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Vizguide: Data Visualization for Transportation Agencies
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
2:00-3:30PM ET
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
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The Transportation Research Board has met the standards and requirements of
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completion of this program will be reported to RCEP. A certificate of completion
will be issued to participants that have registered and attended the entire session.
As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an
approval or endorsement by RCEP.
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Purpose
Discuss NCHRP Web Only Document 226. Learning Objectives At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
• Explain the visualization process • Describe visualization charts • Describe visualization style • List visualization tools
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NCHRP Web Only Document 226: Data Visualization Methods for Transportation Agencies NCHRP Project 08-36/Task 128
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NCHRP is a State-Driven Program
– Suggest research of national interest
– Serve on oversight panels that guide the research.
• Administered by TRB in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration.
• Sponsored by individual state DOTs who
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Practical, ready-to-use results • Applied research aimed at
state DOT practitioners • Often become AASHTO
standards, specifications, guides, syntheses
• Can be applied in planning, design, construction, operations, maintenance, safety, environment
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Today’s Speakers
• Joe Zissman, Cambridge Systematics • Nate Higgins, Cambridge Systematics
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Presented By:Nathan Higgins
Joe Zissman
TRB Webinar
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We didn’t make this! Credit to:
NATS
What is a visualization?
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We didn’t make this! Credit to:
CMAP
Visualizations make complicated
things simple
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We didn’t make this! Credit to:
DVRPC
Visualizations let people see
how impressive your work
really is
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We didn’t make this! Credit to:
Alain Bertaud
Visualizations make comparisons easier
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We didn’t make this! Credit to:
West Virginia DOT
What can visualization do for
transportation?
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We didn’t make this! Credit to:
Alabama DOT
It can give residents a view
of the future
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1/23/2018
We didn’t make this! Credit to:
Champaign County RPC
It can let stakeholders see their concerns
come to life
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We did make this!
It can actually show you the color
of your money
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…and what that money buys
We didn’t make this! Credit to:
Virginia DOT
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One picture may be all that people
remember…
So make it count!
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The Project
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Our Goals
Evaluate data visualization methods
• …through the lens of transportation
• …to provide guidance to practitioners
Produce a guide in two forms
• A written report, and
• A website open to the public
To envision information … is to
work at the intersection of
image, word, number, art.
Edward Tufte
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We didn’t make this! Credit to:
John Nelson and IDV Solutions
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Our Team
The moment something just
becomes fun to play with,
almost like a video game, you
hit some level of engagement
and it becomes really
interesting.
Martin Wattenberg
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Nathan Higgins, AICP
Principal Investigator
Ron Basile
Graphic Artist | Web Designer
Joe Zissman
Analyst | Report Author
Scott Gilkeson
Human-Computer Interaction Expert
Sam Van Hecke
Subject Matter Expert
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Our Audience
Survey of Practitioners
• 30 respondents (12/2015 – 3/2016)
• Focused on 2 best-practice examples
Our typical respondent…
• Manager or specialist at a DOT, MPO
• Makes bar/column charts, maps, stacked-
area, and pictograms for a lay audience
• Uses ArcGIS, MS Office, Adobe, Javascript
• Uses common public datasets
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To me, the best reporting
philosophy is to craft reporting
that can be presented to, and
understood by, all audiences
simply and completely, with little
effort on their part.
John Allen
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Our Report
Outline
• Visualization in transportation
• Audience for the guide
• How to illustrate data
• How to develop effective visuals
• Style guide
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We experimented with
creative collaboration
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Our Website
• Guidance for each step of the
visualization process
• Even more examples from our
survey and from the web
• Chart types, software tools, and
recommendations for use
• Data and style resources
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Today’s Participants
• Nate Higgins, Cambridge Systematics, [email protected]
• Joe Zissman, Cambridge Systematics, [email protected]
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