Transportation and Logistics Planning and Development Mapping Tool Doreen Gonzales-Gaboyan Business Development and Outreach Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) Purdue University Calumet Sarah Geinosky GIS Analyst Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission Kelly O Brien, Esq. President and CEO The Alliance for Regional Development
OECD Report
21 County Region
The purpose of increased collaboration is to articulate common region wide goals and implement region wide strategic plans to achieve them [As well as the] development of robust indicators so that stakeholders can measure performance and intervene to ensure progress. OECD Territorial Review of the Chicago Metropolitan Tri-State Region (2012)
Partner Organizations
Alliance Working Teams
Interactive GIS Tool for Regional Planning and Economic Development Issues: Lack of a transportation and logistics network that reflects the 21st-century reality of continuity across borders. Lack of a dynamic, analytical tool that maps and analyses data on the region s transportation infrastructure and land use information that crosses state boundaries and economic variables.
Collaboration
Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission Created in 1965 Council of Governments Metropolitan Planning Organization Covers Lake, Porter, and LaPorte Counties and their 41 municipalities Focus areas of transportation, the environment, & economic development
Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation Missions Innovation Application Education Key Strengths Integration of advanced technologies Application driven approach for problem solving Partnerships Background Built on a long history of CFD applications on various industries including aluminum, glass (R&D 100 awards), power, refinery, steel, etc.
Purdue Center for Regional Development Regional Decision Maker (RDM) A powerful suite of mapping websites and tools that enables users to make informed decisions quickly and efficiently. RDM facilitates and enables regional decision making in a number of ways. Most importantly, it allows decision makers to interact with data through customizable, user-friendly tools and geographic visualization.
Interactive GIS Tool for Regional Planning and Economic Development Objectives: Combine GIS data from Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin to enable efficient regional planning Resource for economic development professionals, transportation planners, and the private sector Outcomes: Geographic inventory of transportation and logistics assets across 21 counties Assist with interstate collaboration by developing a comprehensive Tri-State intermodal planning tool
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Proposed Further Developments & Enhancements More Analytical Tools Develop an Esri s ArcGIS server framework, served online, interactive, and available through the internet Add tools to interact with the data, such as regional summary reports on transportation assets and economic development; various ways to visualize and query the temporal data; and find different ways to print and export reports and data for further dissemination
Proposed Further Developments & Enhancements More Analytical Tools Analyze and map current capacities of major transportation assets for the 21 county region as a whole Build on current tool which allows the user to draw or upload shapefiles of proposed projects onto the current map Allow users to connect attribute information to proposed projects Store projects proposed by users to reviewed by other users
Proposed Further Developments & Enhancements Economic Development Analysis Repeat the analysis done in Lake County, In for the rest of the 20 counties Highlight parcels near important transportation infrastructure, such as airports, intermodal centers, railroads, and interstate ramps Identify types of industry for specific parcels within each county Data would be available to help with the site selection process
Proposed Further Developments & Enhancements User-friendly Interface Create a more user-friendly interface with explanatory features and easy to understand functions that are easy to understand for non-gis technicians Develop an attractive web-based frontend resource to explain and direct users Include video and text tutorials on how to use the tool Provide in-person trainings for interested parties
Contact Kelly O Brien kobrien@alliancerd.org Doreen Gonzalez-Gaboyan doreen.gonzalez-gaboyan@purduecal.edu Sarah Geinosky sgeinosky@nirpc.org