Planning

GIS contributes to transportation planning study for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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New Book from ESRI Press Designing Geodatabases for Transportation details enterprise GIS design for managing transportation systems and coordinating multisystem passenger travel.

Finding the right balance between the need to accommodate demand on public infrastructure and the responsibility to preserve quality of life and environmental sustainability in your community is a challenge. ESRI GIS technology provides rich analytic and visual tools to help you meet this challenge.

GIS provides a framework to inform models, such as those used to forecast travel demand and plan capital improvements, and to support strategic decision making. In addition, GIS applications for making environmental evaluations can shed light on the consequences of various transportation alternatives.

Success Stories

See how GIS is benefiting other agencies like yours.

• SANDAG Creates Climate Action Plan with GIS [PDF]
• Transportation Projects Simplified with GIS Integration [PDF]
• Transportation Projects—Conception to Completion

Take a look at other case studies, demos, and books and literature.