Transportation%20Economic%20and%20Land%20Use%20System%20(TELUS)

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Transportation Economic and Land Use System
(TELUS)
April 2, 2008Tallahassee, FLDOT
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Outline

• TELUS Overview
• TELUS for the PC
• TELUS for the Web
• TELUS Economic Input-Output Model
• e-STIP
• Land Use Model (TELUM)
• TELUS Implementation
• Discussion

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TELUS Overview
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What is TELUS?

• An MIS/Decision Support system designed to help
  MPOs and State DOTs meet their legislative
  mandates under SAFETEA-LU.
• Assists MPOs and SDOTs in managing Transportation
  Improvement Programs (TIP) by tracking projects
  from planning to implementation, analyzing
  interrelationships among projects, estimating
  their economic and land use impacts, and
  providing a user-friendly graphical user
  interface and reporting.

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What is TELUS? (continued)

• TELUS development was guided by an MPO user
  committee since early 2000.
• TELUS is developed with funding from the
  USDOT/FHWA.
• TELUS is a SAFETEA-LU congressionally designated
  project.
• TELUS FHWA cooperative agreement will continue
  through 2011.

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TELUS A success for FHWA

• TELUS is one of FHWAs Priority, Market Ready
  Technology and Innovation (TI) projects.
• More information about the TI program can be
  found online at http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/crt/lifec
  ycle/ptisafety.cfm

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TELUS Guiding Objectives

• Improve productivity of preparing the TIP at MPOs
  and State DOTs by providing a seamless,
  integrated project database.
• Ensure timely, efficient dissemination of
  information to decision makers and stakeholders,
  as well as enabling public access and
  participation in developing the TIP.
• Provide an easily accessible and user-friendly
  system through intuitive and customizable modules.

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How can TELUS benefit Florida?

• Who are the beneficiaries?
• MPO
• FDOT
• FHWA Florida Division

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How can TELUS benefit Florida?

• For MPO
• Telus is an application that can be utilized as a
  data-management, decision-support, and
  information-sharing tool to input and track TIP
  projects. Telus provides a user-friendly
  interface for inputting, viewing, editing, and
  searching projects as well as producing end-user
  reports that are easy to understand by presenting
  data in a logical order and in a clean and
  professional looking format.

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How can TELUS benefit Florida? (conted)

• For MPO
• As a work application, TELUS allows projects to
  be edited and tracked as projects move through
  the planning stages to implementation.
  Information in TELUS can be shared with
  constituents outside the MPO by providing a
  web-based version of TELUS. The web-version goes
  further than information sharing and
  dissemination by allowing outside users like
  local municipalities and citizens to provide
  comments on projects as well.

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How can TELUS benefit Florida? (conted)

• For MPOs and FDOT
• Web-based TELUS can be linked to FDOT work
  program data to enable MPO and FDOT data sharing
  and interaction in an integrated (or uniform)
  platform and application.
• Work program data generated by the District FDOT
  can be transmitted via TELUS to each MPO with the
  capability of integrating this data into each
  MPOs TIP.

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How can TELUS benefit Florida? (conted)

• For FDOT and FHWA
• Telus enables seamless and paperless approvals of
  STIP amendments.

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How is TELUS helping you meet the SAFETEA-LU
Requirements?
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SAFETEA-LU Requirements?

• TIP/STIP Cycles and Scope STIPs and metropolitan
  TIPs must be updated at least every 4 years and
  must contain at least 4 years of projects and
  strategies.
• TELUS is designed to help MPOs and state DOTs
  develop TIP and STIP respectively in annual
  cycles with TIP/STIP lengths of 3-5 years.

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SAFETEA-LU Requirements

• Publication of Plans and TIP/STIP MPOs shall
  publish or otherwise make available for public
  review transportation plans and TIPs "including
  (to the maximum extent practicable) in
  electronically accessible formats and means, such
  as the World Wide Web".
• TELUS allows the TIP to be viewed as an
  interactive document that can be queried and
  explored to the fullest extent possible on the
  World-Wide-Web.

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SAFETEA-LU Requirements

• Relationship with other planning officials MPOs
  are encouraged to consult with officials
  responsible for other planning activities
  affected by transportation, including planned
  growth, economic development
• The TELUS land use and economic input-output
  models enable MPO planners and decision makers to
  evaluate the impacts of proposed transportation
  projects on regional land use and economic
  development, leading to a more informed
  consultative process.

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SAFETEA-LU Requirements

• Visualization Techniques in Plans and
  Metropolitan TIP Development MPOs and States
  shall employ visualization techniques in the
  development of TIPs/STIPs and Transportation
  Plans.
• TELUS GIS allows interested parties to view
  projects on a user friendly interactive map which
  can be queried in various ways to make
  information gathering easy.
• It also allows users to select projects from the
  project list and then display them on the map.

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SAFETEA-LU Requirements

• Participation Plan MPOs must develop and utilize
  a "Participation Plan" that provides reasonable
  opportunities for interested parties to comment
  on the content of the metropolitan transportation
  plan and TIP.
• Through the web interface and public access to
  project data via the Internet, TELUS facilitates
  a transparent TIP development and approval
  process. It also enables public participation in
  that interested parties can submit comments and
  suggestions via the website. These comments can
  then be considered in the project selection
  process.

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TELUS System Components/Products
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TELUS Functional Components

• Information Management
• Project Information Management
• Project Tracking
• GIS Interface
• Decision Support
• Project Scoring (ranks projects vis-a-vis
  SAFETEA-LU Objectives or MPO criteria)
• Planning Analysis (how the TIP meets SAFETEA-LU
  Objectives)
• Project Interrelationships
• Input/Output Model
• Land Use Model

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Managing Information

• Quick and Accurate Data Entry/Data Transfer with
  User Customization
• Quick, Efficient Reporting
• Graphical Interface
• Mandated and Supplemental Data
• Visualizing the TIP
• Data Security

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Current Status

• TELUS for the PC has over 300 registered user
  agencies, including 231 MPOs, 33 state DOTs and
  50 Other Local/Regional Governments.
• TELUS for the Web is currently deployed at
  Alabama State DOT (including all 13 Alabama MPOs)
  and 4 MPOs (Houston-Galveston Area Council, TX
  Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, OH
  New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, NY
  Broward County MPO, FL operational, but not in
  use). TELUS is currently being deployed at the
  New Jersey DOT.
• TELUM was released in January 2006. It was
  implemented at the Pikes Peak Area COG, (Colorado
  Springs, CO). Also used by Des Moines, IA, and
  Little Rock, AR, MPOs. Missoula Office of
  Planning and Grants (Missoula, MT) and Pueblo
  Area COG (Pueblo, CO) are currently testing TELUM.

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Current Status (continued)

• TELUS website is active and has a download
  section where users can get the latest software
  installation packages and updates, I/O model
  data, and information about TELUS.
• Economic Input/Output (I/O) Model datasets are
  developed and available for download from TELUS
  website for 338 MPOs nationwide.
• E-STIP application is operational at the FHWA and
  FTA Region 2. NJIT plans to develop an E-STIP
  module which will become integral component of
  the TELUS for the Web application at New Jersey
  DOT.
• TELUS staff provides technical support to users
  (installation, system customization, system
  updates, and using TELUS for the PC, TELUS for
  the Web, and TELUM).

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TELUS for the PC
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Highlights

• TELUS for the PC v 4.0 released in January 2006.
• New User Interface professionally designed
  appearance improved navigation and more
  intuitive workflow
• Improved GIS greater flexibility in geographic
  project selection and display
• Long Range Plans - Includes Long Range Planning
  horizon
• Funding Allocation - A new feature, allows users
  to verify how well they are allocating the
  available funds among the projects
• Import Customizations - imports all
  customizations from version 3.0
• Project Picture - A new feature, Project Picture
  allows the user to upload a project picture, a
  video, or a drawing for each project.
• New Economic Factors - impacts for business
  revenues (cash register receipts), profit/other
  and indirect business taxes.
• I/O Model Reports - users can generate
  pre-formatted I/O reports.

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Data Entry Quick and Accurate
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Data Entry User Customization
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Select Projects
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Project Reports
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Project Tracking
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Bringing Life to the TIP

• GIS Reader
• View/Print Maps of Projects
• Select Projects for Analysis
• Embedded Pictures of Projects

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Visualizing Projects TELUS GIS
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TELUS Project Analysis Scoring
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Planning Analysis
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Project Interrelationships
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Demonstration of TELUS for the PC
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TELUS for the Web
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What is TELUS for the Web?

• TELUS for the Web is an Internet-based version of
  the software
• Integrates spatially distributed agencies (and
  their data) using the Internet
• Facilitates web-enabled Electronic Data Delivery
  (paperless)
• TIP/STIP approval process via e-STIP
  (proposed/optional)
• Enables Collaboration and Active Public
  Participation

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Features of TELUS for the Web

• Easy implementation
• Highly Customizable
• Uses existing (often legacy) agency databases and
  hardware
• Reaches in (think of an octopus tentacles) and
  retrieves the data that is needed
• Creates the data warehouse layer
• Maintains integrity of data

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Web Minimizes Costs to All Agencies

• Single installation
• Easy maintenance
• Easy to update
• Deployment Scenarios
• State as Host, Districts and MPOs as Clients
• MPO as Host, Localities as Clients
• Combination of the above scenarios

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TELUS for the Web - Project Information
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GIS module TELUS for the Web
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Customized TIP Reports
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Public Participation Opportunities

• Viewer level of security offered (no data editing
  privileges)
• MPO/SDOT could provide a public workstation
• Website is accessible to anyone with an Internet
  connection and Web browser
• Quick production of project reports
• Includes a module that allows the public to
  comment about projects.
• Contact person/phone provided

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Public Participation Opportunities
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Demonstration of TELUS for the Web
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TELUS Economic Input Output (I-O) Model
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TELUS Economic I-O Model

• Gives a measure of the economic impact from
  undertaking a transportation project on the MPO,
  region, and the whole state.
• In general, the I-O models identify flows of
  goods and services between sectors of an economy.
• Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Mineral
  Industries, Construction Industries,
  Manufacturing, Transportation, Communications,
  and Utilities, Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade,
  Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, Service
  Industries, Public Administration
• They measure the ripple effect of introducing
  investments across the segments.
• Developed for each MPO and the state in which it
  is located.
• The model estimates jobs, earnings, gross
  product, taxes, indirect business taxes, business
  revenue and profit/other.
• NJIT developed I-O Models for majority of Florida
  MPOs until year 2012.

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TELUS Economic Model
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e -STIP Application
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e-STIP Objectives

• Integrate e-STIP architecture into the TELUS
  framework
• Single Point of Data Entry for Multiple Agencies
• Computerize the entire TIP STIP creation and
  amendment process
• Improve project and information management by
  providing an integrated and seamless database

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e-STIP Approval Process
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Land Use Model (TELUM)
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Introduction

• TELUM is a land use modeling software package
  that evaluates land use impacts of regional
  transportation improvement projects.
• TELUM forecasts future location of employment and
  households.

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What is the Land Use Model?

• a quantitative method that . . .
• Forecasts employment and population demand for
  location in specific zones of a region
• Calculates the amount of employment and
  population that will be located in each zone
• Calculates the amount of land that will be used.

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Understanding TELUM Spatial Interaction Model
Say we have an area consisting of 4 analysis
zones.
We plan to build a light-rail line connecting
zones B and D. This will impact the overall
travel in our region. We would specifically like
to analyze the impact on future location of
households and jobs in our region, i.e. how the
future land use will look like.
We obtained regional forecasts of future growth
of jobs
The new land use can then be used in a travel
demand model as a basis for trip generation and
trip distribution. In this example, the new
locations of jobs and households will produce
more travel on links connecting zones B, C, and
D, including the new light-rail line.


A
B
Our land use model will tell us where these jobs
and households will locate.
Here is the highway network connecting the zones.
... and households.
In addition, as a result of the new
transportation capacity and improved travel
times, certain zones may became more attractive,
causing re-location of existing jobs and
households.
We know the current location of jobs
D
C
and households by zone.
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Motivation

• Majority of MPOs neither uses Land Use Models for
  regional forecasting nor for providing input to
  travel models. This is due to the lack of
  trained in-house personnel with experience in
  land use planning.
• TELUM is developed as intuitive, interactive
  software package with many user-friendly
  features. It is easy to understand, provides
  tools for easy data entry and analysis, and
  features Help System that provides instructions
  and is able to guide and advise users throughout
  their analysis. It is primarily developed for
  small and medium-sized MPOs.
• Determination of the State of the Practice in
  Metropolitan Area Travel Forecasting Findings of
  the Surveys of Metropolitan Planning
  Organizations, April 7, 2006, Prepared for
  Committee B0090, TRB/National Research Council

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Advantages Why Should You Use TELUM?

• Enables planners to perform regional land use
  analysis by providing forecasts of employment and
  residence locations
• Inputs consist of US Census data and supplemental
  data commonly used by MPOs in regional planning
  process
• User friendly interface makes it easy to navigate
  through data input, model development, and
  forecasting process
• A combination of hotlinks to internal help files,
  with software wizards in a Knowledge Based
  Systems approach leads the user through the many
  steps in model implementation
• Integrated GIS module allows mapping of the input
  data, calibration results, and forecast results.

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Transportation Policy Analysis

• TELUM enables planners to compare various
  transportation improvement scenarios
• Introduce a change in the transportation network
  between runs and observe the resulting changes in
  land use patterns
• Test the impact of different project pools on
  regional land use patterns by applying different
  sets of impedances for the same model year.
• TELUM outputs can be used as a starting point for
  the UTMS (trip generation, distribution,
  mode-split, assignment).

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TELUMs Role in Travel Demand Forecasting
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TELUM Modeling Process

• Data Preparation
• Program Installation
• Model Calibration
• Model Verification
• Preliminary Forecasts
• Model Validation
• Forecasts and Policy Tests

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TELUM Software Modules

• IDEU Basic information about the region
  necessary to organize data.
• DOPU Data entry and data consistency checks.
• TIPU Load and process travel impedance data.
• MCPU Self-calibration of employment, household
  and land consumption forecasting models.
• MFCU Performs forecasts for the baseline and
  user-defined policy scenarios.

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Land Use Model Outputs How can they help?
Output Planning Implications
Employment Density (forecasted for each zone and employment category) Use estimating future payroll tax revenues, change of zoning/land use and improvements of the transportation network to promote desired development scenario.
Household Density (forecasted for each zone by household income category) Use estimating future property taxes, change of zoning/land use and improvements of the transportation network to promote desired location of residencies throughout the region.
Land Consumption (forecasted for each zone by household/employment category) Use provides an estimate of intensity of land utilization by households and employment by category, indicating how land use will change as a result of location of population and jobs for different development scenarios.
Density Gradient (measure of urban sprawl) Use by measuring change in household density as one moves from the CBD to suburbs can help identify trends in long-range regional plans
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Forecasting
Tracking input and output files and running
forecasting model
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Forecast Results
Forecast report summary tables
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Forecast Results
MAPIT generated maps of forecast growth and/or
decline of employment and households by zone
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Forecast Results
MAPIT generated maps of forecast sprawl indices
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Forecasting Adding Constraints
Using on of the four types of constraints user
can test different development scenarios.
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Forecast Results Comparing Scenarios
MAPIT mapped changes in forecast results between
different scenarios
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TELUS Implementation
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Implementing TELUS for the PC

• Acquire the Software
• Mailed to every MPO/SDOT when a new version is
  released
• Download it from the TELUS website
  www.telus-national.org
• Request a copy through the TELUS website or by
  mail/email
• Register TELUS on the website and obtain the
  password
• Customize
• Populate agency specific drop-down fields, etc.
• MPO-specific format for reports

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Implementing TELUS for the PC (continued)

• Import Data
• Our staff helps MPOs migrate to TELUS
• Import existing data in various other electronic
  sources (e.g. Excel, MS Access) into TELUS
• Average time from delivery to full functionality
  1 week

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Implementing TELUS for the Web

• Acquire the Software
• Initiate request for TELUS for the Web
• Work with NJIT staff to understand agency
  requirements.
• System Customization
• NJIT staff helps with customizing the software
• Minor customizations are free
• Major customization services are provided through
  separate contracts (e.g. Houston-Galveston,
  NYMTC)
• References available

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Implementing TELUS for the Web (continued)

• Import Data
• System customized to connect to existing data
  sources
• NJIT staff help import existing data into TELUS
  from various other electronic sources
• Average time from initial request to full
  functionality 1 to 6 months (it depends upon
  the level of customization)

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Function MPOs HGAC MVRPC Broward NYMTC ALDOT NJDOT FLDOT
Data Entry ? ? ? ? ? ?
TIP Preparation ? ? ? ? ? ?
STIP Preparation Assembly ? ?
STIP Preparation Dissemination ? ?
Public Participation Viewing ? ? ? ? ? ?
Public Participation Commenting ? ? ?
Reports ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Approvals ?
GIS View ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Examples of Implementations

• ALDOT December 04
• 1st Statewide Deployment
• Common Format For TIP
• Prior Year Obligated Projects List
• MVRPC - June 05
• Public Participation
• Earned commendation during Federal Review

• Broward County MPO January 06
• Coordination with Local Governments
• HGAC - September 06
• Coordination with Local Governments
• Project Submission Tool
• Project Scoring and Prioritization Tool

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Examples of Implementations

• NYMTC - November 06
• Coordination with Local Governments
• Conformity Project Submission Tool
• Approval Process

• NJDOT Spring 08
• 2nd Statewide Deployment
• Coordination with Local Agencies
• Common Format For TIP
• Public Participation Project Viewing

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TELUS for the Web Applications

• Houston-Galveston Area Council
• http//tip.h-gac.com/telus/WebTelus/Login
• Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission
• http//maps.mvrpc.org/telus/WebTelus/Login
• Alabama Department of Transportation
• http//aldottelus.dot.state.al.us/telus/WebTelus
  /Login

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Implementing TELUM

• Acquire the Software
• Mailed to every MPO/SDOT when a new version is
  released
• Download from TELUS website www.telus-national.org
  
• Request a copy from the website or by mail/email
• Install all required software (MS Office with
  full versions of Excel and Access), and ArcGIS
  for GIS module.
• Prepare Input Data
• Our staff can assist with preparing input data.

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User Cost of TELUS Products

• TELUS for the PC and TELUM Software is
• Free
• Provided on a CD with User Manual/ Internet
  downloads
• TELUS for the Web
• Free
• Provided on a CD or as a download
• ArcIMS (10,000 approximately)
• e-Reporting software (Formula One software
  package, 6,000)

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Technical Support Training

• Technical Support via phone, email
• Installation
• Troubleshooting
• Importing data
• Customizing reports
• Training
• Provided to users free of charge via
  web-conferencing or at NJIT Newark, New Jersey
  location
• On site at the agency (requires a separate
  contract with NJIT)

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Completed Training To Date

• Statewide
• Tennessee DOT, December 2006 TELUS for the PC,
  5 MPOs
• Texas DOT, February 2006 TELUS for the PC, 11
  MPOs
• Alabama DOT, December 2004 TELUS for the Web,
  13 MPOs
• Connecticut DOT, May 2004 TELUS for the PC, 5
  MPOs

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Completed Training (continued)

• By Agency
• New York Metropolitan Transportation Commission,
  NY, Oct. 2006 TELUS for the Web
• Houston-Galveston Area Council, TX, September
  2006 TELUS for the Web
• FTA Region 2, NY, March 2006 ESTIP Module
• Broward County MPO, FL, January 2006 TELUS for
  the Web
• Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, OH,
  June 2005 TELUS for the Web
• Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study, MI, October
  2006 TELUS for the PC
• KYOVA Interstate Planning Commission, WV, May
  2005 TELUS for the PC

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Documentation and Support

• TELUS website
• www.telus-national.org
• User Manuals
• TELUM Tutorials/Case Studies
• Presentations

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Lazar SpasovicProfessor, Civil Engineering and
Director, TELUS ProjectTiernan Hall, Suite
287New Jersey Institute of TechnologyUniversity
HeightsNewark, NJ 07102e-mail
telus_at_njit.eduphone [phone]web
www.telus-national.org