Works Consulting has gained recognition at national and international meetings since 1996 when development on the Arizona Transportation Information System (ATIS) took off.  The following publications present a reverse chronological look at the topics that evolved to create this robust transportation GIS.

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UPCOMING and CURRENT

2008 (October) – Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) Annual Conference. Look for a presentation on integrating county, regional, and statewide data into the Arizona Transportation Information System.

RECENT PAST

2008 (June) - Works Consulting presented at the ADOT Environmental Planning Group Brown Bag series. The presentation was titled "High-Definition Photo-Logging with a Portable System/Feature Inventory Straight off the ADOT Photo Log".

2008 (January) - Works Consulting presented high-definition portable photo logging capability at the Arizona Rural Transportation Summit in Casa Grande.

HISTORIC

2004 (August) – Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual Meeting. Presentation and paper entitled Digital Image Based Photo Log System, Paper 454kB PDF, Slides 528kB PDF

2004 (February) - Works Consulting participated in the HPMS Workshop in San Antonio with three presentations on Arizona’s evolving HPMS data collection mechanisms.

2003 (March) - Look for Works Consulting at the GIS-T Symposium in Colorado Springs.

2002 (June) - Alternate Route Information System (ARIS) Final Report 513.  Report No. FHWA-AZ-02-513, Arizona Transportation Research Center.

2001-2002 (10x per year) - Meetings across Arizona at local government agencies - call 480-813-0570 x11 to arrange a demonstration of the merits of the Arizona Transportation Information System.

2001 (January) - Arizona Association of County Engineers (AACE), Yuma Arizona.  Morning presentation on ADOT's ATIS program to local government officials responsible for county roadways.  PowerPoint slide show, PDF (251kB).

2000 (November) - Governor Hull's Transportation Vision 21 Task Force - Letter of Recommendations for the future of Arizona's roadway databases.

2000 (August) - Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) Conference, Prescott Arizona.  Morning workshop presented by Joe Breyer on behalf of ADOT.  Topic is ATIS Roads.  Geared to the municipal and county government GIS and MIS staff.  More Information at AGIC website.

2000 (March) - GIS Transportation (GIS-T) Symposium, Minneapolis Minnesota, written post-print entitled Arizona’s New GIS Partnership for a Composite Roadway Framework, PDF (89kB).  PowerPoint slide show of same, PDF (127kB).

2000 (January) - Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, written paper entitled Tools to Identify Safety Issues for a Corridor Safety Improvement Program, PDF (1.1MB)

1999 (August) - Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) Conference, Tucson Arizona, slide show of Status Report for ATIS Roads Centerline Update Project, PDF of 12 Slides (2.1M)

1999 (August) - Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas Nevada, written paper entitled Collecting and Disseminating Transportation Data between Government Agencies in Arizona, PDF (94kB)

1999 (April) - Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) International Meeting, Orlando Florida, demonstration entitled Tools to Identify Safety Issues for a Corridor Safety Improvement Program

1999 (April) - GIS Transportation (GIS-T) Symposium, San Diego California, demonstration entitled Tools to Identify Safety Issues for a Corridor Safety Improvement Program

1999 (January) - Research Results - Identifying and Implementing Corridor Safety Improvements, for the Arizona Transportation Research Center, by Jerome P. Breyer, P.E. and Sarath C. Joshua, P.E., Ph.D.

1998 (August) - Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) Conference, Tempe Arizona - Three demonstrations

1998 (July) - Traffic Records Forum, Minneapolis Minnesota, feature demonstration entitled Tools to Identify Safety Issues for a Corridor Safety Improvement Program, Slide Show (58k)

1998 (April) - GIS Transportation (GIS-T) Symposium, Snowbird Utah - Three demonstrations

1997 - Arizona DOT Transportation Conference, Mesa Arizona - Three demonstrations

1997 (March) - GIS Transportation (GIS-T) Symposium, Greensboro North Carolina, written paper entitled

1997 (February) - Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) International Meeting, Dana Point California, written paper entitled

1996 (March) - GIS Transportation (GIS-T) Symposium, Kansas City Missouri, written paper entitled

OTHER TOPICS

1999 (May) - Research Results - Rural Highway Mayday Deployment Plan, for the Arizona Transportation Research Center, by Sharon Hansen of Castle Rock Consultants, Joe Breyer or Lee Engineering, and Andrew Kolcz of Kimley-Horn and Associates.

1997 (August) - Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual Meeting, Boston Massachusetts, written paper entitled