My name is Cole Grisham and I’m co-managing a transportation research study with the US DOT Volpe Center (copied) titled Planning and Data-Sharing Partnerships Between Governments and Public Land Management Agencies (PLMAs). The study’s goal is to highlight best practices, processes, and tools for data sharing for public lands transportation decision-making. As part of the data collection effort, we are looking for examples of data sharing practices between PLMAs and their partners for deeper case study discussions over the next year.
We believe that contacting TRB committees with a related focus to the study could be a valuable starting point. Planning or project delivery cases can be from any point in the transportation lifecycle and fits one or more of the following characteristics (see attached flyer for more detail):
Multi-agency involvement
Variety of types of data
Diversity of circumstances and contexts
Different project phases
Ability of sharing processes to be replicated
My ask: Do you or your colleagues know of an example of data sharing practices between PLMAs and their partners you think this study should highlight? If so, please use the linked form below to submit a case study idea or email the study’s co-manager’s directly (nicholas.grisham@dot.gov and heather.richardson@dot.gov), and we would be happy to talk more. Submissions will be accepted now through June 4th, 2021.