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Implementing Transportation Knowledge Networks (NCHRP 20-75)

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Transportation Knowledge Networks: Shaping the Future of Transportation Information Access

In response to recommendations of a recent TRB Policy Study (Special Report 284) sponsored by the AASHTO Standing Committee on Research, the National Highway Cooperative Research Program (NCHRP) Project 20-75 is developing a business plan for Transportation Knowledge Networks (TKNs). TKNs seek to improve how transportation organizations access and share information—utilizing new institutional arrangements and current technology.

Outreach materials

Project summary

• One-page summary of project (short version) (423 KB PDF)
• One-page summary of project (long version) (421 KB PDF)

Overview presentation:

• View presentation as a PDF (502 KB)

Testimonials about the need for TKNs

Several transportation leaders talk about how Transportation Knowledge Networks will benefit the community.

• Listen to testimonials

TKNs in Action: Transportation Information Portal

One of the products envisioned by the project is a one-stop shop for transportation information.

• Sample prototype for a central information portal

View brief presentations that illustrate how a potential portal could help in several situations.

• Scenario 1: Incident Response (Flash, length: 4 minutes, 49 seconds)
• Scenario 2: Mileage-based User Fees (Flash, length: 5 minutes, 26 seconds)

 

Project Data

Research Team

• Spy Pond Partners
• Center for Transportation Studies
• Sandra Tucker

Principal Investigator

• Frances Harrison, Spy Pond Partners, TKN@spypondpartners.com, 617-395-4370

Sponsor

• National Cooperative Highway Research Program