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Midwest Transportation Consortium : 2006-2007 annual report.
No full textIntroduction: The Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) began year 8 by having the funding it receives from the Research and Innovative Technology Administration doubled, and by losing its regional grant to a consortium led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Fortunately, the MTC later won a Tier I grant through a national competition. In the future, we plan to continue many of the programs we have conducted in the past, reduce our number of partners due to a decrease in resources, and more tightly define our theme.MTC partners during year 8 (all consortium universities) include the Universities of Missouri at Columbia (UM-C) and St. Louis (UMSL), Lincoln University, and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). The University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC) is officially part of the consortium, but due to personnel changes has largely been inactive
Midwest Transportation Consortium : 2010-2011 annual report.
No full textIn October 2010, the Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) began its fourthyear as a Tier I University Transportation Center (UTC). Our theme, \u201cTransportationSafety through Improvements in Management Information Systems,\u201d continues toreflect a strong emphasis on safety.The MTC is composed of Iowa\u2019s three Regent universities: lead organization IowaState University (ISU), the University of Iowa (Iowa), and the University of NorthernIowa (UNI). Located in a largely rural region, the MTC focuses its activities primarilyon intercity/rural traffic safety for motor vehicles.All three universities conduct traffic safety research, each within a specific niche:\u2022 ISU \u2013 Crash statistics and analysis to support safety in the design and operationsof roadways\u2022 Iowa \u2013 Human factors to improve safety\u2022 UNI \u2013 Geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical tools to conductsafety analyse
Midwest Transportation Consortium : 2009-2010 annual report.
No full textIn October 2009, the Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) began its third yearas a Tier I University Transportation Center (UTC). Its theme, \u201cTransportation Safetythrough Improvements in Management Information Systems,\u201d reflects our strongemphasis on safety.The MTC is composed of Iowa\u2019s three Regent universities: lead organization IowaState University (ISU), the University of Iowa (Iowa), and the University of NorthernIowa (UNI). Located in a largely rural region, the MTC generally focuses its activitieson intercity/rural traffic safety for motor vehicles.All three universities conduct traffic safety research, each within a specific niche:\u2022 ISU \u2013 Crash statistics and analysis to support safety in the design and operationsof roadways\u2022 Iowa \u2013 Human factors to improve safety\u2022 UNI \u2013 Geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical tools to conductsafety analyse
Midwest Transportation Consortium : 2003-2004 annual report.
No full textIntroduction: The Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) recently completed its fifth yearof operation. In doing so, the consortium has established itself as an effectivenetwork that promotes the education of future transportation professionals andthe development of new knowledge in how to management transportationinfrastructure and services in a more sustainable manner. The MTC has a trackrecord of developing outstanding students; these students are now becomingleaders in the private sector, government, and academia. The MTC has alsosupported the development of an extensive research portfolio related tosustainable transportation asset management. More research projects are in thepipeline. Finally, the MTC has dedicated itself to the dissemination of assetmanagement research results through an ongoing technology transfer program.This document provides a progress for the latest fiscal year of operation of theMTC, which ran from October 2003 through September 2004
Midwest Transportation Consortium annual progress report : October 2002.
No full textFrom the Director: For the past three years, the Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) has focused its efforts insupporting the development and use of asset management systems in transportation. The MTC\u2019s mainfocus is on human capital development\u2014promoting educational and work experience programs that willhelp train the next generation of leaders for the transportation industry, particularly in our four-stateregion. Asset management concepts have been incorporated into a number of courses at the six MTCconsortium member schools. For example, the Spring Transportation Seminar offered within the regionvia Internet-based videoconferencing technology has been focused on asset management topics for thepast several years. A related focus on transportation security (unfortunately needed after September 11,2001) was also implemented this past year. More than 30 graduate students in five diverse academicdisciplines (including civil and construction engineering, urban planning, transportation logistics, andgeography) now complete their academic programs with an excellent understanding of the state of thepractice of transportation asset management. They will become new leaders in transportation, whether ingovernment, consulting, or academia.The MTC\u2019s research program is ending its third year of operation and recently issued its fourth requestfor research proposals in Fall 2002. Final reports from the first three years of operation of the program arenow being reviewed, published, and disseminated. Over two hundred thousand dollars in new researchprojects are expected be approved during the first half of 2003. The MTC\u2019s long-term research goal is tobuild a portfolio of projects involving several million dollars in Federal University Transportation Center(UTC) and matching funding that will make it easier for government agencies and companies toimplement transportation asset management systems. The MTC\u2019s research focus has been on assetmanagement tools and techniques. One special area of emphasis at Iowa State University is the use ofremote sensing and other spatial data for asset management. This effort effectively leverages Iowa StateUniversity\u2019s roles as both a University Transportation Center and as a member of the NationalConsortium on Remote Sensing (NCRS) in Transportation Infrastructure. The latter consortium is aneffort to commercialize remote sensing technological development from the space program and defenseactivities.The MTC also plays a role in terms of outreach and technology transfer activities related to assetmanagement and Government Accounting Standards Board Statement 34 (GASB 34) in our region.During 2002, the MTC sponsored or co-sponsored several workshops related to access management andGASB 34. One example workshop held in Kansas City at the end of the MTC\u2019s most recent fiscal yearprovided most of the regional planning commissions in Iowa and Missouri with an overview of assetmanagement concepts and the requirements associated with GASB 34. This workshop was intended toallow the regional planning commissions to begin to assist their clients (small cities and rural counties)with asset management-related issues.As transportation asset management moves into \u201cproduction mode\u201d, the Midwest TransportationConsortium strives to be of assistance at both a regional and national level. The MTC is currentlyinvolved in efforts by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials(AASHTO) to create an Asset Management Institute and with planning for the next NationalTransportation Asset Management Workshop
Midwest Transportation Consortium annual progress report : October 2001.
No full textFrom the Director: Transportation assets are tremendously important from the perspective the performance of our national,state, and regional economies. Few people comprehend the great impact it has on the overall economy.Literally trillions of dollars in transportation assets have been put in place throughout the United States.They one of the key means by which the economy functions and is tied into the global economy.American households spend over 400,000 in new research (including 200,000 inmatching funds) will be approved during the first half of 2002. The MTC\u2019s long-term research goal is tobuild a portfolio of projects involving several million dollars in Federal and matching funding that willmake it easier for agencies and companies to implement asset management systems. One special area ofemphasis at Iowa State University is the use of remote sensing and other spatial data for assetmanagement. This effort effectively leverages Iowa State University\u2019s roles as a UniversityTransportation Center (UTC) and as a member of the National Consortium on Remote Sensing inTransportation Infrastructure. The latter consortium is an effort to commercialize developments from thespace program and defense activities.The MTC also plays a role in terms of outreach and technology transfer activities related to assetmanagement and GASB34 in our region. During 2001, the MTC sponsored or co-sponsored severalworkshops related to access management and GASB34. One of these was the 4th Annual NationalTransportation Asset Management Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin. This workshop brought togetherseveral hundred participants from the federal, state, local, private, and academic sectors to shareinformation on asset management policy, goals, techniques, and data. MTC faculty, staff, and studentsfrom Iowa State University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and the University of Missouri-KansasCity played key roles in planning, financing, and conducting the workshop. The strong attendance at theevent was a testament to interest in transportation asset management in that it was held immediately afterSeptember 11 and during a period when many states and the Federal government faced tight restrictionson travel. The program of the National Workshop had a strong MTC flavor, something that we are proudof as we end our second year of operation and begin our third.As transportation asset management moves into \u201cproduction mode\u201d, the Midwest TransportationConsortium strives to be of assistance at a regional and national level
Midwest Transportation Consortium annual progress report : October 2000.
No full textFrom the Director: The Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC), the University Transportation Center serving the statesof Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, had a very successful first year of operation. The MTC is acomplex partnership involving six universities in two states. Yet, in many ways the MTC was able tooperate as a close-knit team. For example, the MTC partners were able to employ videoconferencingtechnology to allow a series of transportation seminars to be shared at three partner universities. Thisseminar series has allowed students in two states to hear experts in a number of subject areas (particularlyasset management) that they would not have otherwise been exposed to.The MTC\u2019s main focus is on education and human capital. This focus is in recognition of the fact that thetransportation industry, both public and private, in the region served by the MTC faces a serious shortageof well-trained human capital. For this reason, the MTC is involved in creating totally new transportationeducation programs at two of its member universities. The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in CedarFalls Iowa had no courses or students in transportation when the MTC grant began. During the first yearof the grant, UNI\u2019s Geography Department took the lead in developing courses, attracting students, andgetting involved as a partner in transportation activities in its service region. A similar start-up effort isnow underway at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. The MTC has also been able tostrengthen and add quality to transportation education efforts at universities in the region that werealready leaders in transportation.The MTC has, in its first year, been able to build from the ground up a technology transfer and outreachprogram in transportation asset management. This effort has enjoyed some early successes. The MTCteam has been involved in outreach to a substantial number of local government agencies in the region.More of this close involvement at the grassroots level will follow in the year 2001 and beyond.The MTC\u2019s sponsored research project program is now also underway. Projects were sought through aregional RFP process and most are now underway. The projects represent a diverse portfolio of subjects,but are tightly focused on the transportation asset management theme. Results and products from theseresearch efforts will be widely distributed within the region and nationally as they become available.As noted in our strategic plan, a thread that runs through all aspects of the MTC\u2019s activities is anaggressive use of telecommunications and information technology. The MTC region encompasses fourstates and includes a large number of rural communities. In order to better serve the region, an indeed thenation, the MTC is using technologies such as the World Wide Web and videoconferencing to extend thereach of its educational, outreach, and research activities
Midwest Transportation Consortium : 2004-2005 annual report.
No full textIntroduction: The Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) recently completed its sixth year ofoperation. The MTC has become an established portion of the research and educationalprograms at ISU and its partner universities. The MTC continues to emphasize itsprimary focus of developing human capital. For example, this semester, Fall, 2005, ISUhas graduate scholars in its educational program. However, we also recognize that thefederal grant is an opportunity to build programs at our respective universities thatcontinue after the U.S. DOT UTCP may end. An example of building a long lastingprogram is the University of Missouri \u2013 St. Louis\u2019 (UMSL) and its development of atransportation Ph.D. program in their business college. Admittedly, this program couldhave been started regardless, but Dr. Ray Mundy, Director of UMSL\u2019s TransportationScholars Program, believes that the MTC support of the transportation educationalprogram at UMSL was the essential component in establishing a Ph.D. program.At ISU, the MTC has been instrumental in establishing two research and outreachprograms, and both have themes that are related to the MTC\u2019s theme of \u201cTransportationSystem Management and Operation.\u201d The Center for Weather Impacts on Mobility andSafety (C-WIMS) was recently established, and the Center for Road InfrastructureManagement and Operations (RIMO) is in the process of being established. The MTChas a critical role in establishing each of these two programs.As part of the on-going MTC program, we have established an effective network thatpromotes the education of future transportation professionals and the development of newknowledge on how to manage transportation infrastructure and services in a moresustainable manner. The MTC has a track record of developing outstanding students;these students are now becoming leaders in the private sector, government, and academia.The MTC has also supported the development of an extensive research portfolio relatedto sustainable transportation asset management. More research projects are in thepipeline. Finally, the MTC has dedicated itself to the dissemination of asset managementresearch results through an ongoing technology transfer program. This documentprovides a progress for the latest fiscal year of operation of the MTC, which ran fromOctober 2004 through September 2005
Preparing tomorrow\u2019s transportation workforce : a Midwest summit.
No full textPreparing Tomorrow\u2019s Transportation Workforce: A Midwest Summit, held April 27\u201328, 2010, in Ames, Iowa, was one of severalregional transportation workforce development summits held across the United States in 2009 and 2010 as part of a coordinatedinitiative to ultimately develop a national strategy to address future transportation workforce issues. The initiative is being led by the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). This particular summit washosted by Iowa State University\u2019s Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) and Institute for Transportation (InTrans).The purpose of the Midwest summit was to assess the educational and training needs of the future transportation workforce and identifystrategies to address those needs across various career paths. It addressed a broad spectrum of topics including strategies to attractwomen and under-represented minority groups, pre-college opportunities and strategies, post-secondary education, post-collegecontinuing education, professional licensure, and specific industry perspectives. The goals of the summit were (1) to gain an improvedunderstanding of the transportation workforce needs of Iowa and the surrounding states and (2) to identify best practices in addressingthe workforce development needs. This event had two tracks: one focused on pre-college education and the other focused primarily oncollege education and practitioners.Attendees provided a good cross-section of the larger transportation industry. From what was learned at the summit, Iowa StateUniversity, like other regional hosts, can develop a \u201cprofile of needs\u201d for Iowa including specific job categories over specific timehorizons. The summit was also successful in identifying best practices in addressing the workforce needs that can be utilized by us andothers as potential tools or in a \u201cnational-level list of attributes.\u201d Each regional summit has provided some guidance in developingstatewide profiles. The collection of best practices or tools from all the regional summits can be shared and applied to address state (orregional) needs profiles to attract, develop, and retain an effective workforce
Midwest Transportation Consortium : 2007-2008 annual report.
No full textIn October 2007, Iowa State University\u2019s Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) entered itsfirst year as a Tier I University Transportation Center (UTC) under the theme \u201cTransportationSafety through Improvements in Management Information Systems.\u201d Because of the MTC\u2019slocation in a largely rural region, the center has focused generally on intercity/rural traffic safetyfor motor vehicles.The MTC\u2019s specific theme makes it easy for its partner universities to work with each other andwith the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT), the center\u2019s major funding matchpartner. The MTC is composed of the three Iowa Regents universities: Iowa State University(lead), the University of Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa. All three universities haveconducted and are currently conducting traffic safety research, each within a specific niche:\u2022 Human factors to improve safety\u2014University of Iowa\u2022 Crash statistics and analysis to support safety design in the design and operations ofroadways\u2014Iowa State University\u2022 Geographic information systems and statistical tools to conduct safety analysis\u2014University of Northern IowaThe focused theme also enables the three partner universities to integrate classes and studentsupervision among the universities. For example, Iowa State University students have takensafety-related courses to broaden their educational experience at the University of Iowa, andvice versa. In addition, an Iowa State University student has participated in University of Iowaresearch projects, and a member of the Iowa State University management team is a member ofthe University of Iowa graduate college and serves on Ph.D. committees at the University ofIowa.In terms of research, having a narrow focus with a specific objective has been advantageous.With the emphasis on safety under the current federal transportation policy bill (SAFETEA-LU),the MTC has found that its focus on safety has been important and popular
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