TFTN Strategic Planning

TFTN Strategic Planning

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  Strategic planningfor transportation for the nation (TFTN)NSGIC 2009NSGIC Fall Conference 2009 Steve Lewis, US DOTPatricia Solano, Koniag Services, Inc. (KSI)Rich Grady, Applied Geographics, Inc.
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  Sponsors2NSGIC Advocacy AgendaInitiative Contract lead by US DOTResponsible for the Transportation Theme of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (OMB A-16)
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  Why TFTN?3Goal tobuild national transportation base layers (roads and other modes) for use by all levels of governmentParallels and reinforces other current efforts to develop national framework data layers (IFTN)Recognizes that we are currently maintaining national highway and road data in different forms for different purposesOverlapping transportation datasets vary in scale, format, documentation, and are maintained for different purposesBenefits are widely distributed, uses are diverse, costs are unevenly shared
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  Why a StrategicPlan?4Establish a compelling vision
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  Define requirements, challengesand opportunities
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  Document progress alreadymade and good ideas, challenge current assumptions
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  Explore implementation issues
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  Evaluate funding requirementsand sourcesStrategic Planning for TFTN Objectives5The objectives of the project are to Research and evaluate the need, scope, requirements, potential benefits and feasibility of TFTN, and Involve stakeholders in the information gathering and consensus building process.
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  Key Issues &Questions6Institutional ReadinessPurpose and motivation, constraints, roles across different levels Best Practices and Current ModelsCoordination and integration, Lessons learned , identify duplication of effort, amplify successContent of the TFTNCore attributes for road centerlines, core uses, other transportation modes Benefits - Who and how, willingness to pay, public goods
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  The Road ahead– Your input matters!7Examples of tasks designed to get feedback, information include: Creation of a Steering Committee Conduction of interviews, workshops, meetings, surveys, case studies, etc.Identification of what’s working, what’s needed – current practices, requirements, strategies, standards, documentationIdentification of institutional constraints, capacity, operational authority, motivation, benefits, etc.
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  The Road ahead,cont.8Define goals, objectives for TFTNSet the stage for business plan and cost benefits analysis Answer the Question: What is TFTN?
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  Comments/Questions9Steve Lewis [email protected]Solano [email protected] Grady [email protected] [email protected]