation planning. The Agency Snapshot Report Series identifies the data; analysis tools; resources necessary to develop, use, and maintain both the data and analysis tools; and the planning processes from which these data and analysis tools are utilized for each showcased agency. The series promotes tool enhancement by illustrating new, innovative, and exemplary practices. The Agency Snapshot Report Series will highlight agency successes that provide information and examples to help other agencies thoughtfully identify good available data, tools, and methods to meet their agency's analytical needs.
The first Agency Snapshot Report featuring the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) was published in September 2013. VTrans has followed a performance-based approach in asset management as early as 2002. The snapshot report details the VTrans Transportation Planning Process, the agency's data collection efforts to support the planning process, the tools and methods employed in the planning process, methods used for measuring system performance, and the challenges posed in both the realms of modeling and data acquisition.
Within the 2012-2013 reporting period, two of the next Agency Snapshot Reports were initiated involving the Oregon DOT and the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC). It is anticipated that reports will be produced for both of these agencies within the 2013-2014 reporting period.
One of the most essential and critical elements of the overall TMIP Program is technology transfer. The Agency Snapshot Report Series initiative accomplishes this through facilitating applied research related to transportation modeling, simulation, and analysis via tasks such as publishing reports and articles, conducting and publishing applied case studies, and providing working examples of models and technical documents.
The Agency Snapshot Report Series also presents an opportunity to provide more comprehensive and detailed information regarding technical data and data analysis processes in the context of a real-world agency. In particular, through this report series, TMIP will be able to promote good practices in the following areas:
