In this video, I demonstrate a simple technique for geo-enriching DOT projects with demographics on at-risk populations for the purpose of analyzing project equity impacts and transportation sustainability.  This technique provides (estimated) metrics that could be incorporated in project scoring, prioritization, and equity performance evaluation.

  State DOT’s manage millions of valuable roadway assets, spread across hundreds of millions of acres.  Inventorying assets in the field is costly and time-consuming, especially when accurate geolocation is included. Remote sensing may offer alternatives to field inventory, especially if the process can be automated through imagery classification.  Unfortunately, many roadway assets—signage, signals, luminaires and guardrails, for example—present spectral profiles that are difficult or impossible to identify through automated classification of 2-dimensional photo imagery.   Likewise, aerial lidar only captures an asset profile as seen from above.  Mobile lidar captured from specially-equipped (often purpose-built) vehicles, on the other hand, captures rich, 3D representations of roadway assets, which may present new opportunities for identifying assets and their locations.

In this series of videos, I introduce a novel approach to extracting roadway assets from mobile lidar point clouds using the workflow pictured.  This video will cover the first step in the workflow.

This video is a demonstration of a Materials Management solution for Departments of Transportation built from configurable, integrated components of the ArcGIS Enterprise platform--including:

• ArcGIS Portal,
• ArcGIS Workforce (desktop and mobile),
• ArcGIS Navigator,
• ArcGIS Survey123, and
• ArcGIS Operations Dashboard. 

It's a bit longer than some (16 minutes), but it covers an end-to-end workflow that moves from work (sample collection) assignment to field collection of a sample for testing, then to the testing lab, where a lab supervisor assigns the testing and a lab technician performs the test, and finally to a project manager's reporting dashboard.  Along the way, ArcGIS integration with Webhooks technology is leveraged to generate notification emails, and ArcGIS intra-app integration is leveraged to:

• Minimize administrative burden,
• Reduce the risks of data entry error and data sharing delays, and
• Deliver timely, data-driven intelligence to decision makers in a concise and compelling format.

This is a video of the Viewing capabilities of the Route Event Tool.   Demonstration by Jeffrey Holden.  For those who are not editing.

The purpose of this demonstration is to show how Hub Premium empowers organizations to do the following.

• Publish date for the public to use.
• Organize information about specific topics to improve public understanding
• Connecting with members of the community to share or contribute data
• Working Collaboratively with trusted members of the community to make a positive impact in specific areas of interest.

There are three key takeaways you should walk away with after having watched this video.

1. Jeff and I will show you how to reduce your administrative burden.
2. We will show you how to integrate field efforts with mobile GIS tools.
3. We will show improved coordination across the Adopt-A-Highway Program.

I would like to thank @Matt Viverito for pulling this workflow together because he is responsible for most of the work.  I would also like to thank @Jeff Eisman for assisting me in the demonstration. 

At ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1, Esri introduced Enterprise Sites as part of the ArcGIS Platform.  This technology gives users the ability to design and build tailored web pages that highlight an organization’s GIS content.  Enterprise Sites work with users of all GIS experience levels, and they support the ArcGIS Enterprise security model allowing you to leverage your user, group, and public content securely.  This interactive experience allows users to easily navigate and find the data, maps, and apps that are important to them without learning how the portal works, how to navigate it, or how to access a security group for data, maps, and apps.  For those of you not in ArcGIS Enterprise, not to worry, we have you covered in ArcGIS Online.  You can build the same rich experience for your users too.

Operations Dashboards do more than report situational awareness and real-time activity.  They make for a beautiful and immersive visualization experience.  The ability to filter data and get to an answer quickly and in a way that is easy to understand makes them a compelling choice for communicating an idea.  This video shows how the Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS can be used to show the location of postponed projects and the value they could bring to a community. It explains how we use the technology to help us drill down and understand that even though a project in 2017 wasn't appropriate then, it may be now that money is available. We need to add a few more projects to make sure the money gets spent, and the public understands the project that was promised or needed.

This video demonstrates how to use Insights for ArcGIS to support Project Prioritization and Scoring at a State Department of Transportation.  Many State DOT's rely on excel spreadsheets with calculations that help the score projects based on need.  If an organization can accomplish the same work using the enterprise to manage the data as the authoritative source of truth in a collaborative workflow, this will drive answers quicker and foster other applications like the Historic Project Repository.  Because applications can reuse the data once the projects are selected, and the scoring algorithm is applied. After processing the data, it can pour into other applications in the ArcGIS Platform like Operations Dashboards and Web App Builder applications for visualization.  This demonstration shows how to accomplish this using a simple workflow that is repeatable year after year.  

Special thanks go to @Stewart Rouse for his help in organizing and processing the data we from Colorado Department of Transportation.

Using the Search widget in the JavaScript API makes finding locations for point to point navigation cheap and easy. Whether you are using your own bus stops or light rail stations, combining your organization's results with results provided by the World Geocoding Service helps to tailor your solution to be exactly what you need.

More information on the Search widget can be found here.

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This video discusses how Offline Areas work and how they can be integrated into your offline workflow. For additional information, you can visit this site.

Additional information about integration with Survey 123 can be found here.

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We recently proposed a solution for Road Status and Damage Assessment using the ArcGIS Platform to respond to events.  This video is a demonstration of that workflow and highlights the ability of ArcGIS mobile applications to integrate and work together to provide organizations with a solution to answer the following questions:

1. What assets are damaged?
2. Where are the assets?
3. Are work orders issued?
4. Are repair crews assigned?
5. How many work orders are completed? 
6. How many work orders are not completed
7. How many work orders are past due?

All of the applications in this demonstration were configured and can be reconfigured for any unique workflows.  The form was based on requirements from New York State DOT and the damage assessment form can be swapped out for FHWA or any custom State DOT specific damage assessment form. The applications are commercial off the shelf and fully supported by Esri. Even the notification framework used to notify me that a new work order was generated uses the new Survey123 Webhooks.  We even created a work order in WorkForce for ArcGIS using webhooks.  All in all, not one single line of code was written to support this workflow.  If you have questions don't hesitate to reach out to anyone on the Esri Transportation Practice.  Keith King Sean Dolan Gary Waters

Sometimes you have WebMaps you don't want Collector for ArcGIS to see.  Here is a simple workflow to hide WebMaps from Collector for ArcGIS so they don't show up in your list of available editable WebMaps.

• Go to ArcGIS Online Assistant and sign in
• Click on the I want to... drop-down on the top bar and select View an Item's JSON
• Use the list of folders down the left-hand side to find the map you want to hide from Collector
• When you select your map, JSON from the WebMap description should display in the main panel
• Click the Edit pencil, in the upper right of the WebMap description and find the line in the "typeKeywords" section near the top that says "Collector," and delete it
• Save.#

The Materials Management Solution for ArcGIS is a set of configurable commercial off the shelf applications that have been organized to support the coordination of field-based materials testing such as performing Slump of Hydraulic Concrete testing or sample collection.  The app allows us to schedule testing at project sites or sample collection from suppliers and plants who provide construction materials for DOT road improvement projects.  Technicians can access sample test forms to input test results and report feedback or they can use a form to collect samples that are shipped back to a DOT or Contractor lab for further testing.  Notifications can be sent to the labs to let the technicians know that new samples are on their way and when samples arrive, technicians can launch into the testing procedures and record the test results.  When testing is complete the results can be updated and notifications can be sent to suppliers, contractors and project managers so they know the test results and can act appropriately.  Finally, all of the results can be shared via Operations Dashboards where we can visualize test results, projects, and technician activity. 

This videos shows an example of working with millions of crash points within Insights for ArcGIS. The video compares working with the data in a traditional feature service vs. a big data store. insights for arcgis insights 2.1 #insights

The latest recording from our DOT Webinar Series is now available.

Check out this video for Transportation 511, a new solution in ArcGIS for State Government.  You can use this solution to communicate your road status and condition information to your constituents and stakeholders.

Give the app a try yourself or learn about how to configure the solution for your organization at the Solutions Site.

If you'll be at the Esri User Conference, stop by the Infrastructure island in the Government section of the Esri expo to talk with us about the Transportation 511 solution, and more!

Eric Rodenberg Tom Brenneman Nikki Golding

Do you have routes in Roads and Highways that you wanted to delete (instead of retire)? This short five and a half minute video walks you through finding the Delete Routes tool and using it within an edit session in ArcMap. The Delete Routes tool makes it easy to remove routes and their associated calibration points and centerline from an LRS Network. It is a good idea to use this tool in an ArcMap edit session so you can undo any changes. Also remember to always select some routes before using this tool (otherwise all routes are deleted).