Geospatial tools and geographic information systems (GIS) can be utilized to ensure equitable, accessible, and inclusive mobility. This webinar will illuminate the crucial role of geospatial data in comprehending, evaluating, and visualizing equity within transportation systems.

Many transit systems have or plan to have exclusion policies that effectively ban violators from using the transit system for a period of time. There is limited information about how these policies are used and their efficacy. This webinar will discuss ways exclusion policies are implemented and used by transit agencies, the major issues and challenges of the policies, measuring effectiveness, and the impact on crime.

Related TRB Report:
Transit Exclusion Policies in Public Transportation Systems (TCRP Synthesis 173)

Transportation projects require significant investments of funds and resources. Costs include project scope and development, environmental review and mitigation, preliminary engineering, right-of-way utilities, final design, and public engagement. This webinar will present improved processes for setting and maintaining project development budgets through improvements in estimation, risk management, and tracking of project development costs.

During a disaster, the lack of interoperable, shareable, analysis-ready data managed by emergency organizations limits data sharing and the creation of common reference pictures in areas and populations. Collaborative strategic decisions are then limited since they are not based on commonly agreed vulnerability indicators. Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) and geospatial technology applications can bridge these limitations by creating knowledge bases with geospatial context. This webinar will offer timely insights into transformational tools for emergency management through enhanced data interoperability and situational awareness.